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The 2018 Winter Olympics officially kickoff on Friday morning at Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium with the Opening Ceremony.
While a few events have already taken place, it is the Opening Ceremony, Parade of Nations and lighting of the Olympic torch that officially symbolizes the start of the XXIII Olympic Winter Games.
The games will feature 102 events in fifteen sports disciplines, with 2,952 athletes from 92 National Olympic Committees competing.
Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium will not host any events throughout the Olympics, instead being built solely for the purpose of the Opening and Closing Ceremonies for the games which wrap up on Feb. 25.
How can you tune in to the Opening Ceremony and Parade of Nations on Friday morning? Here is all of the information you need to catch the action live:
Date: Friday, Feb.9
Start Time: 6:00 a.m. ET
Tape Delayed Airing: 8:00 p.m. ET
Location: PyeongChang, South Korea
Venue: Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium
TV Info: NBC
Live Stream: Stream 1 | Stream 2 | Stream 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGtvwdMg5sk
2018 Winter Olympics Parade of Nations
| Order | Nation | Flag bearer | Sport | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greece (GRE) | ||||
| 2 | Ghana (GHA) | Akwasi Frimpong | Skeleton | ||
| 3 | Nigeria (NGR) | ||||
| 4 | South Africa (RSA) | ||||
| 5 | Netherlands (NED) | Jan Smeekens | Speed skating | ||
| 6 | Norway (NOR) | Emil Hegle Svendsen | Biathlon | ||
| 7 | New Zealand (NZL) | Beau-James Wells | Freestyle skiing | ||
| 8 | Denmark (DEN) | Elena Møller Rigas | Speed skating | ||
| 9 | Germany (GER) | Eric Frenzel | Nordic combined | ||
| 10 | Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (TLS) | ||||
| 11 | Latvia (LAT) | Daumants Dreiškens | Bobsleigh | ||
| 12 | Lebanon (LBN) | ||||
| 13 | Romania (ROU) | Marius Ungureanu | Biathlon | ||
| 14 | Luxembourg (LUX) | ||||
| 15 | Lithuania (LTU) | Tomas Kaukėnas | Biathlon | ||
| 16 | Liechtenstein (LIE) | ||||
| 17 | Madagascar (MAD) | Mialitiana Clerc | Alpine skiing | ||
| 18 | Malaysia (MAS) | Julian Yee | Figure skating | ||
| 19 | Mexico (MEX) | German Madrazo | Cross-country skiing | ||
| 20 | Monaco (MON) | Rudy Rinaldi | Bobsleigh | ||
| 21 | Morocco (MAR) | ||||
| 22 | Montenegro (MNE) | Jelena Vujičić | Alpine skiing | ||
| 23 | Republic of Moldova (MDA) | ||||
| 24 | Malta (MLT) | Élise Pellegrin | Alpine skiing | ||
| 25 | Mongolia (MGL) | Achbadrakh Batmunkh | Cross-country skiing | ||
| 26 | United States of America (USA) | Erin Hamlin | Luge | ||
| 27 | Bermuda (BER) | Tucker Murphy | Cross-country skiing | ||
| 28 | Belgium (BEL) | Seppe Smits | Snowboarding | ||
| 29 | Belarus (BLR) | Alla Tsuper | Freestyle skiing | ||
| 30 | Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) | Elvedina Muzaferija | Alpine skiing | ||
| 31 | Bolivia (BOL) | Simon Breitfuss Kammerlander | Alpine skiing | ||
| 32 | Bulgaria (BUL) | Radoslav Yankov | Snowboarding | ||
| 33 | Brazil (BRA) | Edson Bindilatti | Bobsleigh | ||
| 34 | San Marino (SMR) | Alessandro Mariotti | Alpine skiing | ||
