Belarus at the Olympics
List of medalists -- Winter Olympics
Table:
Medal

Name

Games

Sport

Event

Silver
Svetlana Paramygina
1994 Lillehammer
Biathlon
Women's sprint

Silver
Igor Zhelezovski
1994 Lillehammer
Speed skating
Men's 1000 m

Bronze
Alexei Aidarov
1998 Nagano
Biathlon
Men's individual

Bronze
Dmitri Dashinski
1998 Nagano
Freestyle skiing
Men's aerials

Bronze
Aleksei Grishin
2002 Salt Lake City
Freestyle skiing
Men's aerials

Silver
Dmitri Dashinski
2006 Turin
Freestyle skiing
Men's aerials

Gold
Aleksei Grishin
2010 Vancouver
Freestyle skiing
Men's aerials

Silver
Sergey Novikov
2010 Vancouver
Biathlon
Men's individual

Bronze
Darya Domracheva
2010 Vancouver
Biathlon
Women's individual

Gold
Darya Domracheva
2014 Sochi
Biathlon
Women's individual

Gold
Darya Domracheva
2014 Sochi
Biathlon
Women's mass start

Gold
Darya Domracheva
2014 Sochi
Biathlon
Women's pursuit

Gold
Anton Kushnir
2014 Sochi
Freestyle skiing
Men's aerials

Gold
Alla Tsuper
2014 Sochi
Freestyle skiing
Women's aerials

Bronze
Nadezhda Skardino
2014 Sochi
Biathlon
Women's individual

Gold
Hanna Huskova
2018 Pyeongchang
Freestyle skiing
Women's aerials

Silver
Darya Domracheva
2018 Pyeongchang
Biathlon
Women's mass start

Gold
Nadezhda Skardino
Iryna Kryuko
Dzinara Alimbekava
Darya Domracheva
2018 Pyeongchang
Biathlon
Women's relay

