Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games 2018 News

[heywoodu 16,367]

14 minutes ago, phelps said:

 

may I ask you where did you find those pictures?

 

By searching on Google for 'vancouver 2010 medals'.

[phelps 8,514]

1 hour ago, heywoodu said:

By searching on Google for 'vancouver 2010 medals'.

 

ah, OK...

I thought you were referring to Pyeongchang medals as of those in the pictures...

I didn't remember Vancouver 2010 medals' shape...my mistake...

[hckošice 16,199]

The Ice Hockey schedules FINALLY Released

 

Slovak Team preliminary round program is finally officially known, we will start the St. Valentines Day Wednesday 14th February against Russia at 21:10 local time (13:10 our time) in the bigger arena Gangneung Hockey Center, Two days later on Friday 16th February in the same venue we will face the USA at 12:10 local Time (04:10 our Time), the last preliminary round game against Slovenia will be played the next day Saturday 17th February at 21:10 local Time (13:10 our time) this time in the smaller arena Kwandong Hockey Center.

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http://pyeongchang2018.iihf.hockey/women/games/

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Martin Fourcade  Biathlon Flag Bearers

 

https://www.lequipe.fr/Tous-sports/Actualites/Martin-fourcade-porte-drapeau-a-pyeongchang/837522

Edited September 26, 2017 by Benolympique

[hckošice 16,199]

Few pics from the Olympic Village, Apparently almost everything is already prepared The village will consist of 25-storey buildings in the main olympic village in Gangneung, our team will stay in the building 803 and our floors will be from the 2nd to the 7th.

 

 

 

 

In the mountains Olympic village, it will be the second and third floors, plus two rooms on the fourth, in the building number 103

 

 

 

Also our Hockey team will travel to Korea the night of the 6th February and is expected to land there the morning of the 8th February, so very likely they will miss the opening ceremony parade of nations, they will play one test match befre the tournament the 11th February against South Korea (will be the very first confrontation between the 2 countries in the history) but not in PyeongChang, very likely in one of the biggest local cities.

 

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IIHF announced the introduction of the new formed "Coaches Challenges" at the 2018 Winter Olympics, Coaches will be able to request that certain officiating decisions, such as goals scored on a missed offside play, be reviewed via video at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games.
 

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The International Ice Hockey Federation has reached an agreement in principle with the participating teams of the Olympic men’s and women’s ice hockey tournaments to include a coach’s challenge system.

“We will have consultations with the leagues that are currently utilizing the coach’s challenge system and will look at the best possible method of implementation,” said Fasel. “We are also aiming to test out a system during the international breaks in the leadup to the Games.”

The proposal was introduced last Friday on the final day of the IIHF Semi-Annual Congress.

During an open discussion on the latest IIHF rule proposals, President René Fasel asked for feedback on the possibility of using a coach’s challenge on selected officiating decisions during the Games, such as when a goal is scored on a missed offside or goalie interference call.

Countries including Canada, Finland, Sweden, Switzerland, and Russia came out in support of the decision, which prompted the IIHF to agree to initiate an examination into the technical and logistical possibilities of integrating a coach’s challenge option at PyeongChang 2018.

Further details are still to be confirmed and will be announced at a later date. 

 

 

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The IOC have provisionally suspended the Brazilian Olympic Committee

https://www.olympic.org/news/decision-of-the-ioc-executive-board-regarding-mr-carlos-nuzman-and-the-brazilian-olympic-committee

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Gracenote has published their first 2018 Virtual Medal Table. Usually the main reaction is that everyone of every single country disagrees and think they will win less medals than predicted, so, let's see everyone's reactions

http://sportsdemo1.gracenote.com/documentation/vmt

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