What is 2018 Winter Olympics?
{{update|date=March 2018}} {{Infobox Olympic games|2018|Winter|Olympics| | image = Pyeongchang 2018 Logo.svg | alt = PyeongChang 2018 Olympic official emblem | host_city = [[Pyeongchang]], [[South Korea]] | motto = ''Passion. Connected.''<br />({{lang-ko| 하나된 열정.}}, ''Hanadoen Yeoljeong'') | nations = 92 | athletes = 2,922 (1,680 men and 1,242 women) | events = 102 in 7 [[Olympic sports|sports]] (15 disciplines) | opening = 9 February | closing = 25 February | opened_by = [[President of the Republic of Korea|President]] [[Moon Jae-in]] | cauldron = [[Yuna Kim|Kim Yun-a]] | stadium = [[Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium]] | winter_prev = [[2014 Winter Olympics|Sochi 2014]] | winter_next = [[2022 Winter Olympics|Beijing 2022]] | summer_prev = [[2016 Summer Olympics|Rio 2016]] | summer_next = [[2020 Summer Olympics|Tokyo 2020]] }} The '''2018 [[Winter Olympics]]''', officially known as the '''XXIII Olympic Winter Games,''' is a sporting event that took place in between February 9 and 25, 2018. The deadline for bids was January 2009. The winning city, [[Pyeongchang]], [[South Korea]], was announced on July 6, 2011. Officially, it is being called 'PyeongChang', spelled that way so people don't confuse it with [[Pyongyang]], which is in [[North Korea]]. ==Official host city== * {{flagicon|South Korea}} '''[[Pyeongchang]], [[South Korea]]''' ==Former potential bids== ===Asia=== * {{flagicon|Kazakhstan}} [[Almaty]], [[Kazakhstan]] * {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Bursa, Turkey]] ===Europe=== On July 4, 2007, [[Sochi]], [[Russia]] was selected to host the 2014 Winter Games, hurting European candidates' chances at a successful bid.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/front_page/6271122.stm Sochi given 2014 Winter Olympics]</ref> The IOC rarely awards back-to-back games to the same continent. * {{flagicon|Germany}} '''[[Munich]], [[Germany]]''' * {{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Upper Carniola]], [[Slovenia]] * {{flagicon|France}} [[France]] ** [[Annecy]] (eliminated) ** [[Hautes-Alpes]] (el