Now, that the 2018 Winter Olympics, which was held last month, and 2018 Winter Paralympics, which was held earlier this month, are over, I'll wrap up the final part of this three-part review of Pyeongchang 2018 with some closing thoughts.
For the second time ever, the Americans led the Paralympic medal count by both most total medals and most gold medals. In the Pyeongchang Paralympics, American athletes won 13 gold medals, 15 silver medals, and eight bronze medals, for a total of 35 total medals. Unusually for the Americans, a lot of the American Paralympic medals that were earned in Pyeongchang were earned in the sports of cross-country skiing and biathlon. A major highlight of the Paralympics for the Americans was when the American sled hockey team won its third consecutive Paralympic gold medal in an overtime thriller of a game against the Canadian team.
While nearly all of NBC's television coverage of the Pyeongchang Paralympics aired on cable channels NBCSN and the Olympic Channel instead of on the over-the-air NBC network, NBC's Paralympic coverage was, despite some technical glitches that were mostly the fault of the producers of the Paralympic world feed, actually considerably better than NBC's Olympic coverage. Carolyn Manno did an absolutely awesome job as studio host and was very respectful of the Paralympic athletes, and the NBC and NBCSN coverage had the true feel of a telecast of an international sporting event instead of the feel of a general entertainment program like NBC's Olympic coverage has. The U.S. version of the Olympic Channel aired a few Paralympic events (most notably the downhill and super-G events in alpine skiing and a few wheelchair curling matches) with the Olympic Channel broadcasts being rebroadcasts of the world feed with commercial breaks and a few post-production elements being inserted in.
Also, regarding my medal points count of the Pyeongchang Olympics that was contested last month, Germany came out on top with 18 aggregate total and allocated adjusted base event group points earned (ATAABEGPE), followed by Norway, the country that won the most total medals and tied Germany for most gold medals at the Olympics this year, at 17 1/4, Canada at 13 3/5, and the United States at 8 2/9. The host country of South Korea got 5 2/3 ATAABEGPE, good enough for eighth place. The full collection of spreadsheets are available here; each country has its own dedicated sheet, and the sheets are named according to each country's three-letter IOC country code and sorted according to total ATAABEGPE (cell BA43 of each sheet) from highest to lowest.
For the second time ever, the Americans led the Paralympic medal count by both most total medals and most gold medals. In the Pyeongchang Paralympics, American athletes won 13 gold medals, 15 silver medals, and eight bronze medals, for a total of 35 total medals. Unusually for the Americans, a lot of the American Paralympic medals that were earned in Pyeongchang were earned in the sports of cross-country skiing and biathlon. A major highlight of the Paralympics for the Americans was when the American sled hockey team won its third consecutive Paralympic gold medal in an overtime thriller of a game against the Canadian team.
While nearly all of NBC's television coverage of the Pyeongchang Paralympics aired on cable channels NBCSN and the Olympic Channel instead of on the over-the-air NBC network, NBC's Paralympic coverage was, despite some technical glitches that were mostly the fault of the producers of the Paralympic world feed, actually considerably better than NBC's Olympic coverage. Carolyn Manno did an absolutely awesome job as studio host and was very respectful of the Paralympic athletes, and the NBC and NBCSN coverage had the true feel of a telecast of an international sporting event instead of the feel of a general entertainment program like NBC's Olympic coverage has. The U.S. version of the Olympic Channel aired a few Paralympic events (most notably the downhill and super-G events in alpine skiing and a few wheelchair curling matches) with the Olympic Channel broadcasts being rebroadcasts of the world feed with commercial breaks and a few post-production elements being inserted in.
Also, regarding my medal points count of the Pyeongchang Olympics that was contested last month, Germany came out on top with 18 aggregate total and allocated adjusted base event group points earned (ATAABEGPE), followed by Norway, the country that won the most total medals and tied Germany for most gold medals at the Olympics this year, at 17 1/4, Canada at 13 3/5, and the United States at 8 2/9. The host country of South Korea got 5 2/3 ATAABEGPE, good enough for eighth place. The full collection of spreadsheets are available here; each country has its own dedicated sheet, and the sheets are named according to each country's three-letter IOC country code and sorted according to total ATAABEGPE (cell BA43 of each sheet) from highest to lowest.
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