Winter Olympics 2018: What sports are included at PyeongChang 2018? Full list and medals
WINTER OLYMPICS sports is a old favourite of quizmasters and pub arguers across the land - especially at this time of year.
Cross country skiing is the event at the Winter Olympics with the most medals
So Express Sport is here to settle any arguments with a comprehensive list of what is and what isn't a Winter Olympic sport.
PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic sports
Alpine skiing
What most people would recognise as "regular skiing". The Jeongseon and Yongpyong Alpine Centres will host the skiing at PyeongChang 2018 where events range from the raw speed of the downhill to the technical, short, sharp turns of the slalom.
Number of gold medals: 11
Events: Men's downhill, women's giant slalom, men's combined, women's slalom, men's super-G, women's super-G, men's giant slalom, women's downhill, men's slalom, women's combined, team event
Biathlon
It's not hard to see the origin of an event that combines skiing and guns: the event used to be called "military patrol". It combines cross country skiing and target shooting with missed targets earning a penalty loop of extra skiing.
Number of gold medals: 11
Events: Women's 7.5km sprint, men's 10km sprint, women's 10km pursuit, men's 12.5km pursuit, women's 15km individual, men's 20km individual, women's 12.5km mass start, men's 15km mass start, mixed 2x6m/2x7.5km relay, women's 4x6km relay, men's 4x7.5km relay
Bobsleigh
Teams of two or four competitors fly down an icy tube of turns and straights, reaching speeds of close to 100 mph. The events often produce the most spectacular crashes.
Number of gold medals: 3
Events: Two-man, four-man, two-woman
Cross country skiing
An ever-present of the Winter Olympics. Some of the qualifying and off-season events are held on roller skis, but this is all snow. The events are split into two categories for different style of cross country skiing: classical and freestyle, where competitors use a skating-style technique.
Number of gold medals: 12
Events: Women's skiathlon, men's skiathlon, men's and women's individual sprint classical, women's 10km freestyle, men's 15km freestyle, women's 4x5km relay, men's 4x10km relay, women's team sprint freestyle, men's team sprint freestyle, men's 50km mass start classical, women's 30km mass start classical
Curling has often provided the most drama at the Winter Olympics
Curling
Starting before even the opening ceremony, this is the longest-lasting event thanks to its round-robin group stage format. Basically lawn bowls but on long icy lawns with sweepers working to shift the heavy stones in the right direction.
Number of gold medals: 3
Events: Men, women, mixed doubles
Figure skating
Dancing. On ice. With style.
Number of gold medals: 5
Events: Team event, pair skating, men's singles, ladies' singles, ice dancing
Freestyle skiing
One of the more modern inventions of the Winter Olympics 2018, having been introduced in 1992 after featuring four years earlier as a demonstration sport.
The US are the most successful country of all time in the sport with 21 medals, followed closely by Canada.
Number of gold medals: 10
Events: Aerials, halfpipe, moguls, slopestyle, ski cross (men and women for each)
Ice hockey
One of the most fiercely contested medals, ice hockey is another ever-present at the Games. Since 1998, it has run a women's tournament too with Canada winning all bar the inaugural gold.
Number of gold medals: 2
Events: Men's group stages and knockout, women's group stages and knockout
The luge is one of the fastest events in the Winter Olympics
Luge
Initially looks like going sledging, then you hit 90 mph. Feet first, hooked into the sledge: the Germans dominate this sport with 14 more medals than closest challengers Italy.
Number of gold medals: 4
Events: Men's singles, women's singles, doubles, team relay
Nordic combined
Not a natural combination of events to the casual observer: ski jumping and cross country skiing.
Unsurprisingly, Norway have twice the number of medals of the next closest competitor, Finland.
Number of gold medals: 3
Events: Men's individual large hill/10km, men's individual normal hill/10km, team large hill/4x5km
Short track skating
A favourite of many non-winter sport enthusiasts for its excitement and the contact between racers. Disqualifications and falls aplenty, it is one of the least predictable sports.
Number of gold medals: 8
Events: Men's 1500m, men's 1000m, men's 1500m, men's 5000m relay, women's 500 metres, women's 1000m, women's 1500m, women's 3000m relay
Skeleton
Just ridiculous. Jump on a small tea-tray and fly headfirst down an icy tube, hitting speeds of nearly 100mph with little control over how you do it.
Number of gold medals: 2
Events: Men's singles, women's singles
Ski jumping
Clue is in the name. Start at the top, end at the bottom, make it look like you're not terrified.
Number of gold medals: 4
Events: Men's individual normal hill, women's individual normal hill, men's individual large hill, men's team large hill
Snowboarding
The scourge of many skiers and traditionalists, the snowboard is getting an increasingly larger role at the Games. From four events in its debut year in 1998 it quickly rose to 10, with this year "big air" replacing parallel slalom.
Number of gold medals: 10
Events: Parallel giant slalom, half-pipe, snowboard cross, slopestyle, big air (men's and women's)
Speed skating
Similar to short track but without the direct competition, with competitors setting times that are compared rather than alongside one another.
Number of gold medals: 14
Events: Women's 3000m, men's 5000m, women's 1500m, men's 1500m, women's 1000m, men's 10,000m, women's 5000m, men's 500m, men's team pursuit, women's team pursuit, men's 1,000m, mass start men, mass start women