2018 Olympics: CBC's Karin Larsen returns to the 'greatest gig in the world'
Reporter and former Olympian Karin Larsen returns to Korea to cover the Olympic Winter Games
There's a reason all those people are smiling.
They're the ones bringing coverage of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics to Canadians.
For anyone working in sports media it's the greatest gig in the world IMO, which makes me one of the lucky ones.
- For more Olympics coverage, visit www.cbc.ca/olympics
In Korea, I'll be stationed in the Whistler-like village of Alpensia, following the exploits of Canadian athletes like Mark McMorris (snowboard big air), Alex Harvey (cross country skiing) and Rosanna Crawford (biathlon — it's a rifle not a gun).
Some people measure their career in years but at CBC Sports many measure theirs in Olympic Games. This will be Olympics number 10 for me with the CBC.
It's also 30 years since I was last in Korea competing in the 1988 Olympics in synchronized swimming. Ten and thirty are nice round numbers that bring a personal sense of occasion to the moment.
The Olympics are a fascinating megamix of everything that makes life interesting — sport, culture, politics, conflict and personalities — all distilled into a potent 16-day spectacle.
Planes trains and buses with King of Edmonton <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkConnollyCBC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MarkConnollyCBC</a> enroute to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Pyeongchang?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Pyeongchang</a>. We worked our first Olympics in 1996 <a href="https://t.co/McyRyWseXp">pic.twitter.com/McyRyWseXp</a>
—@CBCLarsenHaving a front row seat to it all is pretty great, which is the point of this blog — to share stories from my point of view and from behind the scenes that don't fit our regular online or broadcast formats.
All we need now is a snappy title for the blog.
Karin Konquers Korea?
Musings From the Mix Zone?
Send suggestions. Additional points for alliteration.
Let the Games begin.
