Launch of organizing committee for 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Launch of organizing committee for 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Jin Jong-oh (L), a four-time Olympic shooting gold medalist, and Lee Sang-hwa (R), a two-time Olympic speed skating champion, appointed as the co-heads of the organizing committee for the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics in South Korea, pose for a photo with Culture, Sports and Tourism Minister Park Bo-gyoon during a ceremony in Seoul on Feb. 21, 2023, to launch the committee. The 2024 Winter Youth Olympics, to be held in the northeastern province of Gangwon, will run from Jan. 19 to Feb. 1, with some 1,900 athletes from 70 countries competing for 81 gold medals in 15 events. (Yonhap)

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