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Svetlana Paramygina ( sometimes Paramyguina ) ( Belarusian : Святлана Парамыгіна ) ( born April 5 , 1965 in Sverdlovsk , Russian SFSR ) is a former Belarusian biathlete . Her international biathlon career began in 1983 . In the 1993/1994 season she won the overall World Cup . The following year she finished second overall . At the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer . She won a silver medal in the sprint event . After the 2000/2001 season she retired as a biathlete .
The 1994 Winter Olympics ( Norwegian : Olympiske vinterleker 1994 ) , officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games , was a winter multi-sport event celebrated from 12 to 27 February 1994 in and around Lillehammer , Norway . Lillehammer failed to win the bid for the 1992 event , losing to Albertville . Lillehammer was awarded the 1994 Winter Olympics in 1988 , after beating Anchorage , United States ; Östersund , Sweden ; and Sofia , Bulgaria . Lillehammer is the northernmost city to ever host the Winter Games and the Olympic Games overall . The Games were the first to be held in a different year from the Summer Olympics , the first and only one to be held two years after the previous winter games . The Games were the second Winter Olympics hosted in Norway , after the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo , and the fourth Olympics in the Nordic countries , after the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm , Sweden , and the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki , Finland . Although many events took place in Lillehammer , skating took place in Hamar , some ice hockey matches were placed in Gjøvik , while Alpine skiing was held in Øyer and Ringebu . Sixty-seven countries and 1,737 athletes participated in six sports and sixty-one events . Fourteen countries made their debut in the Winter Olympics , of which nine were former Soviet republics . The Games also saw the introduction of stricter qualifying rules , reducing the number of under-performing participants from warm-weather countries . New events were two new distances in short track speed skating and aerials , while speed skating was moved indoors . Nearly two million people spectated the games , which were the first to have the Olympic truce in effect .
The biathlon competition at the 1994 Winter Olympics were held at the Birkebeineren Ski Stadium . The events were held between 18 and 26 February 1994 . The sport of biathlon combines the skills of cross-country skiing and rifle shooting . Men and women competed in three events . The biathlon program remained unchanged except for the women 's relay distance from 3 x 7.5 km to 4 x 7.5 km .
The Women 's 7.5 kilometre sprint biathlon competition at the 1994 Winter Olympics was held on 23 February , at Birkebeineren Ski Stadium . Each miss was penalized by requiring the competitor to race over a 150-metre penalty loop .
Igor Nikolayevich Zhelezovski or Ihar Mikalayevich Zhaliazoŭski ( Russian : Игорь Николаевич Железовский ; Belarusian : Ігар Мікалаевіч Жалязоўскі ; born 1 July 1963 ) is a former speed skater , considered to be one of the best sprinters ever . His imposing physical appearance resulted in the nicknames Igor the Terrible and The bear from Minsk . Originally competing for the Soviet Union , then for the Commonwealth of Independent States , and finally for Belarus , he became World Sprint Champion a record number of six times , a record still unequalled as of 2015 [ update ] . In Soviet times , he trained at Armed Forces sports society in Minsk . Igor Zhelezovski won silver at the World Junior Allround Championships in 1982 . Specialising in the sprint , he became World Sprint Champion in 1985 , 1986 , 1989 , 1991 , 1992 and 1993 . He finished eighth in the 1987 edition , having just recovered from an illness , and decided to skip the 1988 edition in favour of preparing for the Winter Olympics in Calgary that same year . These , however , turned out to be a disappointment for him , finishing sixth on the 500 m , only third on his favourite 1000 m , and fourth on the 1500 m. The remaining two World Sprint Championships he participated in , in 1990 and 1994 , he finished third and sixth , respectively . His final two seasons , after the dissolution of the Soviet Union , Zhelezovski skated for Belarus . After ending his skating career in 1994 , Zhelezovski became president of the skating union of Belarus , a position he held for several years .
Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics , was held from 13 to 25 February . Ten events were contested at Hamar Olympic Hall .
The men 's 1000 metres in speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics took place on 18 February , at the Hamar Olympic Hall .
Alexei Petrovich Aidarov ( Ukrainian : Олексій Айдаров ; Belarusian : Аляксей Айдараў ; Russian : Аляксей Петрович Айдараў ; born 15 November 1974 ) is a Russian-born former Belarusian ( until 2006 ) and Ukrainian ( since 2007 ) biathlete .
