2024 Winter Youth Olympics

The 2024 Winter Youth Olympics (Korean: 2024년 동계 청소년 올림픽, romanized: 2024nyeon Donggye Cheongsonyeon Ollimpik), officially known as the IV Winter Youth Olympic Games and commonly known as Gangwon 2024 (Korean: 강원 2024), are an upcoming youth winter multi-sport event scheduled to be held between 19 January and 2 February 2024 in Gangwon Province, South Korea.

IV Winter Youth Olympic Games
Emblem of the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics
Host cityGangwon Province, South Korea
MottoGrow Together, Shine Forever[1] (Korean: 함께할 때 빛나는 우리)
Athletes1,900
Events81
Opening19 January 2024
Closing2 February 2024
Opened by
President Yoon Suk-yeol (expected)
StadiumGangneung Oval
Yongpyong Dome
Winter
Summer
YOG logo
Part of a series on
2024 Winter Youth Olympics
  • Bid process
  • Venues
  • Torch relay
  • Mascots
  • Broadcasters
  • Opening ceremony (flag bearers)
  • Chronological summary
  • Medal table (medalists)
  • World Junior and Youth Olympic records
  • Closing ceremony (flag bearers)

The IOC's Future Host Commission named Gangwom as its preferred candidate for the Games, and entered into targeted dialogue with the region under the new Olympic bid process. Their hosting was ratified at the 135th IOC Session in Lausanne, Switzerland, on 10 January 2020. The events will be hosted at sites in Gangneung and Pyeongchang County, which previously hosted the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. They will be the first Winter Youth Olympics held outside of Europe and the third overall Youth Olympics to be held in Asia after 2010 in Singapore and 2014 in Nanjing, China as well as the first Youth Olympics to be celebrated in South Korea.

Bidding process
Further information: Bids for the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Gangwon was the only preferred host while Brașov, Granada, and Sofia were interested parties. They took part in the continuous dialogue with the IOC and the Future Host Commission.[2] Gangwon was officially awarded the Games at the 135th IOC Session in Lausanne, Switzerland, on 10 January 2020;[3] all of the requirements were fulfilled to the satisfaction of the commission and the executive board.[4]

2024 Youth Olympic Games bidding results[3]
Party Nation Votes
Gangwon South Korea 79
None of bid 2
Absentation 1
Total 82

Development and preparation

Venues
Dragon Valley (Alpensia) Ski Resort

Much of the venues of the 2018 Winter Olympics will be used for these Games; most of the outdoor snow events will be held in the county of Pyeongchang, while the indoor ice events will be held in the nearby city of Gangneung.

If the circumstances were allowed, the city of Wonsan, North Korea would have been involved, and could have been the host of some alpine events.[5][6]

Pyeongchang (mountain cluster)

The Alpensia Sports Park in Daegwallyeong-myeon, Pyeongchang, will be the main focus of the games, like in 2018.

Additionally, a stand-alone outdoor sports venue was located in Bongpyeong-myeon, Pyeongchang:

  • Phoenix Snow Park – freestyle skiing (slopestyle, halfpipe, Big Air, skicross), snowboarding

Another stand-alone outdoor sports venue was located in neighboring Jeongseon county:

  • High1 Resort – alpine skiing, freestyle skiing (moguls), Youth Olympic Village

Gangneung (coastal cluster)

The Gangneung Olympic Park, in the neighborhood of Gyo-dong in Gangneung city, includes four indoor sports venues, all in close proximity to one another.

The Games

Sports

The Youth Olympic Games will feature 7 sports and 15 disciplines. 81 events, there will be no mixed team events (NOCs) for the first time, 34 men's events, and 34 women's events. A mixed-gender relay event in cross-country skiing that will replace two cross-country cross freestyle events, a mixed-gender team event in Nordic combined and two 1,500m individual events in short track speed skating will also be contested for the first time.[8][9]

Marketing

Mascot

On January 19, 2023, the organizing committee revealed the mascot, named Moongcho. It was designed by college student Soo-Yeon Park. The mascot is in shape of a snowball that was born from a snow fight between Soohorang and Bandabi, the mascots of the 2018 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.[10][11]

See also

References
  1. "2024 강원 동계청소년올림픽대회 슬로건 론칭 행사 개최" [2024 Gangwon Winter Youth Olympics slogan launching event held]. Gangwon 2024 Organising Committee (Press release). Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  2. Morgan, Liam (9 January 2019). "Russia expresses interest in hosting 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games". inside the games.
  3. "Gangwon 2024: legacy of PyeongChang 2018 lives on in first Winter Youth Olympic Games awarded to Asia". International Olympic Committee. 10 January 2019.
  4. "South Korea set to host 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games with possible help from North Korea". insidethegames. 5 December 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  5. Yoo, Jee Ho (24 September 2019). "PyeongChang Winter Olympic facilities to be transformed to sports complex, cultural center". Yonhap. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  6. "Future Host Commission Report: 4th Winter Youth Olympics 2024" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. 10 January 2019.
  7. "Gangwon 2024 Opening Ceremony to be shared across two arenas". www.insidethegames.biz. 2022-12-01. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
  8. "WINTER YOG GANGWON 2024 SPORT AND EVENT PROGRAMME PROMISES HIGH-LEVEL COMPETITION FOR MORE ATHLETES". International Olympic Committee. 24 February 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  9. "OFFICIAL PROGRAMME OF THE WINTER YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES GANGWON 2024" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. 16 October 2021. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  10. Sankar, Vimal (19 January 2023). "Moongcho named Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic Games mascot". Inside the Games. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  11. "Meet Moongcho: The story of the Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games Mascot". olympics.com. 19 January 2023. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
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