Next Olympic Games will be held by the Koreans - in the city of Phenchan. This became known two or three years ago - in 2011. The games will last from February 9 to February 25. France and Germany were also contenders to host the games.
I was recently interested in this question myself. It turns out that the next Winter Olympics will, naturally, be in 2018 and it will be held in the Republic of Korea, in the city of Pyeongchang. By the way, it will start on February 9, 2018, and end on February 25, 2014.
Firstly, it should be noted that Olympic Games 2018 the years will be winter, but will accept them Korean city Pyeongchang. This persistent capital of the 2018 Olympics submitted its application to host the Games 3 times in a row, and only this year their presentation convinced the IOC members.
In general, mainly 3 countries competed to host the 2018 Olympic Games: France (Annecy), Germany (Munich) and the Korean Pyeongchang.
The final vote took place on July 6, 2011 at the 123rd session IOC in South Africa. It was fleeting and ended almost before it began. Since in the first round, more than 50% of the IOC members voted for the Korean city, which automatically awarded the victory to Pyeongchang!
XXIII Winter Olympic Games will accept The Republic of Korea, city (or, more precisely, county in Gangwon Province, South Korea) - Pyeongchang.
The decision that the 2018 Olympics will be held in Pyeongchang was announced by the International Olympic Committee on July 6, 2011.
This is how representatives of the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Korea rejoiced when the capital of the 2018 Games was announced:
The fans also commented, not sparing themselves:
In 2018, the friendly people of Korea will take over the baton from Sochi to host the International Winter Olympic Games, and this whole wonderful event will take place in the town of Pyeongchang.
The decision on the location of the 2018 Winter Olympics was made at the 123rd IOC session in South Africa in July 2011. By a majority of votes, preference was given to the Korean city of P'nchang. It should be noted that this was the third application of the Republic of Korea.
The 2018 Olympics will be held in the Korean city of Pyeongchang. Moreover, this is not the first time the city is fighting for this right. At one time he lost to Vancouver, and then to our Sochi. And finally, PyeongChang received this right, and in the period from February 9, 2018 to February 25, 2018, it will become the capital of the Olympic Games.
The International Olympic Committee in advance, back in 2011, determined the location of the 2018 Winter Olympic Games. The choice had to be made from three submitted applications - Annecy (France), Munich (Germany) and Pyeongchang (South Korea). As a result of the voting, the South Korean city of Pyeongchang was chosen. 63 IOC members voted for him.
The 2018 Winter Olympics will be held from February 9 to 25, 2018 in Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea.
We still have to summer olympics in 2016 in Brazil, and then the Winter Olympics in 2018, which will be held in the Korean city of Pyeongchang. So the next Winter Olympics 2018 will be held in Korea.
The 2018 Olympics will be held in the Korean city of Pyeongchang. The starting day is scheduled for 02/09/2018. This was the third attempt by the Republic of Korea, or rather an application, which turned out to be successful, and if there are no very tangible and important factors that interfere with the holding of the Olympics in this country, then they will go according to plan. The next four years will pass after the Winter Games are held in Russia, and there will be something to compare with, in scale and enchantment, and most of all in the performance of the athletes.
Without the Russian flag and anthem, the prospects for the restoration of a number of Russian organizations in their rights - the editors of R-Sport list the most important sporting events of the next year.
FIFA World Cup in Russia
The main sporting event for the country not only in 2018, but also over the past four years (after the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi) will be the FIFA World Cup, which will be held in Russia for the first time in history. The tournament will be held from June 14 to July 15, 2018 in 11 cities: Moscow, Kaliningrad, St. Petersburg, Volgograd, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Samara, Saransk, Rostov-on-Don, Yekaterinburg and Sochi.
In the seven years that Russia has been preparing for the 2018 World Cup, five stadiums have been built in the country (work on seven more arenas is in the final stage), new airport terminals in almost all 11 cities (in Rostov there is a new airport in an open field), 64 bases for participating teams, hotels, bridges, training fields and other infrastructure that will be used during the tournament and after its completion.
