2018 Olympics

The United States team walks in the Parade of Athletes during the Winter Olympics opening ceremony on Friday. The team has more athletes than any nation at the Games and it's the most diverse of any U.S. winter squad, in terms of both race and gender. The

Bigger Than Ever, And More Diverse: Team USA At The 2018 Winter Olympics

11:10am February 09, 2018

The U.S. squad, 242 strong, has more women than ever. It also includes 10 African-Americans, 11 Asian-Americans and the first two openly gay athletes to compete for the U.S. at a Winter Olympics.

Fireworks go off at the start of the opening ceremony of the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games.

Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony: Pyeongchang Welcomes The World

10:36am February 09, 2018

by Bill Chappell

The Winter Olympics opening ceremony took place Friday evening in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Luger Erin Hamlin was Team USA's flag-bearer at the ceremony.

Matthieu Reeb, secretary-general of the Court of Arbitration for Sport, announces the court's decision on Feb. 1 regarding Russian athletes. He is set to announce another decision Friday.

Court To Announce Decision On Russian Athletes Hours Before Opening Ceremonies

1:02pm February 08, 2018

by James Doubek

Dozens of Russian athletes have mounted a last-ditch appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport over their exclusion from the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.

Bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor, snowboarder Alex Deibold, skier Lindsey Vonn, skier Gus Kenworthy and members of Team USA pose for a photo during the 100 Days Out 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics Celebration.

Olympians Next Door: Where America's Winter Olympic Athletes Come From

10:12am February 08, 2018

While powerhouse states like Colorado and California are sending the most Olympians to Pyeongchang, towns and cities around the U.S. have good reason to watch their daughters and sons compete as well.

Olympic athletes have some crazy anxiety dreams.

Everyone Has Anxiety Dreams. Olympic Athletes Have Olympic-Size Ones

1:59pm February 07, 2018

by Melissa Block

U.S. winter Olympians — whose sports can defy gravity and involve breakneck speeds on snow and ice — share some of their most common nightmares in a special NPR Up First podcast from Pyeongchang.

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Skiing was second nature for Dunklee, but shooting a rifle at first felt alien to her. In the wake of mass shooting tragedies in the U.S., she has wrestled with ambivalence over using rifles for sport.

With Few Fans And Little Funding, U.S. Biathlon Team Hopes For First Olympic Medals

5:13pm February 05, 2018

by Melissa Block

Biathlon is the only winter sport in which the U.S. has never won an Olympic medal. But hopes are high for Pyeongchang. "I've never seen our team in such high spirits," says biathlete Lowell Bailey.

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The Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium cost roughly $109 million to build for South Korea's 2018 Winter Olympics and Paralympics. The stadium will be used just four times before being demolished.

South Korea Prepares To Spend $13 Billion On Winter Olympics. Is It Worth It?

4:00pm February 02, 2018

by Samantha Raphelson

Despite bold plans to repurpose Olympic buildings, past host cities, such as Rio de Janeiro and Athens, have been left with vacant, decaying sports complexes and piles of debt.

Daily drills and intense practices are part of young D.C.-area speedskaters' training.

A Short Track To The Olympics For Washington, D.C.-Area Speedskaters

8:00am January 27, 2018

by Mikaela Lefrak

The capital region has produced two of the U.S. Olympic team's eight speedskaters. Nearly a third of the short track speedskaters who qualified for Olympic trials this year came from D.C.-area clubs.

North Korean hockey players arrive at the Inter-Korean Transit Office in Paju, South Korea, on Thursday.

North Korean Women's Hockey Players Arrive To Begin Olympic Training With South

1:57pm January 25, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Twelve members of the team crossed the DMZ dressed in red, white and blue team parkas emblazoned with the North Korean flag. They will compete as part of a unified North-South team next month.

Ryom Tae Ok and Kim Ju Sik of North Korea perform during their pairs short program in Oberstdorf, Germany, in September.

North Korea's Olympic Hopefuls Include A Pair Of Figure Skaters

11:21pm January 17, 2018

by Elise Hu

Pair skaters Ryom Tae Ok, 18, and Kim Ju Sik, 25, qualified last year for the Winter Games. They'll learn this weekend whether they'll compete in Pyeongchang.

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