by Reese Gerhart
There's skating, skiing, snowboarding, and so much more. Can you guess what it is? Well, it’s the winter olympics. And when is it happening?The winter olympics is happening on Friday February 9, and ends on Sunday February 25. Where does this take place? The winter olympics takes place in Pyeongchang County, South Korea. Some of you might not have heard of this location before, but it’s winter’s are very cold and some might say freezing.
According to wikipedia, ”The torch relay started on 24 October 2017 in Greece and will end at the start of the Olympics on 9 February 2018. On 1 November 2017 the relay entered Korea. The relay will last 101 days. There will be 7,500 torch bearers to represent the 75 million population living in Korea. There will also be 2018 support runners. The support runners will guard the torch and be messengers.”
There are many sports for the winter olympics, some dangerous, some fun, and some very scary, but whatever they are, some talented, lucky person will take home a gold medal and be so happy that they could burst with joy.That gold metal could be any of yours in the future.Their are some people who have won a gold metal, and they were teenagers when they won it. Seventeen year old Chloe Kim won a medal, she is one of the luckiest girls ever. That is what I think.
These are the sports that are happening in the olympics:
I hope that you learned a lot from the information that I gave you.