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2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang

Contributors: Vox Staff

The 2018 Winter Olympics, a.k.a. the XXIII Olympic Winter Games, will be held in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from Friday, February 9 through Sunday, February 25, 2018. (Though the competition actually begins one night earlier, on Thursday, February 8, with the figure skating team competition.)

For those planning to watch the festivities from the US, there’s a 14-hour time difference between South Korea and the East Coast, and an 11-hour difference between South Korea and the West Coast. NBC is the official broadcaster of the Olympics.

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    How ice skating works, according to physics and chemistry.

  • March 5, 2018

    The world’s top anti-doping scientist thinks we can end cheating in sports. Here’s why.

    By Umair Irfan

    "Biological passports" could end abuse of performance-enhancing drugs.

  • March 2, 2018

    How ski warfare created biathlon

    By Mac Schneider

    Skis + rifle = sport?

  • February 25, 2018

    Tonga’s oiled-up flag bearer competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics

    By Alex Ward

    Pita Taufatofua, Tonga’s only Olympic athlete this year, is now a cross-country skier.

  • February 25, 2018

    North Korea wants to talk to the US. That’s a big deal.

    By Alex Ward

    But don’t get too excited just yet.

  • February 25, 2018

    NBC’s Winter Olympics coverage was the best it’s been in years

    By Emily St. James

    The network took its focus off human interest stories and put it back on the sports.

  • February 25, 2018

    Russia hacked the Olympics and tried to make it look like North Korea did it

    By Emily Stewart

    And the International Olympic Committee could reinstate Russia as soon as this week.

  • February 24, 2018

    Why Russian athletes are marching as “OARs” at the Winter Olympics closing ceremony

    By Zeeshan Aleem

    "OAR" stands for "Olympic Athlete from Russia."

  • February 24, 2018

    2018 Winter Olympics closing ceremony: how to watch and what to expect

    By Caroline Framke

    The Pyeongchang Olympics will come to an end on February 25.

  • February 23, 2018

    A second Russian Olympian has failed a doping test

    By Umair Irfan

    The Olympic Committee might not consider the result as it weighs reinstating Russia at the closing ceremonies.

  • February 23, 2018

    Evgenia Medvedeva had a gold medal performance. Figure skating’s point system said otherwise. 

    By Alex Abad-Santos

    Why it feels like Evgenia Medvedeva was robbed.

  • February 23, 2018

    Four athletes tested positive for doping. It happens more than you think.

    By Umair Irfan and Julia Belluz

    Athletes are using new technologies and exploiting gray areas in doping rules to boost their performance.

  • February 23, 2018

    Why (almost) no one wants to host the Olympics anymore

    By Zeeshan Aleem

    The spectacular impracticality of putting on the party could cause hosting bids to vanish altogether.

  • February 22, 2018

    Why Russian figure skaters Alina Zagitova and Evgenia Medvedeva are so hard to beat

    By Alex Abad-Santos

    The best rivalry in women’s figure skating is between a jumping dynamo and a goth ballerina.

  • February 22, 2018

    Why people can’t stop shipping Canadian ice dancers Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir

    By Aja Romano

    Ice dance is about selling romance. Olympic gold medalists Virtue and Moir are brilliant marketers.

  • February 21, 2018

    A physicist reveals the secrets of human endurance

    By Umair Irfan

    A new book explains how our brains can hold our performance back, and how to get around it.

  • February 20, 2018

    North Korean officials abruptly canceled meeting with Mike Pence

    By Jen Kirby

    The secret sit-down was supposed to happen during the Olympics.

  • February 20, 2018

    A Russian athlete tested positive for a banned substance at the Olympics. Again.

    By Umair Irfan

    Russia’s efforts to improve its image at the Olympics are not going well.

  • February 19, 2018

    What the Olympics can teach us about a better kind of nationalism

    By David Papineau

    Orwell said international sports spawned "orgies of hatred." The Olympics prove him wrong.

  • February 18, 2018

    What Olympians actually eat

    By Julia Belluz

    Performance nutrition is now a critical part of athletes’ strategy to win.

  • February 16, 2018

    Winter Olympics 2018: what makes US figure skater Nathan Chen so dominant

    By Alex Abad-Santos

    The "Quad King," explained.

  • February 16, 2018

    How Olympic gold medal favorite Nathan Chen skated his way to 17th place

    By Alex Abad-Santos

    The American figure skater is so good that he often wins even when he’s not at his best. But even Chen has limits.

  • February 15, 2018

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    By Alex Abad-Santos

    The difference between figure skating’s six jumps.

  • February 14, 2018

    Shaun White was sued for sexual harassment. NBC would rather not talk about it.

    By Caroline Framke

    White’s failure to address a sexual harassment lawsuit speaks to a larger Olympics issue.

  • February 14, 2018

    Figure skating scoring explained for people who don’t follow figure skating

    By Alex Abad-Santos

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