Looking Back at Peloton's Classes from the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea

The 2024 Olympic Games are currently unfolding in Paris, France. Long time Peloton members may recall that Peloton was involved in the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea – holding four special classes taught by Robin Arzón – as an advertising and promotional partner.

A Peloton Olympics Class, from the 2018 Pyeongchang South Korea Olympics, with Robin Arzon

The classes were the first ever internationally filmed classes for Peloton – which had not yet opened their London studios at the time – and were executed in coordination with NBC Olympics coverage.

All four classes were rides taught by Robin, with former Olympic athletes and NBC talent riding live in the studio from the NBC Olympics broadcast center. Participants included Willie Geist, Scott Hamilton, Ato Bolden, Natalie Morales, and more.

Unfortunately the classes are no longer available in the on-demand library, having been purged some time ago. The classes took place over four days: February 16-19, 2018, each occurring live at 6:00am ET (which was the evening in South Korea). There were two 45 minute classes and two 30 minute classes. Each class was appropriately titled “Pyeongchang Ride.”

The list of Peloton Olympic classes were:

The classes were a celebration of the Olympic games, encouraging members to draw inspiration and motivation from the lifelong work of incredible athletes. Robin also shared special behind-the-scenes content throughout the games.

Though Peloton is no longer an official partner of the Olympics, there are still numerous connections to the games. Instructor Becs Gentry will be commentating at the Paris Olympics with the NBC Olympics team; and instructor Alex Karwoski competed in the Olympic trials for rowing earlier this year. He competed in 2016 in Rio De Janeiro and as an alternate in 2020 in Tokyo. A Peloton employee also won a gold medal this year in rowing.

Do you remember Peloton’s 2018 rides from Pyeongchang during the Winter Olympics?

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