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"Play Winter Zones" offer chance to experience winter sports, culture at Gangwon 2024

STORY: "Play Winter Zones" offer chance to experience winter sports, culture at Gangwon 2024 SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 27, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 29, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:18 LOCATION: GANGNEUNG, South Korea CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of "Play Winter Zone" at Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic Games STORYLINE: "Play Winter Zones" near major venues of the 2024 Gangwon Winter Youth Olympic Games have been offering fans and audience the chance to experience winter sports and culture. The zones lie at five locations in the four cities of South Korea's eastern Gangwon province, including Gangneung, PyeongChang, Jeongseon and Hoengseong, during the two-week winter sports event which runs through February 1. An outdoor ice rink has been set up in front of the Gangneung Hockey Center to allow visitors to skate freely. The Alpensia Ski Jumping Center in PyeongChang and the Welli Hilli Park in Hoengseong have given visitors chances to experience ski jumping and skiing on slopes. In the PyeongChang 2018 Legacy Foundation,

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SOUTH KOREA-GANGNEUNG-WINTER SCENERIES

(240129) -- GANGNEUNG, Jan. 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Jan. 27, 2024 shows mascots of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics in front of Gangneung Station in Gangneung, South Korea's eastern Gangwon Province. Boasting beautiful sceneries and a long history, Gangneung is a noted tourist destination in South Korea and one of the hosting cities of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics and the Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games. (Xinhua/Yao Qilin)

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SOUTH KOREA-GANGNEUNG-WINTER SCENERIES

(240129) -- GANGNEUNG, Jan. 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Jan. 27, 2024 shows a seaside scenery of Gangneung in South Korea's eastern Gangwon Province. Boasting beautiful sceneries and a long history, Gangneung is a noted tourist destination in South Korea and one of the hosting cities of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics and the Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games. (Xinhua/Yao Qilin)

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SOUTH KOREA-GANGNEUNG-WINTER SCENERIES

(240129) -- GANGNEUNG, Jan. 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Jan. 28, 2024 shows a seaside scenery near Jeongdongjin, Gangneung in South Korea's eastern Gangwon Province. Boasting beautiful sceneries and a long history, Gangneung is a noted tourist destination in South Korea and one of the hosting cities of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics and the Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games. (Xinhua/Yao Qilin)

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SOUTH KOREA-GANGNEUNG-WINTER SCENERIES

(240129) -- GANGNEUNG, Jan. 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Jan. 28, 2024 shows a seaside scenery near Jeongdongjin, Gangneung in South Korea's eastern Gangwon Province. Boasting beautiful sceneries and a long history, Gangneung is a noted tourist destination in South Korea and one of the hosting cities of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics and the Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games. (Xinhua/Yao Qilin)

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SOUTH KOREA-GANGNEUNG-WINTER SCENERIES

(240129) -- GANGNEUNG, Jan. 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Jan. 27, 2024 shows a seaside scenery of Gangneung in South Korea's eastern Gangwon Province. Boasting beautiful sceneries and a long history, Gangneung is a noted tourist destination in South Korea and one of the hosting cities of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics and the Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games. (Xinhua/Yao Qilin)

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SOUTH KOREA-GANGNEUNG-WINTER SCENERIES

(240129) -- GANGNEUNG, Jan. 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Jan. 28, 2024 shows a corner of Seongyojang house in Gangneung in South Korea's eastern Gangwon Province. Boasting beautiful sceneries and a long history, Gangneung is a noted tourist destination in South Korea and one of the hosting cities of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics and the Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games. (Xinhua/Yao Qilin)

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SOUTH KOREA-GANGNEUNG-WINTER SCENERIES

(240129) -- GANGNEUNG, Jan. 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Jan. 28, 2024 shows a seaside scenery near Jeongdongjin, Gangneung in South Korea's eastern Gangwon Province. Boasting beautiful sceneries and a long history, Gangneung is a noted tourist destination in South Korea and one of the hosting cities of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics and the Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games. (Xinhua/Yao Qilin)

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SOUTH KOREA-GANGNEUNG-WINTER SCENERIES

