The Winter Olympics are meant to be cold (the clue is in the name), but how cold is too cold?

Heat pads, blankets, a warm seat cushion and raincoats are on offer for spectators as they prepare to watch extreme sport in extreme weather in Pyeongchang.

The Games are held around two main venues - Alpensia, the mountain resort, and Gangneung on the coast, with stand-alone venues in Bokwang and Jeongseon. While residents of Gangneung are treated to relatively warm temperatures - ranging between 6C and -2C - the wind chill in the mountainous regions means it can feel as cold as -25C.

That would see the Games surpass the 1994 edition in Lillehammer, Norway, where temperatures dipped to -11C. It will certainly differ from Sochi four years ago, when temperatures as high as 20C saw the Games go down as the warmest on record.

Sometimes, sport can be very, very cruel.

The Winter Olympics hopes of Great Britain's snowboarder Katie Ormerod are over before we got started after she broke her wrist on the first training day and then broke her heel in two places.

The 20-year-old wrote on Instagram: "Yesterday sucked! After dreaming of competing at the Olympics for years, I finally got there and received the most bad luck I’ve ever had. After breaking my wrist on the first training day I was determined to still train, compete and do my best but I guess it just wasn’t meant to be.

"I severely broke my heel into two pieces so having surgery in a couple of hours to get it fixed. Words can’t describe how gutted I am but thank you to everyone for all your support and kind words. Also a massive good luck to my team mates competing this weekend...you guys better kill it!."

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Earlier today, Ormerod posted this picture on Instagram.

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Sadly, for one British medal hope her dreams of glory have been dashed in cruel fashion...

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Great Britain has won 26 medals during the history of the Winter Olympics but never picked up five medals at a single Games. Will that change over the next 17 days?

• 1924 (Chamonix, France) - 1 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze
• 1928 (St Moritz, Switzerland) - 1 bronze
• 1936 (Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany) - 1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze
• 1948 (St Moritz, Switzerland) - 2 bronze
• 1952 (Oslo, Norway) - 1 gold
• 1964 (Innsbruck, Austria) - 1 gold
• 1976 (Innsbruck, Austria) - 1 gold
• 1980 (Lake Placid, United States) - 1 gold
• 1984 (Sarajevo, then Yugoslavia) - 1 gold
• 1994 (Lillehammer, Norway) - 2 bronze
• 1998 (Nagano, Japan) - 1 bronze
• 2002 (Salt Lake City, United States) - 1 gold, 1 bronze
• 2006 (Turin, Italy) - 1 silver
• 2010 (Vancouver, Canada) - 1 gold
• 2014 (Sochi, Russia) - 1 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze

Have your say in our vote on this page - the greatest British Winter Olympic moment. There are eight options. Voting is open until 13:30 GMT and we will announce the results shortly afterwards.

You can vote at the top of this page (desktop version) or via the 'vote' tab on mobiles.

The options are...

• John Curry 1976
• Robin Cousins 1980
• Torvill & Dean 1984
• Eddie the Eagle 1988
• Stone of Destiny curling 2002
• Amy Williams 2010
• Jenny Jones first snow medal 2014
• Lizzy Yarnold 2014

BBC Radio 5 live

Have a listen to our Winter Olympics Podcast, courtesy of BBC Radio 5 live as our experts preview the Games with interviews with Lizzy Yarnold, Elise Christie and Jenny Jones.

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How do I find out when my favourite event is on, I hear you cry.

Well, never fear, we are here to help.

Visit our schedule page and you will be able to see when the events are taking place.

Still want more? Well then take a look at our day-by-day guide to see when your favourite competitor is in action.

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As always we want your thoughts and observations on all the action. Are you in South Korea? We would love to see your pictures if you are.

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How's your Winter Olympics knowledge?

Luckily we have videos telling you all about each sport that will be staged over the next two weeks.

Visit our sport-by-sport guides to find out everything you could ever want to know about all the events.

Here is a taster of those videos, and our guide to curling, a sport that you will see an awful lot of, and probably become addicted to.

So how much do you know about our host city?

Well, don't worry as BBC Sport's Tim Warwood takes us on a whistlestop tour of the host city of the 2018 Winter Olympics, Pyeongchang, giving us an insight into the culture, the weather and even the latest technologies available.

Welcome along to BBC Sport's live text commentary of the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics from Pyeongchang, South Korea.

I'm Michael Emons and I will be guiding you through the action in this page and we will also have live television coverage from 10:30 GMT on BBC One.

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Thousands of athletes from 92 countries around the world will be aiming to win gold medals in 102 events across 15 sports over the next 17 days.

Welcome to the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

There will be celebrations, tears, falls, shocks, glory and lots and lots of excitement. That's not even mentioning Russia being banned (but not Russians), North Korea taking part, incredibly cold temperatures and even a norovirus scare.

It is certainly going to be a memorable Games. But let's make sure we start off on the right note by having a huge and spectacular party.

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