Pyeongchang district in South Korea is facilitating the 23rd Olympic Winter Games. The locale won the privilege to hold the Games after two beforehand unsuccessful endeavors, this time beating top offers from Annecy, France, and Munich, Germany
Those in the United Kingdom can watch the Games via BBC on television and online. Check ABCNews.com for updates. The International Olympic Committee included some new occasions for the 2018 Winter Olympics: huge air snowboarding, free-form skiing, mass begin speed skating and blended copies twisting.
Medals
Lee Suk-charm South Korean fashioner made the decorations for the 2018 Games. Enlivened by the surface of tree trunks, the decorations highlight a plan of dynamic skew lines and three-dimensional characters from Hangeul, the Korean letters in order. The greenish blue and red lace from which the decoration hangs was made utilizing Gapsa, a customary South Korean texture, and is weaved with Hangeul designs and different plans. The gold decoration measures the most at 586 grams. A sum of 259 arrangements of awards has been made for the 2018 Winter Olympics, as per the Games official site.
Mascot
The mascot is a white tiger named Soohorang of the current year's Winter Olympics. The white tiger has been for some time thinking about a watchman in Korean history and culture, as indicated by the Games site. "Sooho," signifying "insurance" in Korean, symbolizes the assurance offered to the competitors, observers and different members of the Games. "Rang" originates from the center letter of" Ho-rang-I," the Korean word for "tiger," and is likewise the last letter of "Jeong-seon A-ri-rang," a customary society melody of Gangwon region, which oversees Pyeongchang.
Financial support
A 2016 report entitled "The Oxford Olympics Study 2016: Cost and Cost Overrun at the Games" found the Olympic Games held over the earlier decade each has taken a toll $8.9 billion by and large. Figuring in just games related costs, the most costly Summer Games were in 2012 in London, which totaled $15 billion; the most expensive Winter Games - at $21.9 billion - were in Sochi in 2012, as per the report.
Citizens of the facilitating city foot a decent piece of the bill. The secretly subsidized International Olympic Committee holds 10 percent of its income from its communicate assertions and worldwide sponsorship. The board disperses the other 90 percent to help the organizing of the Olympic Games and to advance the overall improvement of the game. These assets incorporate cash for national Olympic boards of trustees and money related help to nations. $833 million has been contributed by International Olympic Committee to help the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, as per a report by the board of trustees.
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