{"id":7501,"date":"2018-02-17T13:12:43","date_gmt":"2018-02-17T17:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kjimages.com\/blog\/?p=7501"},"modified":"2018-02-17T21:30:08","modified_gmt":"2018-02-18T01:30:08","slug":"2018-winter-olympics-part-4-short-track-luge-skeleton-and-korean-hospitality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjimages.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/17\/2018-winter-olympics-part-4-short-track-luge-skeleton-and-korean-hospitality\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 Winter Olympics – Part 4 – Short Track, Luge, Skeleton, and Korean Hospitality"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Winter Olympics are in full swing now and over the last few days, I have covered Short Track Speed Skating, Luge, and Skeleton.\u00a0 I think that I am finding my creative groove now after I found myself super tired after the first couple of days.\u00a0 I think I found it just in time as I have had some cool moments to cover over the last few days!<\/p>\n

Let’s discuss Short Track Speed Skating.\u00a0 This was my first time to ever photograph this sport in person and I found it most akin to roller derby! The section where I was assigned filled up with photographers almost 2 and a half hours before the races started! (That’s what happens here if any Koreans are in contention for a gold medal.)<\/p>\n

My buddy James Lang took this photo of me in the mosh pit of photographers.\u00a0 I had my dark jacket on to blend in like I usually do, but it got so hot in there, I took it off.(Besides, I gotta support my Sooner colors, right?)\u00a0 It’s almost like a game of where’s Waldo if you are playing at home!<\/p>\n

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Short track speed skating was a blast to shoot though as chaos can happen anywhere at anytime!\u00a0 In fact, I was able to capture a few nice crashes which made me happy.)<\/p>\n

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Next for me was Doubles and Team Relay Luge.\u00a0 I was assigned to cover the finish line of the Doubles Luge finals and as you can see, the celebrations are pretty epic!\u00a0 Germany finished 1st and 3rd with Austria getting 2nd.<\/p>\n

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The next night was the Luge Team Relay consisting of Men’s and Women’s Singles Luge and Doubles Luge.\u00a0 This was another wild event and was a heartbreaking 4th place finish for Team USA.\u00a0 Being in the media, we are not supposed root for anyone in particular, but I have gotten to know Team USA pretty well over the last few months and they will definitely be medaling in the future!<\/p>\n

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Next for me was the Men’s Skeleton.\u00a0 This is one crazy and exciting sport!\u00a0 It was made extra exciting because the favorite to win gold was Korean Yun Sungbin.\u00a0 If that wasn’t enough, his Iron Man helmet was awesome!\u00a0 In fact, my photo of him about to compete in an almost Iron Manesque pose has been very popular on the Internet!\u00a0 In fact, it was even a Reddit topic!<\/p>\n

Skeleton Gold Medalist Yun “Ironman” Sung-bin’s starting position<\/a>
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