| 35 | Serbia (SRB) | Nevena Ignjatović | Alpine skiing | ||
| 36 | Sweden (SWE) | Niklas Edin | Curling | ||
| 37 | Switzerland (SUI) | Dario Cologna | Cross-country skiing | ||
| 38 | Spain (ESP) | Lucas Eguibar | Snowboarding | ||
| 39 | Slovakia (SVK) | Veronika Velez-Zuzulová | Alpine skiing | ||
| 40 | Slovenia (SLO) | Vesna Fabjan | Cross-country skiing | ||
| 41 | Singapore (SGP) | ||||
| 42 | Armenia (ARM) | Mikayel Mikayelyan | Cross-country skiing | ||
| 43 | Argentina (ARG) | Sebastiano Gastaldi | Alpine skiing | ||
| 44 | Iceland (ISL) | ||||
| 45 | Ireland (IRL) | Seamus O’Connor | Snowboarding | ||
| 46 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | Patrick Brachner | Alpine skiing | ||
| 47 | Andorra (AND) | Irineu Esteve Altimiras | Cross-country skiing | ||
| 48 | Albania (ALB) | Suela Mehilli | Alpine skiing | ||
| 49 | Eritrea (ERI) | Shannon-Ogbani Abeda | Alpine skiing | ||
| 50 | Estonia (EST) | Saskia Alusalu | Speed skating | ||
| 51 | Ecuador (ECU) | Klaus Jungbluth | Cross-country skiing | ||
| 52 | Great Britain (GBR) | Lizzy Yarnold | Skeleton | ||
| 53 | Australia (AUS) | Scott James | Snowboarding | ||
| 54 | Austria (AUT) | Anna Veith | Alpine skiing | ||
| 55 | Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR) | IOC volunteer | |||
| 56 | Uzbekistan (UZB) | ||||
| 57 | Ukraine (UKR) | Olena Pidhrushna | Biathlon | ||
| 58 | Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) | ||||
| 59 | Italy (ITA) | Arianna Fontana | Short track speed skating | ||
| 60 | Israel (ISR) | Oleksii Bychenko | Figure skating | ||
| 61 | India (IND) | ||||
| 62 | Japan (JPN) | Noriaki Kasai | Ski jumping | ||
| 63 | Jamaica (JAM) | ||||
| 64 | Georgia (GEO) | ||||
| 65 | People’s Republic of China (CHN) | ||||
| 66 | Czech Republic (CZE) | Eva Samková | Snowboarding | ||
| 67 | Chile (CHI) | Henrik von Appen | Alpine skiing | ||
| 68 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | Abzal Azhgaliyev | Short track speed skating | ||
| 69 | Canada (CAN) | Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir | Figure skating | ||
| 70 | Kenya (KEN) | ||||
| 71 | Kosovo (KOS) | Albin Tahiri | Alpine skiing | ||
| 72 | Colombia (COL) | ||||
| 73 | Croatia (CRO) | Natko Zrnčić-Dim | Alpine skiing | ||
| 74 | Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) | ||||
| 75 | Cyprus (CYP) | ||||
| 76 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | Lien Te-An[48] | Luge | ||
| 77 | Thailand (THA) | ||||
| 78 | Turkey (TUR) | ||||
| 79 | Togo (TOG) | ||||
| 80 | Tonga (TGA) | Pita Taufatofua | Cross-country skiing | ||
| 81 | Pakistan (PAK) | ||||
| 82 | Portugal (POR) | ||||
| 83 | Poland (POL) | Zbigniew Bródka | Speed skating | ||
| 84 | Puerto Rico (PUR) | Charles Flaherty | Alpine skiing | ||
| 85 | France (FRA) | Martin Fourcade | Biathlon | ||
| 86 | Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (MKD) | Stavre Jada | Cross-country skiing | ||
| 87 | Finland (FIN) | Janne Ahonen | Ski jumping | ||
| 88 | Philippines (PHI) | Asa Miller | Alpine skiing | ||
| 89 | Hungary (HUN) | Konrád Nagy | Speed skating | ||
| 90 | Hong Kong, China (HKG) | ||||
| 91 | Korea (COR) |
