2024-01-20 00:45:00
Original title: Youth shines at the 2024 Gangwon Winter Youth Olympic Games opening
Xinhua News Agency, Gangneung, South Korea, January 19 (Reporters Ji Ye, Lu Rui, Lu Xingji) On the evening of the 19th, the 4th Winter Youth Olympic Games opened in Gangwon Province, South Korea. Following the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, the Olympic flame was lit again in South Korea after a lapse of six years. Young people from five continents will “grow together and shine forever” in the Olympic event that they “can only participate in once in their career”.
The opening ceremony was held simultaneously at the Gangneung Speed Skating Stadium in Gangwon Province and the Pyeongchang Dome Stadium. The protagonist of the theatrical performance was a girl named “Woori” (which means “we” in Korean) from Gangwon Province. In a fantasy journey, she picks up her long-forgotten dream again, explores infinite possibilities in the “small universe”, and finally finds her own shining star. Korean pop bands and dance troupes also came to perform live.
“Let us shine” was the theme of the opening ceremony. At the Gangneung Speed Skating Hall, which once hosted the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, the white ice surface, gorgeous stage, and bright lights create a cosmic scene. The world’s top young athletes aged 14-18 gather under the banner of the Five Rings to shine their own light in the starry “universe”.
“Dear young athletes, now is your moment.” International Olympic Committee President Bach said in his speech, “Following in the footsteps of the sports superstars who made Olympic history here, now it is your turn to take the stage!”
Halfway through his speech, Bach took out his mobile phone and took selfies with the young athletes and the audience, recreating the classic scene of the opening ceremony of the 2014 Nanjing Youth Olympic Games. That year, his unusual selfie creativity became a highlight of the entire opening ceremony, and the “Youth Olympic Selfie” immediately became popular on major social networking platforms around the world.
South Korean President Yoon Seok-yue announced the opening of this Winter Youth Olympic Games. As the first Winter Youth Olympic Games held in Asia, this event will be held from January 19th to February 1st in four competition areas including Gangneung, Pyeongchang, Jeongseon, and Hoengseong, Gangwon Province, with a total of 7 major events. , 15 sub-events, and 81 events, a total of 1,802 athletes from 78 national and regional Olympic committees participated, and the number of participants set a record for the competition.
At the opening ceremony, Chinese female ice hockey player Zhang Jingyue entered the venue holding the five-star red flag. The Chinese sports delegation consists of 99 people, including 56 athletes. This is the first time since the Beijing Winter Olympics that China has organized a team to participate in an international comprehensive sports event in winter sports.
When the last torchbearer, South Korean freestyle skier Lee Jung-min, lit the circular main torch, the digital torch tower developed by Alibaba Cloud was also lit at Gangneung Youth Olympic Park. Combined with cloud computing technology, the digital torch tower can receive local weather data in real time: when the wind blows, the torch dances with the wind; when it snows, snowflakes float in the background.
This event makes full use of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics venues. All ice events use the Winter Olympics venues, and ski jumping, biathlon, cross-country skiing and bobsleigh are also held at the Winter Olympics venues.
After the exploration and practice of recent events, the International Olympic Committee has re-assigned the Youth Olympic Games and Winter Youth Olympic Games to three major positions: a high-level youth sports arena, a festival stage that combines sports with education and culture, and a festival stage that combines sports with education and culture. A testing ground for innovation.
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