Wybudowany za 109 mln dolarów w Pjongczang będzie gościć cztery ceremonie - otwarcia i zamknięcia igrzysk olimpijskich (9-25 lutego) oraz paraolimpiady (8-18 marca). Gdy tylko zgaśnie znicz, obiekt na 35 thousands gminy został rozebrany.more

Panczenista Zbigniew Bródka will be the ensign of the Polish team during the parade of athletes on February 9 at the opening ceremony of the 23rd Olympic Winter Games in Pyongsang. The representation approved by the POC on Tuesday has 58 people.more

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has prepared a guide for Polish citizens going to the Winter Olympics Pjongczang 2018, containing practical information on, among others, security, means of communication, conditions of entry and residence in the Republic of Korea.more

For the first time in history, the flag of the Canadian national team at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games will be carried by two people - the skating dance pair Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir. Olympic champions from Vancouver in 2010 will be ensign on February 9 in Pyongsang.more

The Japanese canoeist Yasuhiro Suzuki was suspended for eight years for "enriching" the beverage of the rival of the Seiji Komatsu team, as a result of which he was caught using unauthorized means. The plot took place during the September championship of the country.more

Mixed martial artist Joanna Jędrzejczyk, founder and head of the Polish Humanitarian Action Janina Ochojska, traveler Marek Kamiński or actors Artur Żmijewski and Ewa Błaszczyk ran on Monday through the streets of Seongnam in a relay race with Olympic fire.more

The most titled biathlete in history, Ole Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, will have the last chance to win a place at the Olympic Games in Pyongech on this week (9-25 February). On Wednesday in Ruhpolding the next round of the World Cup begins.more

It will be a very sporting year, says a Polish journalist, sports commentator Przemysław Babiarz.more

The organizing committee of the Winter Olympics in Pyongsang revealed the details of the ceremony of giving medals. Players will enter the white podium, built of characteristic, longitudinal tiles ("giwa"), and hostesses will appear in traditional Korean costumes.more

The organizers of the Winter Games in Pyongsang announced that 61 percent of tickets were sold, ie 655 thousand. Alpine skiing competitions are the most popular - buyers found 81%. admission cards.more

Six Polish tobogganers will perform in the Olympic Games in Pyongsang. White and red will compete in all competitions: women's and men's, doubles and relay.more

At the stadium in Pyongsang, where February 9 ignites the torch of the Olympic Winter Games, anti-terrorists and firefighters performed yesterday. Over 400 people took part in activities simulating m.in. burying hostages.more

Despite the suspension by the IOC of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), more than two hundred athletes of this country have the chance to take part in the Olympic Games in Pyongyang - thinks the president of ROC Alexander Zhukov.more

All Russian athletes - 25 people who were permanently disqualified by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for doping during the Olympic Games in Sochi in 2014, appealed to the Court of Arbitration on this decision. Sport (CAS).more

The South Korean government is planning on trotting out 85 robots, including a robot that will draw murals on venue walls, delivery robots, fishing robots, per Yonhap.more

Russian President Vladimir Putin assured that despite the Tuesday's decision to exclude the country from the winter games in Pyongchang (February 9-25), athletes will not boycott the party. He gave them a green light to start under the Olympic flag.more

The Russian Olympic Committee is suspended for next year's Winter Games in Pyongsang, but some representatives of this country will be able to compete under the Olympic flag - the IOC said. A former sport minister, Vitaly Mutko, was permanently excluded.more

The Disciplinary Commission of the International Olympic Committee has disqualified two Russian athletes participating in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London for doping. This is the runner-up in the 4x400 m relay run by Julia Guszczina and Anna Nazarowa long-distance skater.more

The organizers of the winter games in Pjongchang reported that 55 percent of the tickets were sold, or 555,000 from the 1.07 million pool. This is a significant improvement compared to the beginning of September, when buyers found only 22.7 percent. passes.more

Tokyo opened its first new permanent venue for the 2020 Olympics on Saturday in a welcome public relations boost for the organisers after a series of setbacks.more

Olympic champion from Rio de Janeiro on the Kenyan marathon Jemima Sumgong was disqualified for four years. Earlier in her body was found erythropoietin (EPO). more

The PyeongChang 2018 Organizing Committee announced that building work is done on the stadiums and other facilities.more

Swedish Ski Association has decided that cross-country skier Charlotte Kalla will get only a mascot for the Olympic medals.more

The Olympic flame arrived in South Korea on Wednesday, 100 days ahead of the opening ceremony for the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Games. South Korean Olympic gold-winning figure skater Kim Yu-Na and the country's sports minister carried the flame, in a white security lamp, down the steps at Incheon airport after a flight from Greece.more

The International Olympic Committee says it would cover all expenses for North Korean athletes who want to participate in the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea, Radio Free Asia reported Saturday.more