Discovery's pan-European Eurosport channels were promoted as the main broadcaster of the Games, but Discovery's free-to-air channels such as DMAX in Spain,[70] Kanal 5 in Sweden, and TVNorge in Norway, were also involved in the overall broadcasting arrangements. Check out these full results for 2018 Winter Olympics events Because of the talks, held on 9 January, North Korea agreed to field athletes in Pyeongchang. By hosting this event, South Korea became the second country to host the Winter Olympics in Asia. A performer has been left with life-threatening injuries after suffering a fall in rehearsals for the Winter Youth Olympic Games opening ceremony in Lausanne, prompting a police investigation. Created by Lee Suk-woo, the design features a pattern of diagonal ridges on both sides, with the Olympic rings on the front, and the obverse showing the 2018 Olympics' emblem, the event name and the discipline. [90], New international sponsorship deals also debuted in Pyeongchang: Toyota was introduced as the new "Mobility" sponsor of the Olympics, although the company waived its domestic sponsorship to the local competitors Hyundai and Kia [91][92][93][94][95] Alibaba Group and Intel also debuted as e-commerce/cloud services and technology sponsors respectively. [10][11] In June 2012, construction began on a high-speed rail line that would connect Pyeongchang to Seoul. Follow the Road to PyeongChang with behind-the-scenes content on Team USA athletes as the prepare to compete at the PyeongChang Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Gangwon Province in South Korea, the province of previous Olympic host city PyeongChang, has been elected the Host of the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics at the 135th IOC Session.. Youth and sport programmes continue to be offered to students around the country. PyeongChang was elected as the host city in July 2011, at the 123rd IOC Session in Durban, South Africa. This marked the first time since the Korean War that a member of the ruling Kim dynasty had visited South Korea. North Korea agreed to participate in the Games despite tense relations with South Korea; the two nations paraded together at the opening ceremony as a unified Korea, and fielded a unified team (COR) in the women's ice hockey. About IAAF; President; National Member Federation; IAAF Awards; IAAF Ethics … This was the second time that South Korea had hosted the Olympic Games, having previously hosted the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, but it was the first Winter Olympics to be held in the country. Gangwon Province was elected as the host of the 4 th Winter Youth Olympic Games at the 135 th IOC Session on 10 January 2020 in Lausanne, Switzerland. With 1,218 drones presented at the opening ceremony, the Olympic Parade of Five Wheels is the record of the largest number of drones flying simultaneously, and this is recorded in the Guinness Book of Records. The BBC and NHK took the other two main awards: Most Sustainable Operation and Best Athlete Profile respectively. Norway won a total of 39 medals, setting a new record for the highest number of medals won at a single Winter Olympics. [13] Then-IOC President Jacques Rogge visited Pyeongchang for the first time in February 2013. India had won 8 medals in 2010 and 2 in 2014. As one of their greatest legacies, the PyeongChang Games served to celebrate a world united by sport in peaceful competition. The 2018 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (French: Les XXIIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver;[a] Korean: 제23회 동계 올림픽, romanized: Jeisipsamhoe Donggye Ollimpik) and commonly known as PyeongChang 2018, was an international winter multi-sport event that was held between 9 and 25 February 2018 in Pyeongchang County, Gangwon Province, South Korea, with the opening rounds for certain events held on 8 February 2018, the day before the opening ceremony. The torch and its bearers traveled by a diverse means of transportation, including by turtle ship in Hansando Island, sailboat on the Baengmagang River in Buyeo, marine cable car in Yeosu, zip-wire over Bamseom Island, steam train in the Gokseong Train Village, marine rail bike along the east coast in Samcheok, and by yacht in Busan Metropolitan City. NBC's Raleigh-based affiliate WRAL-TV also held demonstration viewings as part of its ATSC 3.0 test broadcasts. It’s great to know that it’s still growing and we’re still seeing African athletes come into this sport, and that legacy is also exciting.”