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The Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games Pyeongchang 2018 English English The Olympic&Paralympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 Welcome to Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 PyeongChang 2018! days February PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games will take place in 17 / 9~25 PyeongChang, Gangneung and Jeongseon for 27 days in Korea. Come and watch the disciplines medal events new records, new miracles, and new horizons unfolding in PyeongChang. 15 102 95 countries 2 ,900athletes Soohorang The name ‘Soohorang’ is a combinati- on of several meanings in the Korean language. ‘Sooho’ is the Korean word for ‘protection’, meaning that it protects the athletes, spectators and all participants of the Olympic Games. ‘Rang’ comes from the middle letter of ‘ho-rang-i’, which means ‘tiger’, and also from the last letter of ‘Jeongseon Arirang’, a traditional folk music of Gangwon Province, where the host city is located. Paralympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 10 days/ 9~18 March 6 disciplines 80 medal events 45 countries 670 athletes Bandabi The bear is symbolic of strong will and courage. The Asiatic Black Bear is also the symbolic animal of Gangwon Province. In the name ‘Bandabi’, ‘banda’ comes from ‘bandal’ meaning ‘half-moon’, indicating the white crescent on the chest of the Asiatic Black Bear, and ‘bi’ has the meaning of celebrating the Games. VISION PyeongChang 2018 will begin the world’s greatest celebration of winter sports from 9 February 2018 in PyeongChang, Gangneung, New Horizons and Jeongseon. People from all corners of the PyeongChang 2018 will open the new horizons for Asia’s winter sports world will gather in harmony. PyeongChang will and leave a sustainable legacy in PyeongChang and Korea. be the host city where long-awaited dreams come true, joy abounds, and the world comes together in friendship. The celebration for all is about to begin. SLOGAN Come and experience the Olympic spirit, the famed hospitality of Korea, and a single, unifying passion for sports. Join us, where tradition meets modern culture. Come and Passion. see Korea’s infrastructure and eco-friendly industry driving green growth. Witness as the Connected. boundaries between nations blur and people around the world mingle. Olympic Winter The world will come together under a single passion for winter sports. Games PyeongChang 2018 will mark the debut of PyeongChang as a new pillar of the regional economy and Asia’s hub for winter sports. 4 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 5 How did the Winter Games Begin? History of Olympic Winter Games, The history of Olympic Winter Games skating, ice hockey, and Nordic skiing goes back to London 1908, the first events. the World’s Greatest Festival of Winter Sports Games to include a winter sport, figure Yet the Games in Berlin never skating. The 1920 Olympic Games in materialised, as they were Antwerp featured figure skating and ice overshadowed by World War I. After a 2018 marks the 94th year of Olympic Winter Games as the world’s biggest hockey as official medal events. series of ensuing complexities, the very As Stockholm prepared for the Olympic first Olympic Winter Games were held celebration of winter sports. Surviving the tumult of modern history, including Games in 1912, the International Olympic in Chamonix, France in 1924. In 1921, the Great Depression and two World Wars, Olympic Winter Games have continued Committee began discussing the the IOC awarded Paris the 1924 to flourish, in the spirit of world peace and the harmony of humankind. possibility of separate Games dedicated Olympic Games, and at the same time to winter sports. The issue generated announced its intention to host the Olympic Winter Games have an interesting history of their own, starting with the a fierce debate, as Northern European first “International Winter Sports Week” inception in Europe and opening of new horizons in Asia. countries had held their own winter in Chamonix. With the first Paralympic sports events. Despite the controversy, Games in Rome in 1960, the Olympic the Olympic Games in Berlin 1916 Games as we know them took shape as 1948 intended to hold figure skating, speed an event of harmony and peace. St Moritz welcomed the Winter Games again, and this was also the first Olym- pic Winter Games in which Team Korea participated, consisting of two officials and three athletes. 1924 The Bobsleigh competition 1928 at the first Olympic Winter St Moritz 1928 suffered from 1932 Games in Chamonix was unusually high temperature. The third Winter Games, quite different from the race Speed skating ice melted, held at Lake Placid in the we know today. Back then, and the 50-km race for United States, were the first teammates had to hold Cross-country skiing took Games held outside Europe. onto each other tightly as place amid 25-degree- they came down the banked Celsius weather. track. 