At the draw held in the Kremlin on December 1, the Russian team's opponents were the teams of Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Uruguay. In the opening match of the tournament, the Russian team will play against Saudi Arabia on June 14 at the Luzhniki Stadium, with two more games group stage Stanislav Cherchesov's team will hold in St. Petersburg and Samara.
Olympic Games with Russia in neutral status
The XXIII Winter Olympic Games 2018 will be held from February 9 to 25 in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Competitions will be held in 15 sports and 102 disciplines. Russian athletes will perform under neutral flag and in the status of “Olympic Athletes from Russia” (OAR). So far, none of the national federations has spoken out against competing in South Korea under a neutral flag.
According to the decision of the Executive Committee of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), only “clean” athletes without a doping history will have the opportunity to compete at the Games. List Russian athletes who will be able to start in Pyeongchang, their coaches and other officials will be determined no later than January 28.
At the moment, Russian skeleton athletes, bobsledders, speed skaters, skiers and hockey players have the greatest problems with the prospect of admission to the Games. Some of the athletes have already been banned for life from the Olympic Games based on the findings of the Denis Oswald commission after rechecking doping samples from the 2014 Games in Sochi. In addition, Russia lost 11 medals from the home Olympics. 22 Russian athletes appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in order to have the ban on participation in the Olympics lifted.
One of those suspended, skeleton athlete Elena Nikitina, has already won the European Championships. At the Olympics in South Korea, Russians will compete for highest awards in figure skating, short track speed skating, biathlon, speed skating, cross-country skiing, hockey and possibly other sports.
Paralympians are waiting for the end of January
In December, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) extended the suspension of the Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) and announced that the final decision on the admission of Russian athletes to the 2018 Games in Pyeongchang will be made at the end of January.
According to the IPC working group, the Russian side did not fulfill the five criteria necessary to restore the rights of the RKR. According to IPC Chairman Andrew Parsons, with the Paralympic entry deadline set for February 23, the next IPC Governing Council meeting on January 26-28 will be last chance for Russia to fulfill all criteria on time.
RKR was deprived of membership in the IPC back in August 2016, and the Russian team was then suspended from participating in the Summer Paralympics. In September 2017, the IPC extended the suspension of the RKR, but allowed Russians to participate in the selection for the 2018 Games in a neutral status in alpine skiing, biathlon, snowboarding and cross-country skiing.
World Hockey Championship after the Olympics
During the Olympic season, the Hockey World Championship, as a rule, noticeably lost its status: few people are ready to play two major tournaments with an interval of just two months. However, this “rule” will not affect the May tournament in 2018, since it does not participate in the Games in Pyeongchang. Thus, the level of teams in Denmark will, in fact, be even higher than at the Olympics.
Russian fans are guaranteed to see at least one of the stars of the first magnitude in the national team uniform: Alexander Ovechkin or Evgeni Malkin, Nikita Kucherov or Artemy Panarin or Nikita Zaitsev. Since the moment when the Russian national team was led by Oleg Znarok, the national team has never been left without World Championship medals (gold in 2014, silver in 2015, bronze in 2016 and 2017).
Home European Championship figure skating
A rare case, but the European Championship, which will be held in Moscow in mid-January, can be extremely successful for the host country, that is, for Russia. It sounds paradoxical, because at the moment Russian figure skaters are clear favorites only in women's singles skating, where it would be even surprising if Russia does not take the entire podium.
But in the other three disciplines, the strengths, if not equal, are quite comparable. In the singles competition, the Russians will face Spaniard Javier Fernandez, who has won five previous European Championships in a row. Any winning streak, as you know, ends sooner or later, especially since the Spaniard is not in the best condition this season. It will be more difficult in pair skating, where Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov will have to defend the highest European title in a dispute with the winners of the recent Grand Prix Final Alena Savchenko and Bruno Massot, but this task is also feasible.
In ice dancing at the European Championships a year ago, the six-time Russian champions lost only three points to the winners. The winners were then two-time world champions and current world record holders Gabriella Papadakis/Guillaume Cizeron from France, who triumphantly completed the first half this season, but if we assume that the most unexpected surprises can happen at the very beginning of the new year, why shouldn’t one of them happen in Moscow in January?
