2024 Winter Youth Olympics
The 2024 Winter Youth Olympics, officially known as the IV Winter Youth Olympic Games (French: Les IVème Jeux Olympiques de la jeunesse d'hiver;[1] Korean: 제4회 동계 청소년 올림픽, romanized: Jesahoe Donggye Cheongsonyeon Ollimpik) and commonly known as Gangwon 2024, will be the fourth edition of the Winter Youth Olympics, an international sports, education and cultural festival for teenagers, to be held between 19 January and 2 February 2024 in Gangwon, South Korea. The host city was announced at the 135th IOC Session on 10 January 2020 at the SwissTech Convention Center in Lausanne, Switzerland during the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics. This is the first Olympic event with the new bidding process. This will also be the first Winter Youth Olympic Games to be held outside of Europe.
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| Host city | Gangwon, South Korea | ||
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| Motto | Let's Make It Together (Korean: 같이합시다) | ||
| Opening | 19 January | ||
| Closing | 2 February | ||
| Stadium | SCJ Olympic Stadium | ||
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Bidding process
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]
Host city selection
Pyeongchang was formally elected as host of the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics on 10 January 2020 at the 135th IOC Session in Lausanne, Switzerland as all of the requirements were fulfilled to the satisfaction of the Commission and the Executive Board.[4] There were 82 members eligible to vote.
| 2024 Youth Olympic Games bidding results[3] | ||||||
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| Party | Nation | Votes | ||||
| Gangwon |  South Korea |
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| None of bid | 2 | |||||
| Absentation | 1 | |||||
| Total | 82 | |||||
Development and preparation
Venues
Much of the Venues of the 2018 Winter Olympics and Paralympics will be used again. 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 are allowed, the city of Wonsan, North Korea will be involved, and could be 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.
- Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre – ski jumping, Nordic combined, snowboarding (big air)
- Alpensia Biathlon Centre – biathlon
- Alpensia Cross-Country Skiing Centre – cross-country skiing, Nordic combined
- Alpensia Sliding Centre – luge, bobsleigh, skeleton
- Yongpyong Alpine Centre – alpine skiing (slalom, giant slalom)
Additionally, a stand-alone outdoor sports venue was located in Bongpyeong-myeon, Pyeongchang:
- Phoenix Snow Park – freestyle skiing, snowboarding
Another stand-alone outdoor sports venue was located in neighboring Jeongseon county:
- High1 Resort – alpine skiing (downhill, super-G, combined)
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.
- Gangneung Hockey Centre – ice hockey
- Gangneung Curling Centre – curling
- Gangneung Oval – long track speed skating
- Gangneung Ice Arena – short track speed skating, figure skating
See also
References
- "French and English are the official languages for the Olympic Games.", .(..)
- Morgan, Liam (9 January 2019). "Russia expresses interest in hosting 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games". inside the games.
- "Gangwon 2024: legacy of PyeongChang 2018 lives on in first Winter Youth Olympic Games awarded to Asia". International Olympic Committee. 10 January 2019.
- "South Korea set to host 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games with possible help from North Korea". insidethegames. 5 December 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- Yoo, Jee Ho. "PyeongChang Winter Olympic facilities to be transformed to sports complex, cultural center". Yonhap. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
- "Future Host Commission Report: 4th Winter Youth Olympics 2024" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. 10 January 2019.