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South Korea Awarded 2018 Winter Olympics (10-Jul-11)

Pyeongchang in South Korea has been awarded the 2018 Winter Olympics

Pyeongchang in South Korea has been awarded the 2018 Winter Olympics at a meeting of the International Olympic Committee in Durban, South Africa.

South Korea had previously bid to host the 2010 games – won by Vancouver in Canada; and the 2014 Games, won by Sochi in Russia – narrowly losing in each case.

Unusually the South Korean region won easilly in the first round of voting securing two

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Sochi Looks To Guarantee Snow For 2014 As Second January Starts “Snow Free” (17-Jan-11)

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said that one of the big challenges for the coming Sochi Olympics....

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said that one of the big challenges for the coming Sochi Olympics, due to start in just over three year, is to guarantee snow cover.

“We need to settle a variety of issues, including the issue of snow. For the second year the winter here is essentially snow-free in January.

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British Snowsports Stars On The Podiums By 2018 Say BSS (10-Nov-10)

Formed by The British Olympic Association in February 2010...

Formed by The British Olympic Association in February 2010, after the previous Governing organisation ran into serious financial difficulties, British Ski and Snowboard (BSS), the National Governing Body for Skiing and Snowboarding in the United Kingdom, is looking and feeling good ahead of its first full winter season.

Not only did BSS announce this week that it has retained two of its major sponsors (British Land and Colmar), selected the French Alpine resort of Méri

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