Olympics 2018

The Most Dominate Winter Olympics Country You Forgot of. Yesterday, the 2018 Winter Olympic games came to a close in Pyeong c hang, South Korea. If you take a look at the medal count, you’ll see familiar countries dotting the top of the leaderboard like the United States, Germany and Canada. None of those three countries though lead the games in total medal count though, that title goes to Norway. The semi-artic country in northern Europe took top honors this year at the Olympic games winning a staggering 39 total medals. That’s the most total medals won by any nation in the past 20 years, the United States came close in Vancouver (2010) with 37. ​ When you think of the Winter Olympics  and dominant countries,  names like the USA , Canada  or Russia  come to mind.  Each country has their respective sports they dominate in. The U.S. usually wins most snowboarding events. Canada and Russia usually switch off in winning men’s hockey.  Norway may n...

Lindsey Vonn, the American skiing superstar, won the third Olympic medal of her career, but it was a bronze, not a gold, in the downhill. Vonn finished behind Sofia Goggia, the first Italian woman to win the downhill, and Ragnhild Mowinckel of Norway. Shortly after her run, Vonn, 33, became emotional when asked about her future. “It’s sad, I love what I do, but my body just probably can’t take another four years,” she told NBC. “It’s tough to contemplate this being my last Olympic downhill. I struggled to keep it all together, but I left it all on the mountain. I’d have loved a gold medal, but honestly, I’m so proud.”

Shaun White stood at the top of the 2018 Winter Olympics Games halfpipe Wednesday morning, needing the run of his life. This was the bottom of the ninth, two outs, full count. White was the last rider of the competition. If he failed to top the 95.25 score turned in by Ayumu Hirano of Japan, he’d earn a silver. For the first time in his life, White landed back-to-back 1440s, a maneuver that requires four full aerial revolutions to help secure the win. White had never even practiced this combo. But Hirano had pulled it off in his second run. White knew he needed it in order to win. He rejuvenated himself for PyeongChang. But his comeback almost got derailed when he smashed his face into the lip of a frozen halfpipe in October, a gruesome accident that required 62 stitches. He could have hung up his snowboard, having accomplished everything he could in his sport. White even contemplated retirement after the injury and claimed he lost some of his love for the support. ...

The United States men's team won't be one of the favorites in  Pyeongchang, with Canada, Sweden and Russia boasting strong rosters. But it wasn't the favorite in 1980, either, and that team will live on forever. The conditions may be a little bit different this time, but a United States men's gold medal this year would nevertheless be an upset. Former NHLers  Brian Gionta, Mark Arcobello ,   Jim Slater, James Wisniewski   and   Matt Gilroy, among others, are the headliners, while fans will get a chance to see some up-and-coming college talents in  Troy Terry, Jordan Greenway,  Ryan Donato and Will Borgen.

Billy Morgan has been in the snowboarding world for many years but is still a star throughout the UK. He was the first ever to land the quad cork 1800 ( https://youtu.be/kBYzGl-yIKM ). He is setting his goals this winter olympics on GOLD. He is focusing his time on qualifying for the slopestyle competition. Billy has been creating a new national pride within the U.K. snowboarding culture and within the winter sports world. Sadly in 2015, he tore his ACL and worked super hard to get back into to Olympic shape. He does feel ready to compete at the highest level and be able to take home the gold medal.