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What Are the Biggest Olympic Events? It Depends on Where You’re From

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — If you’re an American, you are likely to see the Winter Olympics through the lens of NBC: A healthy dose of figure skating, Shaun White, Mikaela Shiffrin, Chloe Kim.

But there are places where skating raises a yawn, and fans thrill to the anticipation of the Nordic combined or skeleton competitions.

Here’s how some other countries are seeing the Games.

In the host country, it’s all about short-track speedskating, especially for women. Shim Suk-hee and Choi Min-jeong are going to contend in just about every event.

More generally, said Lee Sung-han of the Yonhap News Agency, the country has shown a “concentration on ice-related sports, not as much on snow events.