The 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea are in full swing! From the opening ceremony on February 9th through the closing ceremony 16 days later on the 25th, the entire world will be closely watching to see which country has the best ice skaters, skiiers, and…curlers? At Her Beauty, we are doing all the dirty work and tracking down all the amazing stories out of this year’s Olympics so that you won’t have to. If you’ve been paying attention to the Games (and we know you have been!), some of these stories might already be familiar to you. But who knows, there might be a surprise or two. We proudly present 8 awesome things that have happened at the Winter Olympics so far!
1. Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium Made its sparkling debut
The world got to see Pyeongchang’s new 35,000-seat stadium in all its glory on February 9th when athletes representing 92 nations came out to celebrate the opening of the 23rd Winter Olympic Games. World leaders and arch-nemeses Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un weren’t in attendance, but impersonators who dressed up like the pair attempted to gain entry. While security was all over that, the fellows get an “A” for effort. Consequently, the $109 million stadium will undoubtedly be used for years and years to come. Just kidding. They’ve already planning to tear it down after the Games are over.
2. Korea is now unified
It’s official folks: Korea is one country again and we can now look forward to peace for the rest of eternity. Okay, so maybe not. But the two Koreas did march at the opening ceremony under one flag. And the two countries’ women’s hockey teams joined forces to compete as one team. The join hockey effort wasn’t without a few minor complications, however. Their coach, the American-born Sarah Murray, doesn’t speak a lick of Korean and the even players from each of the Koreas use different ice hockey terminology. Although they got walloped in their three matches by a total score of 20-1, they still managed to capture our hearts, right?
3. North Korean Cheerleaders are the most North Korean thing ever
The North Korean delegation of 200 includes around 100 cheerleaders, all of whom are women in their 20s who were allegedly handpicked by “the Marshal” himself. During the hockey matches featuring the aforementioned united Korean women’s hockey team, the young ladies chanted in unison and carefully choreographed their dance moves. Another Kim Jong-un look-a-like stopped by to mingle, but neither the ladies nor the security guards that gave him the boot were amused.
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via Entertainment News
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