(240129) -- GANGNEUNG, Jan. 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Jan. 28, 2024 shows a seaside scenery near Jeongdongjin, Gangneung in South Korea's eastern Gangwon Province. Boasting beautiful sceneries and a long history, Gangneung is a noted tourist destination in South Korea and one of the hosting cities of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics and the Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games. (Xinhua/Yao Qilin)

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SOUTH KOREA-GANGNEUNG-WINTER SCENERIES

(240129) -- GANGNEUNG, Jan. 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A train pulls in at a railway station in Jeongdongjin, Gangneung in South Korea's eastern Gangwon Province, Jan. 28, 2024. Boasting beautiful sceneries and a long history, Gangneung is a noted tourist destination in South Korea and one of the hosting cities of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics and the Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games. (Xinhua/Yao Qilin)

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4th Winter Youth Olympic Games open in S. Korea

STORY: 4th Winter Youth Olympic Games open in S. Korea SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 19, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 20, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:56 LOCATION: GANGNEUNG, South Korea CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): YANG CHANG, Xinhua reporter 2. various of the speed skating venue 3. various of audience STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): YANG CHANG, Xinhua reporter "2024 Gangwon Winter Youth Olympic Games opened here on Friday. The Gangwon 2024 is scheduled to be held from January 19 to February 1, with over 1,800 athletes from 78 countries and regions expected to participate. A total of 56 athletes from the Chinese sports delegation will compete across seven major events, 12 sub events, 50 minor events in the Winter Youth Olympics. This marks Asia's first hosting of the Winter Youth Olympics and South Korea's second Olympic-level event after the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics." The fourth Winter Youth Olympic Games officially opened on Friday night with a grand opening ceremony in South Korea's eastern Gangwon Prov

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(SP)SOUTH KOREA-GANGWON PROVINCE-WINTER YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES 2024-OPENING CEREMONY

(240119) -- GANGWON PROVINCE, Jan. 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Torch bearer Yun Sung-bin, men's skeleton gold medalist of the 2018 Olympic Winter Games, holds the torch during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Gangwon Winter Youth Olympic Games in Pyeongchang of Gangwon Province, South Korea, Jan. 19, 2024. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)

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(SP)SOUTH KOREA-GANGWON PROVINCE-WINTER YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES 2024-OPENING CEREMONY

(240119) -- GANGWON PROVINCE, Jan. 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Torch bearer Yun Sung-bin, men's skeleton gold medalist of the 2018 Olympic Winter Games, holds the torch during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Gangwon Winter Youth Olympic Games in Pyeongchang of Gangwon Province, South Korea, Jan. 19, 2024. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)

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Olympian artists create world beyond sports

STORY: Olympian artists create world beyond sports DATELINE: May 1, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:24 LOCATION: GENEVA, Switzerland CATEGORY: CULTURE/SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the exhibition STORYLINE: In the world of Olympics, a bunch of athletes showed their talents beyond sports by offering a glimpse of arts, embodying sport, creativity and the Olympic values in their lives. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has been exhibiting 18 pieces of artworks at the Olympic House since April 23, which were created by five Olympians and a Paralympian, to illustrate many facets, interests and stories of the elite athletes. The IOC Culture and Heritage initiated the program at PyeongChang 2018 and has received more than 50 original works from 16 athletes from eight countries and regions, and there's more to come. The Culture and Heritage did other two Olympian Artists programs at the Tokyo 2020 and the Beijing 2022, and led a three-month recruitment campaign to lay the groundwork for Paris 2024. As a re

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Pyeongchang Paralympics

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea, March 10 Kyodo - Performers take part in the opening ceremony of the Pyeongchang Winter Paralympics at the Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium in South Korea on March 9, 2018.

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Pyeongchang Olympics

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea, Feb. 18 Kyodo - A bus stop is crowded with people in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on Feb. 9, 2018, after the Pyeongchang Winter Olympic opening ceremony. ==Kyodo (Photo by Kyodo News via Getty Images)

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Pyeongchang Olympics

GANGNEUNG, South Korea, Feb. 22 Kyodo - Olympic figure skating silver medalist Shoma Uno of Japan speaks to the press after practice for the exhibition gala in Gangneung, South Korea, on Feb. 22, 2018.