. Jeremy Lalrinnunga became the first-ever Indian gold medallist at the Youth Olympics … The Foundation also supported the Girls’ Ice Hockey School, which is aimed at getting young girls to participate in this winter sport. The new Olympic Channel brings you news, highlights, exclusive behind the scenes, live events and original programming, 24 hours a day, 365 days per year. Of the 750,000 seats allocated to South Koreans, only 20.7% had been sold. [68] SBS sub-licensed its rights to MBC and KBS. Competitions would take place in PyeongChang (mountain sports) and Gangneung (ice sports), similar to … Pyeongchang was elected as the host city at the 123rd IOC Session in Durban, South Africa, on 6 July 2011, earning the necessary majority of at least 48 votes in just one round of voting. [35][108], The South Korean President, Moon Jae-in, at the start of the Olympics shook hands with Kim Yo-jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and a prominent figure of the regime. A total of 1,788 athletes from 79 nations qualified, the most for any edition of a Winter Youth Olympics. [103][104] On 17 January 2018, it was announced that North and South Korea had agreed to field a unified Korean women's ice hockey team at the Games, and to enter together under a Korean Unification Flag during the opening ceremony. Four events made their Olympic debut in 2018: "big air" snowboarding, mass start speed skating, mixed doubles curling, and mixed team alpine skiing. The 2016 Winter Youth Olympics (Norwegian: Vinter-OL for ungdom 2016), officially known as the II Winter Youth Olympic Games, took place in and around Lillehammer, Norway, between 12 February and 21 February 2016. [32][33][34] The two nations marched together under the Korean Unification Flag during the opening ceremony. There were also 2,018 support runners to guard the torch and act as messengers. For the Winter Paralympics, see, "PyeongChang Olympics" redirects here. Thanks to Ubisoft for Sponsoring this video! The Youth Olympic Games (YOG) is an international multi-sport event for athletes between 14-18 years old, organized by the International Olympic Committee. There will be new sports and a new programme featuring an equal number of male and female athletes as … The Youth Olympic Games (YOG) is an international multi-sport event for athletes between 14-18 years old, organized by the International Olympic Committee.The games are held every four years in staggered summer and winter events consistent with the current Olympic Games format, though in reverse order with Winter Games held in leap years instead of Summer Games. Due to the state of relations between North and South Korea, concerns were raised over the security of the 2018 Winter Olympics, especially in the wake of tensions over North Korean missile and nuclear tests. Discovery/Eurosport won four categories: Best On-Air Promotion, Best Production Design, Best Innovation and Best Social Media Content/Production; they also came second in the Best Olympic Digital Service category. 12 NOC's are scheduled to make their Winter Youth Olympics debuts: Albania, Azerbaijan, Ecuador, Haiti, Hong Kong, Kosovo, Pakistan, Qatar, Singapore, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, and Turkmenistan. The fourth edition of the Winter Youth Olympic Games (YOG) 2024 will be held in Gangwon province in the cities of PyeongChang and Gangneung (Republic of Korea), home to the Olympic Winter Games 2018. [30] Athletes from three further countries – the Cayman Islands, Dominica and Peru – qualified to compete, but all three National Olympic Committees returned the quota spots back to the International Ski Federation (FIS). 3rd Youth Olympic Games: Buenos Aires ARG 11 OCT 2018 - 16 OCT 2018 2nd Youth Olympic Games: Nanjing (Olympic Stadium) CHN 16 AUG 2014 - 28 AUG 2014 1st Youth Olympic Games (athletics) Singapore SGP 17 AUG 2010 - 23 AUG 2010 Click for More search. Watch the Artistic Gymnastics competition on day 7 of the Youth Olympic Games 2018 from Buenos Aires! The Ministry of Unification stated that "there is a limitation in pinpointing who was responsible for the incident." The Games featured 102 events over 15 disciplines, a record number of events for the Winter Games. It was also the first Winter Olympics to be held in mainland Asia. Buenos Aires - 2018 . [35][36] A unified Korean team, consisting of 12 players from North Korea and 23 from South Korea, competed in the women's ice hockey tournament under a special IOC country code designation (COR) following talks in Panmunjom on 17 January 2018. The edge of each medal is marked with extrusions of hangul alphabets, while the ribbons are made from a traditional South Korean textile.[16]. I’m really glad that the track is being used, and the legacy of the Olympics in PyeongChang is still living on today.”, On the participation of African athletes in winter sports, she added, “It’s really great to know that Africa is still here in winter sports. On 20 September 2017, South Korean president Moon Jae-in stated that the country would ensure the security of the Games. Lausanne 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games IF LAUSANNE 2020 AUDIO-VISUAL CONTENT GUIDELINES. Subscribe for more! 19 Dec 2019 ... Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires 2018 IF Guidelines. [4][5], This was South Korea's third consecutive bid for the Winter Olympics, having been defeated by Vancouver and Sochi respectively in the final rounds of voting for the 2010 and 2014 Games. This year alone, approximately 20,000 of them will have the opportunity to travel to the Olympic cities of PyeongChang and Gangneung to participate in Olympic values programmes and take part in winter sports programmes. The eventual number of neutral Russian athletes that participated at the 2018 Games was 168. [109][110] In contrast, U.S. vice president Mike Pence met with Fred Warmbier (father of Otto Warmbier, who had died after being released from captivity in North Korea) and a group of North Korean defectors in Pyeongchang. Today’s Doodle celebrates the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games, held this year in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The first summer version was held in Singapore from 14 to 26 August 2010 while the first winter version was held in Innsbruck, Austriafrom 1… France later reaffirmed its participation. Sports. Youth Olympic Park Die Zone erstreckt sich über den Roca Park mit einer Fläche von 200 Hektar im Viertel Villa Soldati im Süden von Buenos Aires. Although he is subject to sanctions, they did not affect his ability to visit the country for the Games. This page was last edited on 3 March 2021, at 16:57. Gangwon 2024 will use many of the sports facilities from the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018, providing a top-level experience for the young athletes coming to Gangwon from all over the world. Gangwon Province was elected as the host of the 4 th Winter Youth Olympic Games at the 135 th IOC Session on 10 January 2020 in Lausanne, Switzerland. Buenos Aires - 2018 . South Korea has traditionally been a country that won many medals in Short track speed skating, but in this competition, it also won medals in Skeleton racer, Curling and Ski. [124] The CAS decision to overturn the life bans of 28 Russian athletes and restore their medals was also fiercely criticized, by Olympic officials, IOC president Thomas Bach and whistleblower Grigory Rodchenkov's lawyer. About EYOA ; Winter EYOF Vuokatti 2021 ; Summer EYOF Baku 2019 ; Summer EYOF Györ 2017 ; Winter EYOF Erzurum 2017 ; Next Editions. [35] The two nations also participated separately: the South Korea team competed in every sport and the North Korea team competed in alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, figure skating and short track speed skating. This report presents the tangible and intangible legacies of the Buenos Aires Summer Youth Olympic Games. Über die Jahre ließen sich mehr als 40 Sportverbände in der Stadt nieder, und seit 1994 trägt Lausanne offiziell den Titel Hauptstadt der olympischen Bewegung. There were also robot torch relays in Jeju and Daejeon.[17]. [4] Earlier, PyeongChang lost to Vancouver with a difference of 3 votes in bidding the 2010 Olympics, and lost to Sochi with a difference of 4 votes in bidding the 2014 Olympics. [15], The design for the Games' medals was unveiled on 21 September 2017. Over 200 countries will take part … [14], The Pyeongchang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games created Pyeongchang WINNERS in 2014 by recruiting university students living in South Korea to spread awareness of the Olympic Games through social networking services and news articles. Winter Youth Olympic Games. US$17) to ₩900,000 (~US$772) while tickets for the opening and closing ceremonies ranged from ₩220,000 (~US$189) to ₩1.5 million (~US$1287). Activities of the 2018 Olympic Day . The 2014 Olympic Winter Games were the first time that the Russian Federation hosts the Winter Games; the Soviet Union hosted the 1980 Summer Games in Moscow. Of those athletes, 42 appealed against their bans to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and 28 of the appeals were successful, but eleven of the athletes had their sanctions upheld due to the weight of evidence against them. In addition, a stand-alone indoor sports venue was located in the grounds of Catholic Kwandong University. [102], In his New Year's address on 1 January 2018, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un proposed talks in Seoul over the country's participation in the Games, which would be the first high-level talks between the North and South in over two years. 3, Lausanne, 2020. India’s campaign at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires ended with 13 medals (three gold medals, nine silvers and one bronze). 2021 Winter - … Follow CNN's coverage as PyeongChang, South Korea, hosts the 23rd Winter Olympic Games, February 9-25, 2018. Russian president Vladimir Putin and other officials had signalled in the past that it would be a humiliation if Russian athletes were not allowed to compete under the Russian flag. Javascript must be enabled for the correct page display, Olympic Education: Inspiring generations through sport, From Lausanne to Gangwon: Winter Youth Olympic Games headed for Republic of Korea, PyeongChang 2018 Legacy Foundation opens its doors. Winter Youth Olympic Games. Youth Olympic Games Heading To Gangwon, South Korea, In 2024; To Reuse 2018 Olympic Venues. These were offered as part of public demonstrations coordinated by the two sponsors. The Youth Olympic Games are an elite sporting event for young people from all over the world. At the 2018 Youth Olympics four sports made their Olympic debut: sport climbing, dance sport, karate and roller sports. "French and English are the official languages for the Olympic Games. Yodli is