Follow the Latin athletes competing in the 2018 Winter Olympics at PyeongChang, South Korea from February 9 – 25, 2018.
Olympic Torch Relay
The traditional relay carrying a lit Olympic torch from Greece, the site of the ancient Olympic Games, to the current site of the games PyeongChang, South Korea will take 101 days. The relay started on October 24, 2017.
The relay entered Korea on November 1, 2017. 7,500 torch bearers are carrying the torch throughout Korea.
The torch is being transported by a variety of means including:
- Turtle Ship ~ a reproduction of a historic Korean warship of the type used between the 15th and 19th centuries.
- Sailboat
- Marine Cable Car
- Zip-Wire
- Steam Train
- Marine Rail Bike
- Yacht
- Robot
What will they think of next?
Winter Olympics Sports
Alpine Skiing
This is downhill skiing. Alpine Skiing events include the Slalom and the Giant Slalom.
Latin countries competing in Alpine Skiing
- Argentina
Biathlon
Bobsleigh
Cross-country skiing
- Argentina
Curling
Figure Skating
Freestyle Skiing
Ice Hockey
Luge
- Argentina
Nordic Combined
Short Track Speed Skating
Skeleton
Ski Jumping
Snowboarding
- Argentina
Speed Skating
Latin Countries Competing in the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Argentina
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Chile
- Colombia
- Ecuador
- France
- Italy
- Mexico
- Philippines
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Romania
- Spain
- United States
Venezuela and Peru are not competing this year.
Argentina Winter Olympics 2018
Argentina is competing in:
Alpine Skiing
Sebastiano Gastaldi competes in the men’s events.
Nicol Gastaldi competes in the women’s events.
Cross-country Skiing
Matias Zuloaga competes in the men’s event.
Maria Cecilia Dominguez competes in the women’s event.
Snowboarding
Steven Williams competes in the men’s snowboard cross.
Luge
Veronica Maria Ravenna competes in the women’s singles.
Bolivia Winter Olympics
Ecuador Makes its Winter Olympics Debut
Klaus Jungbluth Rodriguez is competing in Men’s 15 km freestyle cross country sking. He was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
From his name, we’ll guess that Klaus has a German father and an Ecuadorian mother. Fantastic!
Jungbluth will carry the Ecuadorian flag in the opening ceremony.
