Last month, the 2018 Winter Olympics was held in PyeongChang with challenging competitions between 9th and 25th February. To start the games there was an opening ceremony on the 8th February where the competing countries gathered together to celebrate the beginning of the next few competitive weeks. Surprisingly, this is the first time South Korea has hosted a Winter Olympic but the second Olympics held in the country altogether (after the summer Olympics in Seoul in 1988). The country was elected to host the event in 2011.

With 92 nations participating and 102 events, the country that gathered the most medals was Norway with a total of 39 with 14 of them being gold, 14 being silver and a strong 11 bronze medals. They were closely followed by Germany who acquired a total of 31 medals. Up next in the medals table is Canada, United States and then Netherlands. Strangely, Norway (who gained the most medals) sent only 109 athletes but the United States sent a total of 242 and Norway still achieved about twice the medals of the United States.

Great Britain came 19th in the medals table and did the best they have ever done in the Winter Olympics. They won a total of 5 medals with 4 bronze medals and one incredible gold which was collected by Lizzie Yarnold. Great Britain collected their 4 bronze medals in the events Skeleton, Freestyle Skiing and Snowboarding. It was in Skeleton where they won the most medals including the gold.

Overall, the Winter Olympics was a fantastic success for Great Britain and especially Norway as they collected a substantial amount of medals. It will be in 2022 when the next Olympics are held within Beijing and Great Britain will be competing to their best to try and secure even more medals and personal achievements.