Team GB hope PyeongChang 2018 will be their most successful Olympic Winter Games to date.
Here's a quick guide on some of Team GB medal hopefuls and events to watch!
9.2.18 - Opening Ceremony - Face of Team GB Winter Olympics Lizzy Yarnold will be Team GB Flag bearer.
10.2.18 - Annika Taylor makes her Olympic debut in the women's 15km skiathon. She faces 10 x Olympic Medallist, including six gold medals, Marit Bjørgen. Marit only needs one more medal to become the most medalled female Winter Olympian.
11.2.18 - Snowboarder Jamie Nicholls, 24, is looking to improve on his 6th place finish at Sochi 2014 in the slopestyle event.
Fresh from a bronze medal at Decembers World Cup, Andrew Musgrave, 27, competes in cross country skiing
12.2.18. - Snowboarder Katie Ormerod missed out on selection for Sochi 2014 aged 16, but has been selected for her first Winter Olympics in PyeongChang. Named as one of Britain's medal hopes, she is Competing in the slopestyle and big air snowboarding events.
UPDATE: Katie Ormerod has had to withdraw from the Games after a severe right heel fracture requiring surgery. Wishing her a speedy recovery.
13.2.18 - Elise Christie, short track speed skater, won 1000m, 1500m and overall gold in the 2017 world cup, the first British & European Woman to do so. Today she kicks of her Winter Olympic campaign in the home of the sport South Korea. She faces tough competition especially against top-ranked Choi Min-Jeong.
14.2.18 - The Muirhead family are in action today, as the Curling begins. Thomas and Glen Muirhead will compete in the Men's rink for the first time. Whilst Sister Eve Muirhead will be skipping the women's rink again following their bronze medal in Sochi, 2014.
17.2.18 - Lizzie Yarnold, Team GB Opening Ceremony Flag bearer, aims to become the first British athlete to successfully defend a Winter Olympic title in the skeleton.
Izzy Atkin, became the first British Woman to win a ski slopestyle world cup last year and followed this up with a bronze medal at her first World Championships. A Medal hopeful for Team GB, her campaign begins.
In the men's ski slopestyle, James Woods looks to improve his 5th place at Sochi 2014 after overcoming injuries.
30 years after the men's Jamaican Bobsleigh team made history, the women's team are doing the same. Jamaica have 3 athletes at the Winter Games, Skeleton athlete, and two women competing in the Bobsleigh... Cool Running 2 anyone?
19.2.18 - Making its debut at the Winter Olympics is snowboarding's Big Air event. Expect big flips and tricks in the air, as the name suggests. Slopestyle was one of the most popular events at Sochi, and its thought that the Big Air event will be just as, if not more popular at PyeongChang.
20.2.18 - In Figure Skating Penny Coome and Nick Buckland compete in the Ice Dancing.
22.2.17 - Dave 'The Rocket' Ryding competes in the slalom. Last year Dave got a silver medal at the World Cup, Britain's best ever World Cup finish and will want to medal at the Winter Olympics.
25.2.17 - Closing Ceremony - Who will everyone be talking about in the closing ceremony? Will it be the medal hopefuls or will there be some unexpected stars? Who will be GB's standout performer and flag bearer at the closing ceremony?
The Winter Olympics never disappoints, the sport may be less mainstream, but after a few days you are sure to find that everyone is an expert, or has an opinion when it comes to curling...
Lets go Team GB!
Catch all the action on BBC and Eurosport
Jasmine
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