1960 The Stoke Mandeville Games in 1948, a sporting event organised for World War II veterans with spinal injuries, were a precursor to the Paralympic Games which first took place in Rome, 1960. In the same 2018 year, the Winter Games The 23rd Olympic Win- in Squaw Valley, USA saw ter Games and the 12th the participation of 30 Paralympic Winter Games countries. will begin their journey of 1988 27 days in PyeongChang, Gangneung, and Jeongseon One of the memorable 1992 in Korea. moments for Calgary 1988 The 16th Winter Games in was Team Jamaica’s parti- Albertville, France were the cipation in Bobsleigh. Seoul last Olympic Winter Games 1988 was the first time that to be held in the same year Olympic and Paralympic as the Summer Games. Sin- Summer Games were held ce then, the Summer Games in the same city and year, a and Winter Games have practice that continues to taken place in alternating this day. even-numbered years. 6 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 7 PyeongChang 2018, Shattering the host region and nation, as well as national profile and growth in tourism. PyeongChang 2018 Records and Blazing New Trails presenting opportunities to promote PyeongChang 2018 will also serve Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games core technologies of Korea, such as ICT, as an opportunity to expand Social in Keywords and Numbers PyeongChang 2018 are the third across the world. Overhead Capital and to introduce Olympic Winter Games to visit Asia in Research on the anticipated economic beauty of the local mountains and the past 20 years, starting with Nagano impact of PyeongChang 2018 revealed beaches of Gangwon Province to the PyeongChang 2018 will be a watershed for Korea’s national development. 1998, and the second Olympic Games that economic benefits of the Olympic world. Furthermore, it will help transform to grace Korea in the past 30 years, and Paralympic Winter Games in Korea Gangwon Province and Korea into a new The Games will leave sustainable legacies that will enhance the local economy of starting with Seoul 1988. The Olympic will amount to 65 trillion Korean Won, hub of winter sports. Gangwon Province, which will strengthen the Korean economy. Winter Games will be the foundation for from an increase in investment and economic and cultural development of consumption as well as enhanced Enhancing National Image As the host of Seoul 1988 th Summer Games, 2002 FIFA Vitalise the Economy World Cup, 2011 IAAF World Championships in Athletics, Preparations for the Games time will and PyeongChang 2018 Winter contribute to Korea’s economy by Games, Korea is the sixth creating jobs and opportunities. country to achieve the Enhance National Profile Grand Slam of major sports Asia’s Hub for Winter Sports PyeongChang 2018 will present the events after France, Germany, new Korea to the world, jump-star- Italy, Japan and Russia. PyeongChang will be established ting new phases of development as a hub of winter sports in Asia, in politics, economy, society, 6 Grand Slam a continent full of potential. Economic Benefits (KRW) Gold Medals Mobile Communications Technology and culture. 64.9 trillion 102 5G Networks Contribution to Inter-Korean Dialogue and Peace Olympic Winter Games held in on the Korean Peninsula Balanced Regional Growth Korea in 30 years after Seoul 1988 Volunteers Distance of Torch Relay Route Bringing the Olympic Movement to life, The region will benefit from the yrs km PyeongChang 2018 will promote expansion of Social Overhead inter-Korean dialogue Capital and enhancement of and peace on the regional brand value. Korean Peninsula. 22 ,400 2 ,018 Highest number of participating countries in the history of Green Venues for Sustainability Winter Games Opportunity to Mark Korea’s Entry into the League of countries Advanced Nations Driver for Korea’s Growth PyeongChang 2018 completes Korea’s The Games will draw Koreans to Olympic journey, providing stand united as proud citizens of an opportunity to mark the country, focusing our energy Korea’s entry into the league on the nation’s development. 7 Venues of advanced nations. Cutting-Edge Technology Industry With PyeongChang 2018, Korea welcomes its Low Carbon Olympic Games Korea will lead the world market by second Olympic Games in 30 years – with the facilitating the development nation’s first Olympics Games held in 1988 in t of the IT & Green industries. 30 Seoul. The Paralympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 is all the more significant since Seoul 1988 was the first Games that held both Olympic and Paralympic Games. 15 ,900 95 8 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 9 Athlete-Oriented Olympic Games Convergence of Environment and Venues for All Venues with Cutting Edge Technology All venues are within 30-minute reach by Technology Venues are constructed with both car from the accommodation locations Gangwon Province’s nature, which is Paralympic Games and post-Games and Advanced Systems of the athletes, enabling athletes to optimal for winter sports, together with legacies in mind.
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