New stars are shining there
The World Figure Skating Championships, which take place during the Olympic season, are considered by many to be not as serious as in other years. The fact is that many Olympic champions, having withstood psychological stress and won the main title in their career, they cannot cope with the burden of fame, the flow of interviews and filming, and finally, simply with physical and psychological fatigue - and do not go to the world championship. For example: in 2014, at the World Championships in Saitama (Japan), of the winners of four gold medals at the Sochi Olympics, only . Tatyana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov, Adelina Sotnikova, as well as Meryl Davis/Charlie White considered it good to rest.
However, in the absence of Olympic heroes, oddly enough, there is a positive aspect. New stars very often appear at the post-Olympic World Championships. For example, in 2014, Papadakis and Sizeron, who are now the main contenders for gold at the Pyeongchang Olympics, performed at a tournament of this level for the first time. At the same post-Olympic World Championship, the Russian Anna Pogorilaya loudly announced herself, who now, without a doubt, would be a contender not only for getting into Olympic team, but also for a medal at the 2018 Games, if not for the injury. So March 19-25 in Milan will be interesting - even if we don’t see some of the heroes of Pyeongchang there.
This European Championship is the first in history at individual distances. Previously, speed skaters competed at the European Championships only in the classic all-around, and since 2017 also in the sprint, but now there is an opportunity to become the European champion in the specialized Olympic event of the program. But there is also no olympic event, which debuts in the program of this tournament - the team sprint, where the Russians are the holders of the current world record.
There will probably be many interesting results in Kolomna, and since the tournament will be pre-Olympic, its results, as well as the composition of the participants, are difficult to predict, but one thing can be said with confidence: the stands of the Kolomna skating center on January 5-7 will definitely be sold out, because speed running Ice skating is the most favorite sport in this city near Moscow.
Who will challenge Carlsen for the championship?
A match for the men's world chess champion title will take place in London next November. Holder of the title since 2013, the Norwegian grandmaster will defend his status as the strongest chess player on the planet in a dispute with the winner of the March Candidates Tournament in Berlin.
Eight grandmasters will play in the candidates tournament. The hopes of domestic chess fans are tied to three players. Sergey Karjakin will perform as a participant in the previous championship match with Carlsen (the Russian in November 2016 finished the main part of the meeting in classical chess in a draw - 6:6, but lost in rapid - 1:3). Alexander Grischuk made his way through a series of FIDE Grand Prix tournaments, and Vladimir Kramnik received a special invitation from the organizers of the competition.
The Russians' rivals will be Levon Aronyan (Armenia), Ding Liren (China), Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So (both USA) and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan). Experts call the line-up of participants the strongest in all the years of holding candidate tournaments and believe that each of the eight grandmasters has a good chance of winning. In the December FIDE rankings, the highest odds are for Aronian (2805 points), Mamedyarov (2799) and Caruana (2799), second only to the leader Carlsen (2837).
European Championships unite
The first unified European Championship summer species Sports will take place from 2 to 12 August 2018 in Berlin and Glasgow. The competition program will include seven sports. The German capital will host the competition athletics, and one of the largest cities in Scotland - by aquatic species, cycling, rowing, artistic gymnastics, triathlon and golf. Each European Championship will be organized by a separate federation and the city administration hosting the competitions.
Such combined competitions will now be held once every four years. In 2018, more than 4.5 thousand athletes will take part in the European Championships. According to the organizers, the format of the joint championship will make the competition much more spectacular and will attract the attention of new fans to the sport and its heroes. Such a global tournament will have to increase the prestige of the titles won. A total of 184 sets of awards will be awarded within the framework of the unified European Championship.
Where will the flame of the next Olympics light? Will Asia become the hub These are the questions everyone wants answered. South Korea, years - these components have come together into a single whole, which promises a lot of interesting things.
