history, new events and Australian medal chances
- Written by Vaughan Cruickshank, Senior Lecturer in Health and Physical Education, University of Tasmania
This year’s Winter Olympics will be held in northern Italy, starting on Friday.
They will be the most spread out in history: the two main competition sites – Milan and the winter resort of Cortina d'Ampezzo – are more than 400 kilometres apart.
Some 3500 athletes from 93 countries will compete in 16 sports for 245 gold medals.