The 1998 Winter Olympics , officially the XVIII Olympic Winter Games ( French : Les XVIIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver ) ( Japanese : 第十八回オリンピック冬季競技大会 , Dai Jūhachi-kai Orinpikku Tōkikyōgi Taikai ) , and commonly known as Nagano 1998 , was a winter multi-sport event celebrated from 7 to 22 February 1998 that were centered in Nagano , Japan . The Games also took place in the nearby mountain communities of Hakuba , Karuizawa , Nozawa Onsen , and Yamanouuchi . The city of Nagano had previously been a candidate to host the 1940 Winter Olympics ( which were later cancelled ) , as well as the 1972 Winter Olympics , but each time Nagano was eliminated at the national level by Sapporo . The games hosted 2,176 athletes from 72 nations competing in 7 sports and 68 events . The number of athletes and participating nations were a record at the time . The Games saw the introduction of women 's ice hockey , curling and snowboarding . National Hockey League players were allowed to participate in the men 's ice hockey for the first time . Five countries , Azerbaijan , Kenya , Macedonia , Uruguay , and Venezuela made their debut at the Winter Olympics . The athlete who won the most medals at these games was the Russian cross-country skier Larisa Lazutina who won five medals , including three gold . The Norwegian cross-country skier Bjørn Dæhlie won four medals , including three gold , which took his total Olympic medal total to 12 , including eight gold , which is a record for Winter Olympics . In ice hockey , professionals from the North American National Hockey League participated for the first time . Despite their participation , the Czech men 's ice hockey team won the gold medal .
Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics consisted of six biathlon events . They were held at Nozawa Onsen . The events began on 9 February and ended on 21 February 1998 .
The Men 's 20 kilometre individual biathlon competition at the 1998 Winter Olympics was held on 11 February , at Nozawa Onsen . Competitors raced over five loops of a 4.0 kilometre skiing course , shooting four times , twice prone and twice standing . Each miss resulted in one minute being added to a competitor 's skiing time .
Dmitri Vladimirovich Daschinski ( born November 9 , 1977 in Minsk ) , is a Belarusian freestyle skier . He is a four-time Olympian and two-time Olympic medalist in freestyle aerials , winning bronze at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano , Japan , and silver in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , Italy . He also placed 7th in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City , USA and 11th in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver , Canada . Daschinski was the first man to win two Olympic medals in freestyle aerials . In addition to his Olympic accomplishments , Daschinski finished 1st in the 2006 Men 's Overall World Cup Standings . He also competed in 7 consecutive World Championships , winning silver at both the 2001 FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships in Whistler , Canada and 2007 FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships in Madonna di Campiglio .
The freestyle skiing competition of the 1998 Winter Olympics was held at Iizuna Kogen Ski Area . There were four events , taking place between 8 and 18 February 1998 .
The men 's aerials event in freestyle skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano took place from February 16 to February 18 at Iizuna Kogen Ski Area .
Aleksei Gennadyevich Grishin ( Belarusian : Аляксей Генадзьевіч Грышын ; Russian : Алексей Геннадьевич Гришин ; born 18 June 1979 ) is a Belarusian freestyle skier who competed at five consecutive Olympics from 1998 to 2014 . He won Belarus ' only medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics , a bronze in aerials . In 2010 , he won the first ever Winter Olympics gold medal for his country , again in the aerials . He finished fourth in 2006 and eighth in 1998 . He was the Olympic flag bearer for Belarus at the opening ceremony of the 2014 Games .
The 2002 Winter Olympics , officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 , was a winter multi-sport event that was celebrated from 8 to 24 February 2002 in and around Salt Lake City , Utah , United States . 2,399 athletes from 78 nations participated in 78 events in fifteen disciplines , held throughout 165 sporting sessions . The 2002 Winter Olympics and the 2002 Paralympic Games were both organized by the Salt Lake Organizing Committee ( SLOC ) , the first time in Olympic and Paralympic history that both events were organized by a single committee . Utah became the fifth state in the United States to host the Olympic Games , after Missouri , New York , California , and Georgia . These were the first Olympic Games under the IOC presidency of Jacques Rogge . The opening ceremony was held on February 8 , 2002 , and sporting competitions were held up until the closing ceremony on February 24 , 2002 . Production for both ceremonies was designed by Seven Nielsen , and music for both ceremonies was directed by Mark Watters . Salt Lake City became the most populous area ever to have hosted the Winter Olympics , although the two subsequent host cities ' populations were larger . Following a trend , the 2002 Olympic Winter Games were also larger than all prior Winter Games , with 10 more events than the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano , Japan . Norway won the most gold medals while Germany won the most number of medals . The Salt Lake Games faced a bribery scandal and some local opposition during the bid . Nevertheless , from sporting and business standpoints , this was one of the most successful Winter Olympiads in history ; records were set in both the broadcasting and marketing programs .
Four freestyle skiing events were held at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City , at the venue in Deer Valley . There were both men 's and women 's competition in both aerials and moguls events . In moguls , the athletes ski down a slope littered with moguls ( bumps ) , attempting to get down in as fast a time as possible while also attempting to get points for technique and their two aerial jumps during the course . The aerials events consisted of two jumps , which were judged by air , form and landing .
The Men 's Aerials event in freestyle skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City , United States took place on 16 and 19 February at Park City .