Intrigue
Just recently closed Winter Olympics in Sochi. Behind us are the ups and downs, joy and dashed hopes. But life does not stand still. If the Russian organizers breathed a sigh of relief and went on a well-deserved rest, then in distant Pyeongchang, on the contrary, the preparation work is just beginning. How to properly coordinate preparation activities? What grandiose changes await the Russian football infrastructure? Will new stadiums be built and ski slopes laid? What, besides carnivals, will Brazil please us with in 2016? Many new prospects and tasks are presented to humanity by preparation for competitions at the planetary level. Are we ready to solve them? The construction of Olympic facilities is a serious test for any country. The higher the bar, the greater the requirements. You can't stop halfway. How are the preparations going, what difficulties do the organizers face? Let's try to figure it out.
Why PyeongChang
Only on the third attempt did South Korea achieve the desired result. Previous applications ended in fiasco, and Vancouver and Sochi celebrated their victory. Finally, the whole world found out where the 2018 Olympics will be. Kim Jin Sun was appointed president of the organizing committee. In Sochi, the Olympic functionary studied methods of infrastructure management and adopted the experience of his Russian colleagues.
What do we know about South Korea? This Asian country is developing rapidly. Today, the sports infrastructure has excellent ski slopes and sports facilities. This makes preparing for games much easier. The unique climate will allow athletes to compete and get a boost of vigor and health. Clean mountain air will contribute to the establishment of new Olympic records. The region is divided into mountain and coastal clusters. Communication between them will be supported by trains. In addition to sports facilities, the country has many attractions that guests will appreciate. South Korea, the 2018 Olympics is a fateful event that will allow this Asian country to further strengthen its position in the world community. That is why Pyeongchang was chosen for the honorary role of hosting the 2018 Winter Olympic Games.
When and where will the Summer Olympics take place?
No one will know when and where the 2018 Summer Olympics will be, because the time interval between the Olympic Games is 4 years. After the grand sports festival in London in 2012 the venue for the next one was for the first time South America. The country of carnivals and fun - Brazil - will welcome guests from all over the world in the summer of 2016. The preparations are not without difficulties. The biggest problem will be transport links. Landscape features limit rapid travel to the Brazilians are laying a new metro line to minimize the time spent by everyone who wants to visit the spectacle. This task is complicated by the fact that when laying a subway line, one has to break through solid granite. In addition to the new line, communication will be supported by new bus routes. The Maracana Stadium, which is supposed to be the arena for the opening and closing ceremonies, is quite outdated. It is currently undergoing a complete reconstruction. The velodrome should also be illuminated with new life. The organizers promise to bring it into compliance with all Olympic requirements. But the venue for the Olympic Games in 2020 will again be Asia. Tokyo - this city awaits fans. Unlike Pyeongchang, where the 2018 Olympics will be held, the country of new technologies, Japan, will welcome everyone at
Football tasks 2018
Everyone knows how much spectacle and positive emotions the Olympics can offer. Football 2018 will be marked by the World Cup in Russia. The World Cup, as you know, is not inferior in terms of entertainment. The geography of this event will amaze with its scale. Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan, and Yekaterinburg will host football battles. And although there are still 4 years until 2018, preparations are proceeding at a rapid pace. Sports arenas of cities are located on different stages bringing to combat readiness. A completely new concept is being developed for the Luzhniki stadium. Construction is already underway in St. Petersburg. In some cities, preparation is at the level of drafting projects. Architects take into account the characteristics of each region. The landscape, distance from other objects, and transport options are considered. For example, in St. Petersburg the stadium will be located on an island. Accordingly, there is a need for an interesting and unusual solution to the transport issue.
Financing
Financing will be provided from the operating budget (FIFA Organizing Committee). The second component, which bears the lion's share, is the funds allocated by the host country. This includes investor funds. Even a special budget program has been created, consisting of 11 sections. The organizers promise free travel for fans, as well as visa-free entry into the country. Russia will once again show its high level of organizing such events after Sochi. The World Cup in Russia will be a spectacular continuation sporting events in Pyeongchang, where the 2018 Olympics will take place. It is no secret that holding competitions of this level is an important mission. General Director of the Organizing Committee Alexey Sorokin assured that Russia will cope with this honorable task “excellently”. The preparation committee includes 48 people. By 2018, their number should increase to 2000.
