The Australian team finished 23rd on the medal tally in Pyeongchang.
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Measuring the success of the Australian team at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang may still be aligned to the ambitious Winning Edge targets.
The main objective for most sporting event organising committees is to deliver an efficient and safe event.
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Future Olympics will be required to report on their legacies for up to five years after the event under the IOC’s new framework.
Hosting sporting events to spark an interest in language and culture is known as ‘soft diplomacy’.
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For South Korea, hosting the Winter Olympics is a great opportunity to engage the world with Korean language and culture.
Russian curler Aleksandr Krushelnitckii faces being stripped of his bronze medal from Pyeongchang.
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Athletes have, on occasion, mounted successful defences of sabotage in doping cases.
South Korea continues to have a problem with abandoned babies and ongoing overseas adoption despite economic growth.
Jessica Walton
The 1988 Seoul Olympics shed light on South Korea’s institutionalised practice of international adoption.
American skiier Gus Kenworthy is one of many openly gay athletes competing in Pyeongchang.
Head & Shoulders
A country with a questionable stance on LGBTI+ rights is again hosting the Winter Olympics.
Jarryd Hughes has won Australia’s first medal in the snowboard cross event at a Winter Olympics.
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Snowboard cross has the highest incidence of injury during competition among the snowboarding disciplines.
Scotty James became the second Australian in Winter Olympic history to win a medal in the snowboard halfpipe event.
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Halfpipe snowboarders like Scotty James may seem laid-back and relaxed, but they are subjected to high physical load and fatigue induced by training and competition.
Temperatures in Pyeongchang fall below -10°C at night.
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Here’s how athletes at the Winter Olympics are able to perform in extreme cold.
Harley Windsor’s visibility before, during and after these Winter Olympics may just be the catalyst to inspire future generations of Indigenous athletes.
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While Harley Windsor’s selection deserves celebration, it’s surprising that it has taken until now for an Indigenous Australian to compete at a Winter Olympics.
What makes the mogul discipline distinctive is that it is both a judged event and a timed event.
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Matt Graham’s silver medal in mogul skiing is the third time an Australian has won a medal in the event at a Winter Olympics.
Frenzy and focus in the women’s Snowboard Cross final at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games.
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Hurtling at 50 km per hour over vertical drops, rolls and turning banks – that’s snowboard cross and ski-cross. If they make a good start, seven Australians are in with a medal chance in Pyeongchang.
Sporting events like the Winter Olympics are one of TV’s most valuable products.
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Olympics have often provided the impetus for large-scale broadcasting innovations, such as when TV was introduced in Australia to broadcast the 1956 Games.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in is pushing for a thawing of the relationship between the Koreas through events such as the Winter Olympics.
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The mistrust between the two Koreas is so deep that there are more sceptics than enthusiasts over North Korea’s involvement in the Winter Olympics.
The Olympic Truce Mural in the athletes’ village in Pyeongchang shows just how infused the Games are with politics.
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In these Olympics more than most, there is less global attention on the medal count than on who will win the politics.
Australian gold medalist Torah Bright in action during the Women’s Halfpipe Snowboard competition in the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games.
Snowboarding and freeskiing are relatively new to the Winter Olympics, coming from highly-skilled amateur backgrounds. Their athletes are often risk-taking individualists, at home on social media.
Certain Russian athletes will be allowed to compete in Pyeongchang under the banner of ‘Olympic Athletes from Russia’.
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Doping scandals have dominated the build-up to the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics.
Snowboarding is one of just two Winter Olympic sports to receive funding under Winning Edge.
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It’s not out of reach for the Australian Winter Olympic team to meet the Winning Edge targets of a top-15 finish on the medal tally.
The IOC has adopted the dove as an official Olympic symbol.
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History shows Olympic Games have only very limited ability to promote peace between warring nations.