2018 Winter Olympics- By The Numbers
The 2018 Winter Olympics is underway! Although equestrian events aren’t included in the winter session of the Olympic Games, (however, we’d definitely make a case for skijoring to be reinstated) equestrians are all about competition!
WalletHub has compiled data related to the Olympic Games, in addition creating to a great infographic that tells you everything you’d ever want to know about the competition! Scroll below to view.
And here’s a horse industry connection for you. The niece of AQHA and NSBA judge, Lisa Krohn, is Lindsey Vonn, Olympic Gold and Bronze medalist and member of the US Olympic Ski Team, who is planning to compete in the Women’s Super-G, Downhill, Combined, and possibly Giant-Slalom in PyeongChang.
Fast Facts:
- $13 Billion- the estimated cost of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, 4X less than the record-setting Sochi Games
- $4,683- Average price of a week-long trip to PyeongChang for the Olympics
- 34F- 17 F- Average daytime and nighttime temperature in PyeongChang
- 242- Athletes on the U.S. team- A record for any country in the Winter Olympics
- 169- Russian athletes who received a special exemption to compete after Russia was banned from the 2018 Olympics due to the doping scandal.
- 586 grams- the record setting weight of the goal medal at the 2018 Games
- 222- medals that will be awarded
