PyeongChang.
Yes, you heard right. The county in South Korea, pronounced pyuhng-chahng.
The 2018 Winter Olympics open this coming Friday, February 9, and conclude on Sunday, February 25. Almost 100 nations will participate, competing in 102 events. From alpine skiing to speed skating, and from biathlon to ski jumping, athletes will throw themselves down slopes, off ramps and across ice in attempts to be faster, higher and stronger, in line with the official Olympic motto (Citius, Altius, Fortius -- Latin for "Faster, Higher, Stronger").
PyeongChang is the second South Korean site to host the Olympics, after Seoul held the 1988 Summer Games. And this is the fourth time that the Winter Games have been in Asia, after being held in Japan in 1972 and 1998.
Athletes will get pumped up and put forward their best efforts, while trying to keep things as simple as possible. In the last Winter Olympics, the goaltender of Finland's hockey team was asked to reveal his strategy. "My strategy," he...
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