Viewing 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics through records
- 6 years ago
The curtain falls on the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics.
Tons of dramatic moments have been captured... and numerous historic records were broken.
Let's turn to our Kim Mok-yeon for a recap.
South Korea's second Olympics in thirty years has finally closed its curtains, ending its 17 day run.
A record 2,920 athletes from 92 countries participated in 102 events across 15 different sports.
The host country had 146 athletes competing, three times more than it had at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics.
North Korea also re-entered the Olympic stage for the first time in 8 years, with 22 athletes competing in five events.
In terms of the medal tally..,
A total of 102 gold medals were up for grabs this year-- the first time over 100 gold medals have been handed out at a Winter Olympics.
And over 30 different nations took home at least one medal.
Norway won a whopping 39 medals at PyeongChang 2018, beating the U.S.A's record of 37 in 2010, to become the country that earned the highest number of medals in a single Winter Olympics.
South Korea also clinched the most medals in its Winter Olympic history, with a total of 17 medals -- five gold, 8 silver and 4 bronze.
And dozens of new records were set.
Three world records and 25 Olympic records were broken in the ice sports events.
6 new Olympic records were made in speed skating and 15 more in short track speed skating including the three world records.
Wu Dajing won China's first gold medal in the men's 500 meters, finishing with a world record of 39.584 seconds.
The Netherlands women's 3000 meters short track relay team also set a world record time of 4 minutes, 3.471 seconds.
South Korean athletes broke Olympic records in five short track events, with Olympic champion Choi Min-jeong breaking the record twice in the women's 500 meter event.
There were also many significant 'firsts' in the winter games.
South Korea's iron-man Yun Sung-bin took the host nation's first gold in not only skeleton but in any Olympic sledding event,... finishing 1.63 seconds ahead of the silver medalist
from Russia.
And the famous women's curling team also clinched South Korea's first medal for the event, in only the country's second Olympic curling appearance.
And finally, South Korean alpine snowboarder Lee Sang-ho became the first Asian to win an Olympic medal in a men's alpine snowboarding event.
Kim Mok-yeon, Arirang News.
Tons of dramatic moments have been captured... and numerous historic records were broken.
Let's turn to our Kim Mok-yeon for a recap.
South Korea's second Olympics in thirty years has finally closed its curtains, ending its 17 day run.
A record 2,920 athletes from 92 countries participated in 102 events across 15 different sports.
The host country had 146 athletes competing, three times more than it had at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics.
North Korea also re-entered the Olympic stage for the first time in 8 years, with 22 athletes competing in five events.
In terms of the medal tally..,
A total of 102 gold medals were up for grabs this year-- the first time over 100 gold medals have been handed out at a Winter Olympics.
And over 30 different nations took home at least one medal.
Norway won a whopping 39 medals at PyeongChang 2018, beating the U.S.A's record of 37 in 2010, to become the country that earned the highest number of medals in a single Winter Olympics.
South Korea also clinched the most medals in its Winter Olympic history, with a total of 17 medals -- five gold, 8 silver and 4 bronze.
And dozens of new records were set.
Three world records and 25 Olympic records were broken in the ice sports events.
6 new Olympic records were made in speed skating and 15 more in short track speed skating including the three world records.
Wu Dajing won China's first gold medal in the men's 500 meters, finishing with a world record of 39.584 seconds.
The Netherlands women's 3000 meters short track relay team also set a world record time of 4 minutes, 3.471 seconds.
South Korean athletes broke Olympic records in five short track events, with Olympic champion Choi Min-jeong breaking the record twice in the women's 500 meter event.
There were also many significant 'firsts' in the winter games.
South Korea's iron-man Yun Sung-bin took the host nation's first gold in not only skeleton but in any Olympic sledding event,... finishing 1.63 seconds ahead of the silver medalist
from Russia.
And the famous women's curling team also clinched South Korea's first medal for the event, in only the country's second Olympic curling appearance.
And finally, South Korean alpine snowboarder Lee Sang-ho became the first Asian to win an Olympic medal in a men's alpine snowboarding event.
Kim Mok-yeon, Arirang News.