the mascot for the Winter Youth Olympic Games (YOG) Lausanne 2020. The US$100 million facility was only intended to be used for the opening and closing ceremonies of these Olympics and the subsequent Paralympics; it was demolished following their conclusion. [45][46] As figure skating is one of the most popular Winter Olympic sports among U.S. viewers, the figure skating events were scheduled with morning start times to accommodate primetime broadcasts in the Americas. [3][4] Also, South Korea became the second country in Asia to host both the Summer (1988 Seoul Olympics) and Winter Olympics. [101] However, days later the White House Press Secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, stated that the United States would participate. This scheduling practice affected the events themselves, including skaters having to adjust to the modified schedule, as well as lower attendance levels at the sessions. [107] Japan's foreign affairs minister Tarō Kōno warned South Korea to be wary of North Korea's "charm offensive", and not to ease its pressure on the country. [2] Germany and Norway were tied for the highest number of gold medals, both winning 14. [46][47] Coverage took a break in the East for late local news, after which coverage continued into "Primetime Plus", featuring additional live coverage into the Eastern late night and Western primetime hours. It contains information on the torch relay, the competitions sites, the pictograms, pictures of the events and presents the question of legacy. The flame for the 3rd Summer Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina, was lit today… May 24, 2018 #YOGJourney: Yuka Sato eyes triathlon success on home soil at Tokyo 2020 Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events contested in each separate discipline. Coming after the success of Buenos Aires 2018, the countdown is on towards the third Winter Youth Olympic Games at Lausanne 2020.. [75] Russia was not affected by the Eurosport deal, due to a pre-existing contract held by a marketing agency which extends to 2024.[75]. The sports contested at the Youth Olympic Games comprise the same as those scheduled for the traditional Olympic Games, plus other sports that may one day be part of the Olympic Games. Edited by Lausanne 2020. 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Korea to send 22 athletes in three sports to PyeongChang Winter Olympics: IOC", "IOC suspends Russian NOC and creates a path for clean individual athletes to compete in Pyeongchang 2018 under the Olympic flag", "Alpine Skiing Quotas List for Olympic Games 2018", "Cross-country Quotas List for Olympic Games 2018", "ISU Communication no. South Korea's Yun Sung-Bin won a gold medal in Skeleton racer, and Yun Sung-Bin's gold medal was the first Olympic gold medal ever won by Asia in the sledding event. About EYOA ; Winter EYOF Vuokatti 2021 ; Summer EYOF Baku 2019 ; Summer EYOF Györ 2017 ; Winter EYOF Erzurum 2017 ; Next Editions. The upcoming FIS Snowboard World Cup will take place this month at Phoenix Snow Park. There were 75 pieces of broadcast content from the 2018 Olympics submitted over ten categories (plus one category for the 2018 Youth Olympics). Coming after the success of Buenos Aires 2018, the countdown is on towards the third Winter Youth Olympic Games at Lausanne 2020.. The home of the International Olympic Committee will stage the Games from 9-22 January 2020 with 1,880 young elite athletes from around the world taking part.. in unison, in an act of defiance against the ban. As before, the primetime block began at 8:00 p.m. [125], 23rd Olympic Winter Games, held in Pyeongchang, South Korea, "PyeongChang 2018" redirects here. An IOC statement said: "The new Winter Youth Olympic Games host will benefit from many of the facilities used in PyeongChang 2018 as well as possible alternative venue options. [21], As of 11 October 2017, domestic ticket sales for the Games were reported to be slow. EYOA Programme. 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Pyeongchang and Gangneung are set to host the 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games and could be awarded the event at the next International Olympic Committee Session in January. [3] Winning 63 of the 95 votes cast in the first secret ballot, Pyeongchang received more votes than its competitors combined, overwhelmingly beating Munich in Germany, which received 25 votes, and Annecy in France, which received seven. Watch the Karate competition on day 12 of the Youth Olympic Games 2018 from Buenos Aires! This "Sports e-guide" contains the most up-to-date information about the sports disciplines and events, as well as about the Competition Venues, and has been created in order to support the NOC team officials during Lausanne 2020. Jeremy Lalrinnunga became the first-ever Indian gold medallist at the Youth Olympics in boys’ 62 kg weightlifting category. The Forum has become a global platform for exploring peace and development, and how to promote peace for a sustainable future. Streamed live on Oct 8, 2018 Watch the Sports Climbing competition on day 2 of the Youth Olympic Games 2018 from Buenos