The Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympics ended with a snowy closing ceremony last week, bookending a pivotal chapter for Korea and world sport.
The cold didn't bother the sea of athletes, families, volunteers and remaining fans at the Winter Youth Olympics as Gangwon bid adieu in a snowy closing ceremony.
The past two weeks have been a sort of homecoming for American figure skaters Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani, who were named ambassadors to the Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympics after winning two bronze medals six years ago at PyeongChang.
It’s been Moongcho mania in Gangneung, Gangwon over the past two weeks — the raison d’etre of months of promotional Gangwon 2024 content across Korea.
It was a sweet victory for Team U.S.A., who earlier dropped a game — their only loss of the tournament — to the Czechs 6-5 during a preliminary round in a penalty shootout.
A medley of athletes, their entourages and spectators of all ages flocked to Gangneung Olympic Park on an uncharacteristically warm Wednesday in January for the penultimate day of the Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympics.
Korea’s mixed curling duo lost their final round robin match 7-5 against the Czech Republic on Wednesday, finishing the group stage with two wins and three losses and ending the national team’s curling journey in Gangwon.
Figure skater Shin Ji-a won a silver medal in the women’s single skate at the Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympics on Tuesday, becoming the second female Korean figure skater to medal in Winter Youth Games history after 2020 gold medalist You Young.
Korea's Kim Hyun-gyeom competes in the men's singles free skate at the Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympics at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung, Gangwon on Monday
Lee Yoon-seung competes during the freestyle skiing dual moguls at the Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympics in Jeongseon County, Gangwon on Saturday.
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