Sport in South Korea

Constantinos Petrakis carries the flag for Greece as he leads his country's delegation into the arena during the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on Friday. Forty-eight nations - plus a 'Neutral Paralympic Athletes' team consisting of Russians - are to compete in this year's games.

Icy winds tore through the mountains at the Pyeongchang Olympics on Feb. 12, wreaking havoc at a snowboard final, forcing the postponement of the Alpine skiing for a second successive day, and raising questions about athlete safety.

84% of the tickets for the Pyeongchang Olympics were sold, the organizers said. Today, 176,350 spectators had watched the past three days and the opening ceremony, and 94% of the 56,000 tickets for today's competitions were sold.

PYEONGCHANG - The Serbian flag was ceremonially raised at the Olympic Village in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on Thursday in a symbolic welcome for Team Serbia to the Winter Olympic Games.

The ceremony was attended by Olympic Committee of Serbia President Bozidar Maljkovic...

TANJUG/RAS photo, A.Dimitrijevic

Team Greece parades at the opening ceremony of the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea, on Friday.

A Greek actress releases a pigeon during the dress rehearsal for the Olympic flame lighting ceremony for the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at the site of ancient Olympia in Greece. [Costas Baltas/Reuters]

Greek cross-country skiing champion Apostolos Angelis will be the first torchbearer after the Lighting of the Olympic Flame on October 24 at Ancient Olympia, the Hellenic Olympic Committee announced on Tuesday.

Greek cross country ski champion Apostolos Angelis will be the first torchbearer after the Lighting of the Olympic Flame on October 24 at Ancient Olympia, the Hellenic Olympic Committee announced on Tuesday.