The 2006 Winter Olympics , officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games ( Italian : XX Giochi olimpici invernali ) and commonly known as Turin 2006 or Torino 2006 , was a winter multi-sport event which was held in Turin , Piedmont , Italy from February 10 to 26 , 2006 . This marked the second time that Italy had hosted the Winter Olympic Games , the first being the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo . Italy also hosted the Summer Olympics in 1960 in Rome . Turin was selected as the host city for the 2006 Games in June 1999 . The official motto of the XX Olympic Winter Games was Passion lives here . The official logo depicts a stylized profile of the Mole Antonelliana building , drawn in white and blue ice crystals , signifying the snow and the sky . The crystal web was also meant to portray the web of new technologies and the Olympic spirit of community . The Olympic mascots of the Games were Neve ( snow in Italian ) , a female snowball , and Gliz , a male ice cube . Italy will host the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo 20 years after these games .
Four freestyle skiing events were held at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , at the venue in Sauze d'Oulx . There were both men 's and women 's competition in both aerials and moguls events . In moguls , the athletes ski down a slope littered with moguls , attempting to get down in as fast a time as possible while also attempting to get points for technique and their two aerial jumps during the course . The aerials events consisted of two jumps , which were judged by air , form and landing .
The Men 's aerials event in freestyle skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , Italy began on February 20 and concluded on February 23 at Sauze d'Oulx .
The 2010 Winter Olympics , officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games ( French : Les XXIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver ) and commonly known as Vancouver 2010 , informally the 21st Winter Olympics , was an international winter multi-sport event that was held from 12 to 28 February 2010 in Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada , with some events held in the surrounding suburbs of Richmond , West Vancouver and the University Endowment Lands , and in the nearby resort town of Whistler . Approximately 2,600 athletes from 82 nations participated in 86 events in fifteen disciplines . Both the Olympic and Paralympic Games were organized by the Vancouver Organizing Committee ( VANOC ) , headed by John Furlong . The 2010 Winter Olympics were the third Olympics hosted by Canada and the first by the province of British Columbia . Canada hosted the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal , Quebec , and the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary , Alberta . Metro Vancouver is the largest metropolitan area to host the Winter Olympics , although Calgary is the largest city to host the Winter Olympics . They will both be surpassed by Beijing in 2022 . Following Olympic tradition , the incumbent mayor of Vancouver Sam Sullivan received the Olympic flag during the closing ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , Italy . The flag was raised on February 28 , 2006 , in a special ceremony and was on display at Vancouver City Hall until the Olympic opening ceremony . The event was officially opened by Governor General Michaëlle Jean , who was accompanied by the Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge . For the first time , Canada won gold in an official sport at an Olympic Games hosted at home , having failed to do so at both the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary ( although Canada won the woman 's curling event in Calgary when it was still only a demonstration sport ) . Canada clinched their first gold medal on the second day of the competition and first topped the gold medal tally on the second to last day of competition and went on to become the first host nation since Norway in 1952 to lead the gold medal count .
The freestyle skiing competition of the 2010 Winter Olympics was held at Cypress Mountain . The events took place between the 13 and 25 February 2010 , and included a new event for these Olympics , ski cross .
The men 's aerials event in freestyle skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver , Canada took place on 22 February for the qualification round . The final was held on 25 February . Both events were held at the Cypress Bowl Ski Area in Cypress Provincial Park , West Vancouver , British Columbia .
Sergey Valentinovich Novikov ( Russian : Серге́й Валентинович Новиков , Belarusian : Сяргей Валянцінавіч Новікаў - Siarhei Valiancinavich Novikau ; born 27 April 1979 ) is a retired Belarusian biathlete . He competed at the 2006 , 2010 and 2014 Olympics in four-five events at each Games : 10 km sprint , 12.5 km pursuit , 15 km mass start , 20 km race and 4 × 7.5 km relay . He won a silver medal , shared with Ole Einar Bjørndalen , in the 20 km individual race in 2010 . Novikov retired from the sport at the end of the 2013-14 season .
The biathlon competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics were held at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler , British Columbia . The events were held between the 13th and 26 February 2010 . The men 's individual biathlon was notable for the awarding of two silver medals due to two competitors finishing with a tie ( 48:32.0 ) . No bronze medal was awarded in this event .
The men 's individual competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler , British Columbia on February 18 , 2010 . Two silver medals were awarded for a second-place tie . No bronze medal was awarded .
