Best pictures from the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games

26 February 2018

The Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, which ended on Sunday, yielded 102 gold medals in 16 days.

The Olympic stadium is seen in an aerial shot during the closing ceremony

The closing ceremony was a colourful event, complete with drones depicting the official mascot, a white tiger named Soohorang, with white lights (below).

Drones light up the sky above the Olympic stadium

Artists perform around projected lines of coloured light

A woman holds a glowing ball with the Pyeongchang Olympics 2018 on

A light show is projected on the floor to look like the Milky Way galaxy

Artists perform with circles of coloured lights around them

Artists perform as yellow and red lines of light follow behind them

Red fireworks explore over a crowded Olympic stadium

Pita Taufatofua of Tonga stands shirtless — Image caption,
Pita Taufatofua of Tonga went shirtless again. He became an overnight sensation when he carried the Tongan flag at the 2016 Olympics in Rio - also without his shirt and while sporting an oily torso.

Team Great Britain athletes walk holding flags and recording on their phones — Image caption,
Team Great Britain walked in the Parade of Athletes, with snowboarding bronze medallist Billy Morgan holding the Great Britain flag.

Reuters

The upcoming 2022 Winter Olympics will be held in Beijing.

Short presentational grey line

We take a look at some of the best pictures taken by sports photographers during the Games.

Four male skaters race each other with the Olympic rings image seen in the ice beneath them — Image caption,
Skaters race in the Men's Mass Start semi-final

Ice skater Anna Duskova spins in the hair horizontally as her partner Martin Bidar looks up at her — Image caption,
Anna Duskova and Martin Bidar of Czech Republic in action during the Pair Skating competition

Shaun White hugs a friend in celebration — Image caption,
Shaun White (right) of the US hugs a friend as he wins gold at the Men's Halfpipe

Team Sweden hug each other in celebration — Image caption,
Team Sweden celebrate their curling win against South Korea

Dawid Kubacki is seen on skis in mid-air — Image caption,
Dawid Kubacki of Poland competes at the Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre

Skater Nathan Chen is seen with arms outstretched with coloured Olympic signs in the ice beneath him — Image caption,
US skater Nathan Chen performs

A South Korea fan smiles with logos on her face — Image caption,
A South Korea fan shows her support for her team

Nicola Tumolero and Riccardo Bugari seen on the ice, one with arms outstretched, the other sitting on the ice — Image caption,
Skaters Nicola Tumolero and Riccardo Bugari of Italy fall after a final

Phoebe Staenz lying on the ground — Image caption,
Phoebe Staenz of Switzerland scores a goal against South Korea

Magnus Nedregotten slides along the ice whilst Curling — Image caption,
Magnus Nedregotten of Norway in action during a curling event

Yura Min and Alexander Gamelin perform their routine with Yura's arms outstretched — Image caption,
Figure skaters Yura Min and Alexander Gamelin of Korea perform

Adam Rippon spins on the ice — Image caption,
Adam Rippon spins during a figure skating event

Kaori Sakamoto holds her ice skate up to her head whilst competing — Image caption,
Kaori Sakamoto of Japan competes in a Single Free Skating event

Thomas Bing lies in the snow whilst looking at the camera — Image caption,
Thomas Bing of Germany lies on the snow during a cross-country quarterfinal

North Korean cheerleaders hold unification flags — Image caption,
North Korean cheerleaders hold unification flags

Lizzy Yarnold competes — Image caption,
Lizzy Yarnold of Great Britain slides during the Women's Skeleton

Michal Jordan tackles Rob Klinkhammer — Image caption,
Czech ice hockey player Michal Jordan (right) skates against Rob Klinkhammer (left) of Canada

Isabel Derungs competing on the slope — Image caption,
Isabel Derungs of Switzerland competes during a snowboarding qualification

silhouetted figure jumping with skis — Image caption,
An athlete is seen during Nordic Combined training session

North Korean hockey players stand on a bus and wave farewell — Image caption,
North Korean members of the inter-Korean women's ice hockey squad bid a tearful farewell to their South Korean team-mates

All photos are copyright.