2018 Winter Olympics the country overall, after the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. It was the third time that an East Asian country had hosted the Winter Games, after Sapporo (1972) and Nagano (1998), both in Japan. It was also the first of three consecutive Olympics to be held in East Asia, the other two being the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. The Games featured 102 events over fifteen disciplines in seven sports, with the addition of "big air" snowboarding, mass start speed skating, mixed doubles curling, and mixed team alpine skiing to the Winter Olympic
Brazil at the 2010 Winter Olympics had landed flat after a jump and injured her knee in Vancouver. Brazil at the 2010 Winter Olympics Brazil sent a delegation to compete at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, held from 12–28 February 2010. The Brazilian team consisted of five athletes competing in three sports. Brazil's first Olympic Games were the 1900 Summer Olympics. Their first Winter Olympics came much later, in 1992, and they have competed in every Winter Games since their debut. As of these Games, they have not won a Winter Olympics medal. Snowboarder Isabel Clark Ribeiro was chosen as the flag