Aires! Gangwon 2024 will use many of the facilities from the Games in PyeongChang, and will give young athletes the opportunity to compete in venues where Olympians competed a few years earlier. Watch the Karate competition on day 12 of the Youth Olympic Games 2018 from Buenos Aires! [98] The next day, Laura Flessel-Colovic, the French Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, stated that France would pull out of the Games if the safety of its delegation could not be guaranteed. The Olympic venues continue to host international sports events this winter season as Gangwon moves ahead with its vision of expanding new horizons of sport. Pierre de Coubertin, der Begründer der modernen Olympischen Spiele, hatte 1915 den Sitz des Internationalen Olympischen Komitees (IOC) nach Lausanne verlegt. If you can't be there in person, it will be streamed worldwide on Olympic Channel, 20:00 - 21:30. Organizing Committee. India had won 8 medals in 2010 and 2 in 2014. Figure skating events were deliberately scheduled with morning sessions so they could be aired during primetime in the Americas (and in turn, NBC's coverage; due to the substantial fees NBC has paid for rights to the Olympics, the IOC has allowed NBC to have influence on event scheduling to maximize U.S. television ratings when possible; NBC agreed to a $7.75 billion contract extension on 7 May 2014, to air the Olympics through the 2032 games,[45] is also one of the major sources of revenue for the IOC). [81][82] This footage was delivered in 4K in the U.S. by NBCUniversal parent Comcast to participating television providers, including its own Xfinity, as well as DirecTV and Dish Network. [74] The deal did not initially cover France due to the broadcast rights of France Télévisions, which run through to the 2020 Games. This year’s Dream Programme, an annual cultural and sports camp initiative which began in 2004, had 123 young people from 29 countries with little or no infrastructure to practise winter sports. Approximately 1880 young athletes aged 15-18 will represent more than 80 countries. This is India's best medal haul at the Summer Youth Olympic Games. There will be new sports and a new programme featuring an equal number of male and female athletes as … The home of the International Olympic Committee will stage the Games from 9-22 January 2020 with 1,880 young elite athletes from around the world taking part.. When do they start? In association with. [123], The IOC's decision was heavily criticized by Jack Robertson, primary investigator of the Russian doping program on behalf of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), in whose opinion the judgement was commercially and politically motivated. Watch the Artistic Gymnastics competition on day 6 of the Youth Olympic Games 2018 from Buenos Aires! The indoor ice events were held in the nearby city of Gangneung. As part of the programme, 100 participants from around the world will take part in a series of education workshops and sports activities aimed at promoting equality and peace, while exploring the role of sport in the peaceful resolution of conflict. For the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics held in Pyeongchang, see, Participating National Olympic Committees, Number of athletes by National Olympic Committee. Follow CNN's coverage as PyeongChang, South Korea, hosts the 23rd Winter Olympic Games, February 9-25, 2018. After a state-sponsored doping program was exposed following the 2014 Winter Olympics, the Russian Olympic Committee was suspended, but selected athletes were allowed to compete neutrally under the special IOC designation of "Olympic Athletes from Russia" (OAR) provided they could meet certain anti-doping requirements. It was the third time that an Asian country had hosted the Winter Games, after 1972 and 1998. These were selected from an original pool of 500 athletes that was put forward for consideration and, in order to receive an invitation to the Games, they were obliged to meet a number of pre-games conditions. Streamed live on Oct 8, 2018 Watch the Sports Climbing competition on day 2 of the Youth Olympic Games 2018 from Buenos Aires! NBC won a total of eight awards, winning four of the main categories: Best Olympic Feature, Best Olympic Digital Service, Best Olympic Programme and Best Documentary Film; they came second in the Best On-Air Promotion and Best Social Media Content/Production categories. Lillehammer was awarded the games on 7 December 2011 as the only candidate. He argued that not only was doping rife among Russian athletes but that there was no sign of it being eradicated. 3, Lausanne, 2020. Lausanne - 2019 . The next day, Laura Flessel-Colovic, the French Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, stated that France would pull out of the Games if the safety of its delegation could not be guaranteed. Watch the Swimming competition on day 5 of the Youth Olympic Games 2018 from Buenos Aires! “The Youth Olympic Games Gangwon 2024 will continue the strong legacy of the recent Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang and work to achieve our vision of expanding new horizons in sport.