Pyeongchang 2018
The XXIII Olympic Winter Games
Who to Watch at the Winter Olympics
A guide to some of the Games’ most exciting contenders—whether they’re making highly anticipated debuts or returns
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Lucy Nicholson / Reuters America's (Relatively) Dismal Showing at the Winter Olympics
Despite individual triumphs and memorable moments, Team USA had its worst performance in 20 years.
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Reuters / Yonhap 3 Signs the Korean Olympics Truce Won't Last
It’s been a relatively quiet February on the missile-testing front. March could be different.
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Julie Jacobson / AP The Koreas Take Control
Outside powers have been central to the nuclear crisis—but for a few peculiar weeks in February.
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Richard Heathcote / Getty Ban the Olympics
They encourage profligate spending and help dictators burnish their prestige. Who needs them?
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Julie Jacobson / AP Why Don't More Female Figure Skaters Wear Pants?
Leggings and yoga gear are common sights at practice rinks. But in competition, gender-coded costumes still prevail.
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Edgar Su / Reuters Ghana's Skeleton Hero
Akwasi Frimpong’s improbable journey to Olympic sledding—from a country without ice.
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Lucy Nicholson / Reuters The Out Olympics
Adam Rippon and Gus Kenworthy show the entertainment value, and political power, of gay people embracing full visibility.
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Brian Snyder / Reuters The American Dream on Thin Ice
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.
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Phil Noble / Reuters Korea's Divided Families Are Hoping for a Reunion
The Korean War split them apart. Could the Winter Olympics be an opportunity to bring them back together?
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J. David Ake / AP Finding New Meaning After An Olympic Career
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?
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Kim Hong-Ji / Reuters The Korean Unification Flag Isn't as Unifying as It Seems
“How could we embrace North Korea as one of our own?”
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Damir Sagolj / Reuters North Korea's Undeserved Olympic Glory
There is something fundamentally unfair about the display of unity in Pyeongchang.
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David J. Phillip / AP The Quiet Modernism of Pyeongchang's Opening Ceremony
In an imaginative but understated event, South Korea used augmented reality and tactical diplomacy to paint a hopeful picture.
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Kim Hong-Ji / Reuters The Olympics Do Not Matter
With no great-power rivalry, what’s the point?
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Robert Riger / Bettmann / Getty / Zak ... How the Olympics Got Disneyfied
The 1960 Squaw Valley Winter Games were star-studded and futuristic—and broadcast to U.S. audiences for the first time.
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Issei Kato / Reuters / Thanh Do / ... The Men's Figure-Skating Gold Is Nathan Chen's to Lose
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.
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AFP / Getty Peggy Fleming and the 1968 Winter Olympics
Fifty years ago in Grenoble, France, American figure skating’s modern era was born.
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Thanh Do / The Atlantic Who to Watch at the Winter Olympics
A guide to some of the Games’ most exciting contenders—whether they’re making highly anticipated debuts or returns
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Song Kyung-Seok / Reuters South Korea's Chilly Response to a Joint Olympic Team
The hoped-for breakthrough for sports diplomacy isn’t turning out the way Seoul had planned.
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Fabrizio Bensch / Reuters The Precarious Politics of the Joint Korean Hockey Team
It's an unprecedented diplomatic breakthrough. But how can two rival nations build teamwork?
