In the midst of a blizzard and cold snap in December, Gangwon Province, South Korea, is heating up with preparations for the world’s youth winter Olympic festivities.
In preparation for the Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games (Jan. 19-Feb. 1), the organizing committee is toiling away on snow and ice to make last-minute preparations.
Snow lost due to unusually high temperatures and heavy rainfall is being replaced and ice rinks are being de-iced. The 20th is the opening D-30 day.

From January 19, 2018, the venue that created the “Pyeongchang Olympic Emotion”
will be transformed into a youth venue where you can meet the winter sports stars of tomorrow.
More than 1,900 youth athletes from more than 80 countries will showcase their skills at venues in four cities
(Gangneung, Pyeongchang, Heungseong, and Jeongseon) in the Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province.
They will compete for medals in seven sports (skating, ice hockey, curling, skiing, biathlon, bobsleigh skeleton, and luge) and 15 events at Asia’s first Winter Youth Olympic Games.
The inspiration of the PyeongChang Olympics, now with the Youth Olympic Games
With the slogan “GROW TOGETHER, SHINE FOREVER,”
the Gangwon Winter Youth Olympic Games 2024 will embark on a 14-day journey, starting with the Opening Ceremony on January 19 at 8 p.m. at Gangneung Oval.
The opening ceremony will be directed by Yang Jeong-woong, who also directed the opening ceremony of the Pyeongchang Olympics. “
In line with the theme of the Opening Ceremony, ‘Let Us Shine,’
we want to capture a message that symbolizes the unlimited possibilities, futures, and dreams of young people.
As a Youth Olympic Games, we will present the audience with performances that the youth themselves participated in and prepared together,” said Yang.
The Ambiguires Dance Company, which has gained global recognition for choreographing the day’s song, “Bum Descends,”
will form a dance team with local youth to enliven the atmosphere at Gangneung Oval.
Up-and-coming K-pop groups such as Triple S and Lunate will also perform.
The Winter Youth Olympic Games continued the legacy of the PyeongChang Games.
All of the venues used the same facilities from the PyeongChang Games.
Many of the organizing committee members are veterans of the PyeongChang Games,
and they will be responsible for the operation and safety of the Games.
All events are free except for the opening ceremony, which costs between 3 and 100,000 won.
