the 2018 winter games preview

the 2018 games officially start tomorrow morning in Edmonton with the opening ceremonies at 4am Edmonton time.  as noted last night, competition has already started.  Canada evened its mixed doubles record to 1-1 with a 6-4 win over the U.S.  the games run to the 25th, with 92 nations expected to compete.  Canada will send 225 athletes to these games.  Ecuador, Eritrea, Kosovo, Malaysia, Nigeria and Singapore will make their debuts here.  four new disciplines include mixed curling, big air snowboarding, mass start speed skating and mixed team alpine skiing.  who will win the first gold of the games?  how many records will fall?  who will win the most golds?  who will win the most medals?  how many will Canada win?  stay tuned.  here is the logo for these games.

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