Pen included with a promotional package for Pyeongchang, South Korea's 2014 Olympic bid
date: label: date made
content: 2014
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Pen included with a promotional package for the Pyeongchang Chang 2014 Olympic bid. The pen is white with, "New Dreams@Pyeongchang Chang," printed in blue. The pen is housed in a cardboard case which is blue and white with "www.PyeongChang2014.org," printed in blue. Pyeongchang, South Korea was on the short list to become the host city for the 2014 Winter Olympics but lost to Sochi, Russia. The dry climate, heavy use of snow machines, short runs and the non tourist destination were cited as some of the reasons why Pyeongchang didn't get the bid in 2014. The addition of seven winter Olympic sports venues and more tourist attractions helped Pyeongchang win to host the 2018 Winter Olympics.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The 2014 Winter Olympics, also known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad were held in Sochi, Russia with 88 countries and 2,873 athletes participating. These Games were the first Winter Olympics to be hosted by Russia with twelve new competitions added including mixed team luge, halfpipe skiing and ski and snowboard slopestyle. The Americans swept the podium in the debut of men’s slopestyle freestyle skiing. At 18, American Mikaela Shiffrin became the youngest winner in Olympic slalom, while Bode Miller became the oldest Alpine medalist winning the bronze in the supergiant slalom. Russia won the medal count at 30 with the United States running a close second with 28.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The 2018 Winter Olympics, also known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad were held in PyeongChang, South Korea with 92 countries, 1,680 men and 1,242 women athletes participating. These Games saw the debut of four new events including big air snowboarding and mixed doubles curling and was the first Winter Games that awarded more than 100 medals. The “Olympic Athletes of Russia” (OAR) team was assembled by those Russian athletes not affected by the 2014 Russian doping scandal at the 2014 Games. US figure skater Nathan Chen was the first competitor to land five quadruple jumps in one program helping the men’s team win the bronze. Teammate Adam Rippon became the first openly gay American to win a medal in the Winter Olympics. Norway won the medal count with 39.
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content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport
content: Olympics
label: level of sport
content: Amateur
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Advertising
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content: Sports & Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2017.3042.01.1
label: nonaccession number
content: 2017.3042
objectType: label: Object Name
content: promotional package, winter olympics
label: Object Name
content: pen
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/2 in x 1 1/2 in; 13.97 cm x 3.81 cm