Dárya Vladímirovna Dómracheva ( Belarusian : Даря Уладзіміраўна Домрачава , Russian : Дарья Владимировна Домрачева ; born 3 August 1986 ) is a retired Belarusian biathlete and coach who competed in the Biathlon World Cup from 2006 to 2018 . She won a gold medal in the 4×6 km relay and a silver medal in the mass start competition at the 2018 Winter Olympics , three gold medals in the pursuit , individual , and mass start competitions at the 2014 Winter Olympics , and a bronze medal in the individual competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics . She was a Biathlon World Cup overall winner for the 2014-15 season .
The Women 's 15 kilometre individual biathlon competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler , British Columbia on 18 February 2010 .
The 2014 Winter Olympics , officially called the XXII Olympic Winter Games ( French : Les XXIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver ) ( Russian : XXII Олимпийские зимние игры , tr . XXII Olimpiyskiye zimniye igry ) and commonly known as Sochi 2014 , was an international winter multi-sport event that was held from 7 to 23 February 2014 in Sochi , Krasnodar Krai , Russia , with opening rounds in certain events held on the eve of the opening ceremony , 6 February 2014 . Both the Olympics and 2014 Winter Paralympics were organized by the Sochi Organizing Committee ( SOOC ) . Sochi was selected as the host city in July 2007 , during the 119th IOC Session held in Guatemala City . It was the first Olympics to be held in a CIS state since the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991 . The Soviet Union was previously the host nation for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow . These were the first Olympic Games under the International Olympic Committee ( IOC ) presidency of Thomas Bach . A record 98 events in fifteen winter sport disciplines were held during the Games . A number of new competitions - a total of twelve accounting for gender - were held during the Games , including biathlon mixed relay , women 's ski jumping , mixed-team figure skating , mixed-team luge , half-pipe skiing , ski and snowboard slopestyle , and snowboard parallel slalom . The events were held around two clusters of new venues : an Olympic Park constructed in Sochi 's Imeretinsky Valley on the coast of the Black Sea , with Fisht Olympic Stadium , and the Games ' indoor venues located within walking distance , and snow events in the resort settlement of Krasnaya Polyana . The 2014 Winter Olympics were the most expensive Games in the history of the Olympics . While originally budgeted at US $ 12 billion , major cost overruns , caused this figure to expand to US $ 51 billion , more than three times the cost of the 2012 London Olympics and even surpassing the estimated $ 44 billion cost of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing .
Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held at the Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex near Krasnaya Polyana , Russia . The eleven events took place between 8-22 February 2014 . For the first time ever , a mixed relay event was staged after being voted onto the Olympic program in 2011 .
The Women 's 15 kilometre individual biathlon competition of the Sochi 2014 Olympics was held at Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex on 14 February 2014 .
The Women 's 12.5 kilometre mass start biathlon competition of the Sochi 2014 Olympics was held at Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex on 17 February 2014 .
The women 's 10 km pursuit biathlon competition of the Sochi 2014 Olympics was held at Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex on 11 February 2014 . In the pursuit competition , the competitors start times were determined according to the results of the Women 's sprint held two days earlier , with the sprint champion Anastasiya Kuzmina starting first . None of the sprint medalists won a medal in the pursuit . Instead , Darya Domracheva of Belarus became the champion , with Tora Berger of Norway winning the silver medal , and Teja Gregorin of Slovenian winning the bronze . Gregorin 's medal became the first ever medal of Slovenia in biathlon .
Anton Sergeyevich Kushnir ( Belarusian : Антон Сяргеевіч Кушнір , Russian : Антон Сергеевич Кушнир born 13 October 1984 in Chervonoarmiysk , now Radyvyliv , Rivne oblast , Ukraine ) is a Belarusian aerial skier who competed in the 2006 , 2010 and the 2014 Winter Olympics . He has five World Cup victories . Kushnir won a bronze medal at the 2011 FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships . He won a gold medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi , Russia , with the highest score in Olympics history . He is of Ukrainian origin .
Freestyle skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park near Krasnaya Polyana , Russia . The ten events took place between 6-21 February 2014 . In April 2011 the International Olympic Committee approved the addition of the halfpipe event for both , men and women . In July 2011 , slopestyle was also added to the program , therefore a total of four new events were added to the freestyle skiing program .
The men 's aerials event in freestyle skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi , Russia took place 17 February 2014 .
Alla Petrovna Tsuper ( Belarusian : Ала Пятроўна Цупeр ; Ukrainian : Алла Петрівна Цупер ; Russian : Алла Петровна Цупер ; born 16 April 1979 ) is a Ukrainian ( until 2000 ) and Belarusian ( since 2000 ) aerial skier .
The women 's aerials event in freestyle skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi , Russia took place 14 February 2014 . The gold medal was won by Alla Tsuper , Belarus , the silver medal by Xu Mengtao , China and the bronze medal was won by Lydia Lassila , Australia .
