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), 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.

IV Winter Youth Olympic Games
Host cityGangwon Province, South Korea
MottoLet's Make It Together (Korean: 같이합시다)
Athletes1,900
Events81
Opening19 January
Closing2 February
StadiumSCJ Olympic Stadium
Winter
Summer
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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)

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.[1] Gangwon was officially awarded the Games at the 135th IOC Session in Lausanne, Switzerland, on 10 January 2020.[2]

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.[3] There were 82 members eligible to vote.

2024 Youth Olympic Games bidding results[2]
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 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.[4][5]

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:

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.

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.[6]

See also

References
  1. Morgan, Liam (9 January 2019). "Russia expresses interest in hosting 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games". inside the games.
  2. "Gangwon 2024: legacy of PyeongChang 2018 lives on in first Winter Youth Olympic Games awarded to Asia". International Olympic Committee. 10 January 2019.
  3. "South Korea set to host 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games with possible help from North Korea". insidethegames. 5 December 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  4. Yoo, Jee Ho. "PyeongChang Winter Olympic facilities to be transformed to sports complex, cultural center". Yonhap. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  5. "Future Host Commission Report: 4th Winter Youth Olympics 2024" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. 10 January 2019.
  6. "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.
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