Pyeongchang 2018
The XXIII Olympic Winter Games
The XXIII Olympic Winter Games
A guide to some of the Games’ most exciting contenders—whether they’re making highly anticipated debuts or returns
Despite individual triumphs and memorable moments, Team USA had its worst performance in 20 years.
It’s been a relatively quiet February on the missile-testing front. March could be different.
Outside powers have been central to the nuclear crisis—but for a few peculiar weeks in February.
They encourage profligate spending and help dictators burnish their prestige. Who needs them?
Leggings and yoga gear are common sights at practice rinks. But in competition, gender-coded costumes still prevail.
Akwasi Frimpong’s improbable journey to Olympic sledding—from a country without ice.
Adam Rippon and Gus Kenworthy show the entertainment value, and political power, of gay people embracing full visibility.
A decision by the International Olympic Committee has all but guaranteed a loss for Team USA in hockey. But don’t count them out just yet.
The Korean War split them apart. Could the Winter Olympics be an opportunity to bring them back together?
Once they retire, athletes are often left clueless about education, employment, and real life. A new national initiative seeks to change that—will it work?
“How could we embrace North Korea as one of our own?”
There is something fundamentally unfair about the display of unity in Pyeongchang.
In an imaginative but understated event, South Korea used augmented reality and tactical diplomacy to paint a hopeful picture.
With no great-power rivalry, what’s the point?
The 1960 Squaw Valley Winter Games were star-studded and futuristic—and broadcast to U.S. audiences for the first time.
The 18-year-old American is already seen as the greatest athlete in the sport’s history—and he’s competing at his first Olympics in an especially talented field.
Fifty years ago in Grenoble, France, American figure skating’s modern era was born.
A guide to some of the Games’ most exciting contenders—whether they’re making highly anticipated debuts or returns
The hoped-for breakthrough for sports diplomacy isn’t turning out the way Seoul had planned.
It's an unprecedented diplomatic breakthrough. But how can two rival nations build teamwork?