Prospects
Nothing brings people closer together than joint efforts to prepare for sports competitions. In 2016 in Brazil, where the next Summer Olympics will be held; in 2018 in Russia, where the World Cup awaits us; and in 2018 in South Korea, where skiers and biathletes will clash in battles - everyone is concerned about the same things same problems. The main one is the timely completion of construction. In Pyeongchang, projects of 6 new sports facilities are at the completion stage. Infrastructure construction has already begun. The mountain resort of Alpensia, where it is planned to hold competitions in cross-country skiing, combined events, luge, bobsleigh, and skeleton, has always been distinguished high level service. There are 6 ski slopes of different levels here. The diving board offers an amazing view of the future Hweng Park, which is scheduled to host the opening and closing of the Olympic Games. Competitions in giant slalom will take place in Enhepen. In addition, all fans will be able to visit the winter sports museum.
Difficulties
In Brazil, a difficulty arose with the choice of location for construction. Local residents are against the demolition of their homes and relocation to apartment buildings. Architects and organizers are having a hard time convincing people that the Olympic district, built using the latest technologies, will become one of the best and most beautiful places in the city after the Games. In addition, the local population will have new jobs. Engineers are struggling with the organization of treatment facilities at the site of construction of future facilities. Behind last years The ecological condition of the multimillion-dollar metropolis has deteriorated significantly. The place where the rowing competition will be held is called the garbage lagoon. Transforming this corner into paradise requires ingenuity and professionalism. The worldwide partners of the Olympic Committee are making a major contribution to the construction of new facilities. One example is DOW. By introducing innovative technologies, construction specialists are turning sports infrastructure into fairy tale. The 2018 Asian Olympics, where the battle will take place in 7 winter sports and their varieties, is no exception.
Results
It doesn’t matter which sport a particular person likes best. Will it be a type of summer or winter Olympics. Or maybe a heated battle between football players at the next World Cup. Where will the Olympics be in 2018 or 2020? Everyone understands that competitions of this level are primarily designed to unite peoples, consolidate joint efforts, and learn from each other’s experience. Children from all countries will be happy about the new stadiums. Perhaps this is where new Olympic champions will grow. And they will already write new names in golden letters into the legendary chronicle. And although everyone knows the famous motto of the Olympics “The main thing is not victory, the main thing is participation,” I would like to wish everyone victory!
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The XXIII Winter Olympic Games will be held from February 9 to 25, 2018 in Pyeongchang, Republic of South Korea. The city has twice previously become a candidate for hosting Winter Games 2010 and 2014. However, he only got lucky on the third try. June 6, 2011 International Olympic Committee(IOC) announced that Pyeongchang will still become the capital of the Olympics.
Who else was bidding to host the 2018 Winter Olympics?
Only three official applications were submitted to host the 2018 Olympics: Annecy (France), Munich (Germany) and Pyeongchang (South Korea). For comparison, Russian Sochi, which became the venue for XXII winter Olympic Games in 2014, managed to bypass six cities, including Pyeongchang.
Who will be the mascot of the 2018 Olympics?
The white tiger Suhorang, considered the sacred guardian of animals by South Koreans, and the strong and courageous Bandabi bear, entrusted to personify the Paralympic competitions, were chosen as the mascot of the Olympics. The images of the animals were published on Twitter by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
The 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Games, which will be held in PyeongChang, South Korea, now have their own mascots! pic.twitter.com/sY6LcQR8FU
— Olympic Games (@Olympic) June 2, 2016
The 2018 Olympics emblem consists of two symbols. The one on the left represents the unity and harmony of the sky (blue stripe), earth (red) and man (the space between the two stripes). And the snowflake on the right symbolizes winter views sports.
Photo: Public Domain
What sports will the Olympians compete in?
- biathlon;
- bobsleigh: bobsleigh, skeleton;
- speed skating: speed skating, figure skating, short track;
- curling;
- skiing: skiing, Nordic combined, ski race, ski jumping, snowboarding, freestyle;
- luge;
- hockey.
In 2015, the IOC excluded parallel slalom in snowboarding (men and women) from the 2018 Olympic program and included several more new disciplines:
- big air in snowboarding (men and women);
- mass start in speed skating (men and women);
- double mixed in curling;
- team competition in alpine skiing.