After three tries, Pyeongchang, City of South Korea, has been awarded the Winter Olympics 2018, beating out two European challenges from France and Germany.
The choice of Pyeongchang follows two close South Korean defeats in attempts for the 2010 and 2014 games, to Canada's Vancouver and Russia's Sochi, respectively.
Early reports placed the South Korean bid as a slight favorite over Germany, with France as a distant third choice.
Pyeongchang's choice for 2018 means the Winter Games will be held in Asia for the first time since the 1998 games took place in Nagano, Japan.
The 2018 Olympics will be held in Pyeongchang, a town in South Korea's third-largest county of the same name. The site is in the scenic Taebaek mountain region, which is famous here for winter sports.
The choice of Pyeongchang follows two close South Korean defeats in attempts for the 2010 and 2014 games, to Canada's Vancouver and Russia's Sochi, respectively.
Early reports placed the South Korean bid as a slight favorite over Germany, with France as a distant third choice.
Pyeongchang's choice for 2018 means the Winter Games will be held in Asia for the first time since the 1998 games took place in Nagano, Japan.
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