Flight from Vancouver to Incheon, South Korea
Arrival in South Korea, there was an Olympic fast track lane everywhere I went, very cool.
Bus from Airport to Olympic Village. “Party Bus”
My room in the Olympic Village
Olympic Ski Jump view from my window in the athletes villages
Olympic Village
In front of Team Canada house, Portugal ( me and the team) were staying right beside Team Canada.
I am standing in the cross country skiing Olympic Stadium, with ski jumping in the background and big air jump to the right in the background. Biathlon was less than 500 meters away as well. Everything was very close together.
Kequyen doing an interview before the Opening Ceremony. Marching in the Opening Ceremony was a highlight.
We had amazing seats at the Opening Ceremony with Thomas Bach and the speakers podium very close to us.
2018 Olympic Mascot “ Soohorang” ( white tiger), in the Olympic Village, there was no snow in the Olympic Village. The snow for the events was all man made snow.
This is the Olympic Biathlon Stadium. ( Start Gate)
These are the wax cabins ( steel boxes ) for all the teams, there were many rows of cabins stacked two high. Portugal had a wax cabin to it’s self which was amazing for Kequyen and I. Norway had 10 or more wax cabins.
Women’s skiathlon the first race of the Olympics. Note: all the trails had very powerful lights because the races were in the afternoon for prime time TV coverage.
Finish line in the cross country stadium.
Photo with Charlotte Kalla (Sweden) after she just won the skiathlon. First medal awarded at the 2018 Olympic Games.
Snacks with Kequyen (Portugal), Pita (Tonga) and Sebastian (Colombia) at the Nordic Centre.
My room with Kequyen
Team Portugal had two team vans with drivers and assistants, amazing.
Of course security was everywhere.
Olympic store in the public Olympic Village.
There were so many computer check outs, Korea was very efficient moving people. It was impressive.
Team Portugal in the Olympic Village.
With my “Olympic assistant” Sally Park; Sally grew up in Seoul, South Korea and was going to University in Seattle. She could speak english very well and was a huge help.
Pedro Farromba (left) was the Chief de Mission/ President of Team Portugal.
Pedro Flavio was the Vice President of Team Portugal.
They are very cool guys, fun to hang out with them. They had VIP access to all venues and I was lucky to go with them. Best seats in the house at every venue. Olympic Family Lounge is for IOC members and country delegates.
The half pipe is massive, I watched Shaun White win his Olympic Gold medal. ( His third gold medal)
Photo with Team Canada hockey players in PyeongChang.
Sally Park was a busy girl with three mobile phones of her own…
An Olympic assistant phone to use during the games and two of her own phones.
Visting the other Olympic Village in Gangneung, there were two Olympic Villages.
PyeongChang, the mountain cluster which hosted all snow sports and Gangneung the Coastal Cluster which hosted ice sports.
Gym at Speed Skating Oval behind the scenes.
Gym at Speed Skating Oval behind the scenes.
Team Portugal out on the town in Gangneung, nice bar.
Everything was very clean.
Skiing behind the Norwegian boys👍
Photo with Johannes Hosflot Klaebo, He won three gold medals at the 2018 Olympics in PyeongChang.
Ski testing area at the cross country skiing venue. Busy place on the track.
Kequyen getting to know the race trails.
Team Portugal with IOC President Thomas Bach. Thomas was visiting the Athletes Village Food Court were all the athletes ate.
Steep slope
Watching GS Alpine skiing.
Watching Luge, it was challenging getting this photo, they go by in a blink of the eye.
At the coaches meeting the night before Kequyen’s race.
Photo with Norway’s head coach and friend Tor Arne Hetland.
Impressive ski jumps at night.
Robot in athletes village mall.
Dress up day😁
Me, Jose Manuel Araujo ( Secretary General Portugal) and Kequyen Lam.
Photo with Dario Cologna from Switzerland after breakfast before he went on to win the men’s 15 km skate race. Dario won the 15 km race three Olympics in a row, incredible.
Kequyen before he starts the 15 km skate race. Ready to go.
Kequyen Lam racing the 15 km skate race in PyeongChang South Korea. Lights on in the background.
Kequyen finished the 15 km race.
Photo with Simen Hegstad Kruger, Norway. Simen won gold in the Men’s Skiathlon, gold in the 4 x 10 km relay and Silver in the 15 km Skate.
Means Kequyen after his race, I am wearing a lot of clothes:)
I arranged Swix to wax Kequyen’s skis for his race. Swix technician was awesome, attention to detail was outstanding.
Kequyen finishing his 15 km race.
Seoul Korea in the distance, there were hundreds of cargo ships in the bay. Massive city.
Incheon International Airport (IIA) (IATA: ICN, ICAO: RKSI) (sometimes referred to as Seoul–Incheon International Airport) is the largest airport in South Korea, the primary airport serving the Seoul Capital Area, and one of the largest and busiest airports in the world. Since 2005, it has been rated the best airport worldwide by Airports Council International every year.[2] It is also rated as the world's cleanest airport and the world's best international transit airport by Skytrax.[3]
The airport has a golf course, spa, private sleeping rooms, an ice skating rink, a casino, indoor gardens, and a Museum of Korean Culture. Airport authorities claim that average departure and arrival takes 19 minutes and 12 minutes, respectively, as compared to worldwide average of 60 minutes and 45 minutes, respectively, ranking it among the fastest airports in the world for customs processing.
Passengers: 62,082,032
Incheon International Airport (IIA) (IATA: ICN, ICAO: RKSI) (sometimes referred to as Seoul–Incheon International Airport) is the largest airport in South Korea, the primary airport serving the Seoul Capital Area, and one of the largest and busiest airports in the world. Since 2005, it has been rated the best airport worldwide by Airports Council International every year.[2] It is also rated as the world's cleanest airport and the world's best international transit airport by Skytrax.[3]
The airport has a golf course, spa, private sleeping rooms, an ice skating rink, a casino, indoor gardens, and a Museum of Korean Culture. Airport authorities claim that average departure and arrival takes 19 minutes and 12 minutes, respectively, as compared to worldwide average of 60 minutes and 45 minutes, respectively, ranking it among the fastest airports in the world for customs processing.[
Passengers: 62,082,032
Incheon International Airport (IIA) (IATA: ICN, ICAO: RKSI) (sometimes referred to as Seoul–Incheon International Airport) is the largest airport in South Korea, the primary airport serving the Seoul Capital Area, and one of the largest and busiest airports in the world. Since 2005, it has been rated the best airport worldwide by Airports Council International every year.[2] It is also rated as the world's cleanest airport and the world's best international transit airport by Skytrax.[3]
The airport has a golf course, spa, private sleeping rooms, an ice skating rink, a casino, indoor gardens, and a Museum of Korean Culture. Airport authorities claim that average departure and arrival takes 19 minutes and 12 minutes, respectively, as compared to worldwide average of 60 minutes and 45 minutes, respectively, ranking it among the fastest airports in the world for customs processing.[
Passengers: 62,082,032