Marking the countdown to the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018, the Olympic flame was lit in Ancient Olympia yesterday, 24^th October 2017.

On 29^th September 2017, the World Anti-Doping Agency WADA published the 2018 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods. The List comes into force on 1^st January 2018.

The Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 medals were unveiled at a ceremony held in Seoul (KOR) last week.

The ninth, and final, Coordination Commission for the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 kicked-off on Tuesday.

Exactly six months from today, athletes from all around the world will descend on PyeongChang (KOR) in pursuit of Olympic gold.

Aiming to enable new and younger audiences to experience and engage with the Olympic Movement 365 days a year, the Olympic Channel and Discovery Communications have unveiled a new partnership launched today on the Eurosport 1 and Eurosport 2 linear channels and the digital Eurosport Player. 

FIS Freestyle Skiing and Snowboard officials were in PyeongChang (KOR) from 9^th-11^th July 2017 for one of the final site inspections before the Olympic Winter Games next February.

On 9^th July 2017, the IOC Executive Board, of which FIS President Gian Franco Kasper is a member, agreed on the programme for the 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne (SUI) and it includes the addition of ladies’ Nordic Combined and Freestyle Ski and Snowboard big air.

On 11^th July, the Extraordinary IOC Session approved changes to the Candidature Process for the Olympic Winter Games 2026 that will reduce costs, simplify procedures and provide more assistance to National Olympic Committees (NOCs) and cities during the bidding process. 

Background story: The 23rd Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang (KOR), the highlight of the next winter season for every athlete, will start less than eight months from now.