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)
Nations79
Athletes1,803
Events81 events in 7 sports
Opening19 January 2024
Closing1 February 2024
Opened by
President Yoon Suk-yeol (expected)
StadiumGangneung Oval (Gangneung)
Yongpyong Dome (PyeongChang)
Winter
Summer

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 1 February 2024 in Gangwon Province, South Korea.

Bidding Process

The IOC's Future Host Commission named Gangwon as its preferred candidate for the Games, and entered into targeted dialogue with the region under the new Olympic bid process. Brașov, Romania; Granada, Spain; and Sofia Bulgaria were the other 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] The events will be shared between Gangneung city and Pyeongchang County, which previously hosted the 2018 Winter Olympics. They will be the first Winter Youth Olympics held outside of Europe.

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 again ; the snow events will be held in the county of Pyeongchang, while the ice events will be held in 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 venue was located in Hoengseong:

  • Welli Hilli 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 will host the four indoor sports venues. This complex hosts the indoor venues build for the 2018 Winter Olympics and will be used again:

Participating National Olympic Committees

A total of 1,803 athletes from a total of 79 NOCs were expected to compete.[8] Five nations made their Winter Youth Olympics debut: Algeria, Nigeria, Puerto Rico, Tunisia and the United Arab Emirates, with the latter two making their first ever Winter Olympic appearance.[9]

Participating National Olympic Committees

The Games

Sports

For the first time in the history of any type of Olympic Games event, the gender parity rule will be used. Which means that the same number of events in the Olympic program will be the same for men and women (34). The program for this edition will feature 7 sports and 15 disciplines in a total of the 81 events. The International Olympic Committee has decided in 2021, that for the first time there will be no mixed NOCs events. The sporting program also recived changes as mixed-gender relays were aded in cross-country skiing and Nordic combined. Two 1,500m individual events in short track speed skating will be held for the first time. However, the number of events at the cross-country skiing were droped from 7 to 5.[10][11]

Calendar

All dates are KST (UTC+9)[12]
OCOpening ceremony ●Event competitions 1Event finals EGExhibition Gala CCClosing ceremony
January/February 19
Fri		 20
Sat		 21
Sun		 22
Mon		 23
Tue		 24
Wed		 25
Thu		 26
Fri		 27
Sat		 28
Sun		 29
Mon		 30
Tue		 31
Wed		 1
Thu		 Events
CeremoniesOCCC
Alpine skiing 2 2 1 1 2 1 9
Biathlon 2 1 2 1 6
Bobsleigh 1 1 2
Cross-country skiing 2 2 1 5
Curling ● ● ● ● ● 1 ● ● ● ● ● ● 1 2
Figure skating ● ● 2 2 1 5
Freestyle skiing 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 12
Ice hockey ● ● ● ● ● 2 ● ● ● ● 2 4
Luge 2 2 1 5
Nordic combined 2 1 3
Short track speed skating 2 2 2 1 7
Skeleton 1 1 2
Ski jumping 2 1 3
Snowboarding 2 1 1 1 ● 2 2 9
Speed skating 2 2 1 2 7
Total events010981068424645581
Cumulative total01019273743515557616771768181
January/February 19
Fri		 20
Sat		 21
Sun		 22
Mon		 23
Tue		 24
Wed		 25
Thu		 26
Fri		 27
Sat		 28
Sun		 29
Mon		 30
Tue		 31
Wed		 1
Thu		 Events

Athlete role models

Sports[13][14] Male Role models Female Role models
Alpine skiing Jakob Špik ( Slovenia) –
Matthias Mayer ( Austria)
Biathlon Dominik Windisch( Italy) Vanessa Hinz ( Germany)
Bobsleigh Won Yun-jong ( South Korea) –
Cross-country skiing Kim Magnus  South Korea) Han Da-Som ( South Korea)
Curling Kim Chang-min ( South Korea) Jennifer Dodds ( United Kingdom)
Figure skating Michal Březina ( Czech Republic) Yura Min ( South Korea)
Freestyle skiing Brenden Kelly ( Canada) Sami Kennedy-Sim ( Australia)
Ice hockey Lee Young-jun ( South Korea) Park Jong-ah ( South Korea)
Luge Sascha Benecken ( Germany) Elīza Tīruma ( Latvia)
Nordic combined Eric Frenzel ( Germany) –
Maxime Laheurte ( France)
Short track speed skating Thibaut Fauconnet ( France) Byun Chun-sa ( South Korea)
Skeleton – Jaclyn Narracott ( Australia)
Ski jumping Viktor Polášek ( Czech Republic) Carina Vogt ( Germany)
Snowboarding Konstantin Schad ( Germany) Tess Critchlow ( Canada)
Speed skating Haralds Silovs ( Latvia) Nao Kodaira ( Japan)

Marketing

The organizing committee has announced many "ambassadors" to promote the games, including Olympians Eileen Gu, Choi Min-jeong, and Yuna Kim, in addition to singers such as Choi Min-ho from Shinee.[15][16]

Mascot

On January 19, 2023, the organizing committee revealed the mascot, named Moongcho (뭉초). 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.[17][18]

Tickets

The organizing committee has announced that all events apart from the opening ceremony would be free to watch.[19]

Torch relay

The torch relay started on 3 October 2023 in Greece at the Panathenaic Stadium, where the flame was lit. The flame reached Seoul, South Korea, on 8 October, with the Korean leg of the relay beginning that day.[20][21]

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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "Gangwon 2024 Opening Ceremony to be shared across two arenas". www.insidethegames.biz. 2022-12-01. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
  8. ↑ Jee-ho, Yoo (9 January 2024). "Record 1,803 athletes to compete at Winter Youth Olympics in S. Korea". Yonhap News Agency. Seoul, South Korea. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  9. ↑ Mikkelsen, Sebastian (15 January 2024). "From Singapore 2010 to Gangwon 2024: The Evolution of YOG". www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). Retrieved 15 January 2024. Algeria, Nigeria, Puerto Rico, Tunisia, and the United Arab Emirates will all make their Winter Youth Olympic debut.
  10. ↑ "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.
  11. ↑ "Official Programme of the Winter Youth Olympic Games Gangwon 2024" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. 16 October 2021.
  12. ↑ "The Schedule". Olympic Games. 2 July 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  13. ↑ "GANGWON 2024: ATHLETE ROLE MODELS".
  14. ↑ "Ten more sports stars announced as Athlete Role Models for Gangwon 2024".
  15. ↑ Shefferd, Neil (24 March 2023). "Five new Ambassadors announced as part of celebrations to mark 300 days until Gangwon 2024". Inside the Games. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  16. ↑ Rowbottom, Mike (24 February 2022). "South Korea's 2010 Olympic skating champion Kim is honorary ambassador for Gangwon 2024". Inside the Games. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  17. ↑ Sankar, Vimal (19 January 2023). "Moongcho named Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic Games mascot". Inside the Games. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  18. ↑ "Meet Moongcho: The story of the Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games Mascot". olympics.com. 19 January 2023. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  19. ↑ "One Month to Go: Gangwon 2024 set to inspire and entertain". olympics.com. 19 December 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  20. ↑ "Gangwon 2024: 30 things to know about Asia's first Winter Youth Olympic Games". olympics.com. 19 December 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  21. ↑ "Gangwon 2024 Torch Tour set to light up the Republic of Korea with "Journey of Solidarity"". olympics.com. 3 October 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
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