Tag: Winter Olympics

  • Science Wins The Day At Winter Olympics

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    In sports like bobsled, luge, and snowboarding, where thousandths of a second make a difference, it’s not only athletes who are crucial. Hundreds of technicians work behind the scenes to help teams adjust to conditions that change by the day, if not the hour. States shook up the luge world order Sunday night, becoming the first non-European […]

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  • Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony In Pyeongchang

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    The opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics kicked off on Friday — at 8 p.m. in South Korea and at 6 a.m. ET in the U.S. — with 2,900 athletes from 92 countries gathering to compete for 102 medals in Pyeongchang. The U.S. Olympic team was led into Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium by flag-bearer Erin Hamlin. […]

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  • North Korea Has Held Military Parade For Winter Olympics

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    North Korea has held a military parade attended by leader Kim Jong-un, a day before the opening of the Winter Olympics in the South. The North often boasts of its parades but reports of this surfaced afterwards with TV only airing delayed footage. This event is usually held in April and moving it had been […]

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