Nadezhda Valeryevna Skardino ( Belarusian : Надзея Валер'еўна Скардзіна ; born 27 March 1985 ) is a retired Belarusian biathlete . She represented Belarus at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver , the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi and the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang . She won a bronze medal in the individual competition at the 2014 Winter Olympics . She won a gold medal in the 4×6 km relay at the 2018 Olympics In the 2017-2018 season Skardino won the Individual World Cup .
Hanna Andreyeuna Huskova ( Belarusian : Ганна Андрэеўна Гуськова ; born 28 August 1992 ) is a Belarusian freestyle skier . She competed at the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2015 , where she qualified for the aerials final , and placed sixth in the final . She won a gold medal in the aerials at the 2018 Olympics , and placed 21st in 2014 .
The 2018 Winter Olympics , officially known as the XXIII Olympic Winter Games ( French : Les XXIIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver ; Korean : 제23회 동계 올림픽 , romanized : Jeisipsamhoe Donggye Ollimpik ) and commonly known as PyeongChang 2018 , was an international winter multi-sport event that was held between 9 and 25 February 2018 in Pyeongchang County , Gangwon Province , South Korea , with the opening rounds for certain events held on 8 February 2018 , the day before the opening ceremony . Pyeongchang was elected as the host city in July 2011 , at the 123rd IOC Session in Durban , South Africa . This was the second time that South Korea had hosted the Olympic Games , having previously hosted the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul , but it was only the first Winter Olympics to be held in the country . It was the first of three consecutive Olympics to be held in East Asia , the following two being Tokyo 2020 ( summer ) and Beijing 2022 ( winter ) . It was the third time that an East Asian country had hosted the Winter Games , after Sapporo ( 1972 ) and Nagano ( 1998 ) , both of these cities in Japan . It was also the first Winter Olympics to be held in mainland Asia . The Games featured 102 events over 15 disciplines , a record number of events for the Winter Games . Four events made their Olympic debut in 2018 : big air snowboarding , mass start speed skating , mixed doubles curling , and mixed team alpine skiing . A total of 2,914 athletes from 92 NOCs competed , including the national debuts of Ecuador , Eritrea , Kosovo , Malaysia , Nigeria and Singapore . After a state-sponsored doping program was exposed following the 2014 Winter Olympics , the Russian Olympic Committee was suspended , but selected athletes were allowed to compete neutrally under the special IOC designation of Olympic Athletes from Russia ( OAR ) . North Korea agreed to participate in the Games despite tense relations with South Korea ; the two nations paraded together at the opening ceremony as a unified Korea , and fielded a unified team ( COR ) in the women 's ice hockey . Norway led the total medal tally with 39 , followed by Germany 's 31 and Canada 's 29 .
Freestyle skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the Bokwang Phoenix Park in Pyeongchang , South Korea . The events were scheduled to take place between 9 and 23 February 2018 . A total of ten freestyle skiing events were held .
The Women 's aerials event in freestyle skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics took place on 15 and 16 February 2018 at the Bogwang Phoenix Park , Pyeongchang , South Korea .
Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the Alpensia Biathlon Centre , Daegwallyeong-myeon , Pyeongchang-gun , Gangwon-do , South Korea . There were eleven events contested : men and women competed in each of sprint , pursuit , individual , mass start , and relay ; there was also a mixed relay event . The eleven events were scheduled to take place between 9 and 23 February 2018 .
The women 's 12.5 km mass start biathlon competition of the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympics was held on 17 February 2018 at the Alpensia Cross-Country Centre in Pyeongchang , South Korea . Anastasiya Kuzmina won the gold medal , the defending champion Darya Domracheva took the silver , and Tiril Eckhoff replicated her 2014 bronze medal success .
Iryna Kryuko ( Belarusian : Ірына Крыўко ; Russian : Ирина Валерьевна Кривко ; born 30 July 1991 ) is a Belarusian biathlete . She won a gold medal in the 4×6 km relay at the 2018 Olympics . She also competed in the 2014/15 world cup season , and represented Belarus at the Biathlon World Championships 2015 in Kontiolahti . Kryuko 's parents divorced soon after her birth , hence she and her younger brother Victor were raised by their mother . Iryna took up biathlon aged 11 , by chance - after their house burned down in a fire , the family moved to a dormitory next to a biathlon training base . Her brother followed her and also became an international biathlon competitor . Iryna debuted internationally at the 2009 World Junior Championships , where she placed fourth individually . In 2011 she was included into the senior national team .
Dzinara Alimbekava ( Belarusian : Дзінара Талгатаўна Алімбекава ; born 5 January 1996 ) is a Kazakhstan-born Belarusian biathlete . She won a gold medal in the 4×6 km relay at the 2018 Olympics . Alimbekava was born in Kazakhstan , to a Kazakh father and Russian mother . When she was three years old , her family moved to Belarus , where her younger brother Zhenya was born . Dzinara is professionally trained in piano , she skates and practices snowboarding in free time .
The women 's 4 x 6 km relay biathlon competition of the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympics was held on 22 February 2018 at the Alpensia Cross-Country Centre in Pyeongchang , South Korea .