What is the most popular sport in the Winter Olympics?
Most Popular Winter Olympics Sports Figure skating, the most popular in the USA, is only third in the UK. The sports of speed skating and ice hockey are more popular in the US, while curling and skeleton are more popular in the UK. The Winter Olympics are very popular, with over 3 billion people tuning in to watch at least some of the events. In fact, the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia were the most-watched Winter Olympics ever.
What was the best Winter Olympics?
Juan Antonio Samaranch described Lillehammer as the best Olympic Winter Games ever in his closing ceremony speech. The 1998 Winter Olympics were held in the Japanese city of Nagano and were the first Games to host more than 2,000 athletes. IOC’s Juan Antonio Samaranch announced Sydney’s 2000 Olympic Games were the ‘best ever’.