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Pyeongchang Olympics

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea, Feb. 14 Kyodo - Russian curling athletes play a match against the United States at the Pyeongchang Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, on Feb. 8, 2018. They took part in the Games as "Olympic Athletes from Russia."

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Pyeongchang Olympics

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea, Feb. 6 Kyodo - Slovakian snowboarders pose on a display of the Olympic rings at the Olympic Village in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on Feb. 6, 2018.

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2018 Olympic venue Gangneung

GANGNEUNG, South Korea, Jan. 31 Kyodo - Photo taken on Jan. 28, 2018, shows artistic objects resembling ice skates, displayed at the Olympic Park in Gangneung, the venue of indoor sports that are part of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.

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2018 Olympic venue Gangneung

GANGNEUNG, South Korea, Jan. 31 Kyodo - Photo taken on Jan. 27, 2018, shows an artistic object resembling an ice skate, displayed at Olympic Park in Gangneung, the venue of indoor sports that are part of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.

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Pyeongchang Olympics

GANGNEUNG, South Korea, Feb. 6 Kyodo - Photo taken on Jan. 9, 2018 shows the Olympic Park under construction in Gangneung, South Korea.

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Pyeongchang Olympics

GANGNEUNG, South Korea, Jan. 11 Kyodo - Students take a selfie in front of a display of the Olympic rings set up at Gangneung Station in South Korea on Jan. 9, 2018, a month ahead of the start of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Guangneung city will be the venue for the indoor sports of the Winter Games.

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Pyeongchang Olympics

GANGNEUNG, South Korea, Jan. 11 Kyodo - Women take a selfie in front of a display of the Olympic rings set up at Gangneung Station in South Korea on Jan. 9, 2018, a month ahead of the start of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Guangneung city will be the venue for the indoor sports of the Winter Games.

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Pyeongchang Olympics preparations

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea, Feb. 2 Kyodo - Photo taken on Jan. 8, 2018, shows a tent housing an official merchandise store set up next to the Olympic Stadium (rear) in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

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Pyeongchang Olympics

GANGNEUNG, South Korea, Jan. 11 Kyodo - A woman stands in front of a display of the Olympic rings set up on the beach of Gangneung, South Korea, before sunrise on Jan. 9, 2018, a month ahead of the start of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Guangneung city will be the venue for the indoor sports of the Winter Games.

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Pyeongchang Olympics

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea, Feb. 1 Kyodo - Photo taken on Jan. 8, 2018, shows the main Olympic stadium (background) and a tent housing an official merchandise store (R) for the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in South Korea.

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Pyeongchang Olympics preparations

TOKYO, Japan, Feb. 2 Kyodo - Construction work is carried out at the Olympic Stadium in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on Oct. 18, 2017, the venue for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2018 Winter Olympics.

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Olympics: IOC not ruling out S. Korea, N. Korea collaboration at Pyeongchang

TOKYO, Japan, June 29 Kyodo - The International Olympic Committee's Executive Director Christophe Dubi gives an interview to Kyodo News in Tokyo on June 29, 2017, about South Korea and North Korea potentially competing as one at the Pyeongchang 2018 winter games. The IOC is not ruling out a proposed joint Korean team nor North Korea's hosting of the some Olympic events in 2018.

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New sled project for 2018 Winter Games

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the "Shitamachi Bobsleigh" (downtown bobsleigh) project promotion committee pose for photos in Tokyo on June 4, 2014. The committee announced a plan the same day to develop a new sled for the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

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Olympic flag arrives in Pyeongchang for 2018 Winter Games

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea - The Olympic flag arrives Feb. 28, 2014 in Pyeongchang, South Korea, where the next Winter Games is scheduled to be held in 2018, as local residents gather to take a glimpse.

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Olympic Flag arrives in S. Korea for 2018 Winter Olympics

CHUNCHEON, South Korea - Gangwan Province Gov. Choi Moon Soon waves the Olympic flag during a ceremony in the provincial capital of Chuncheon on Feb. 26, 2014, after the flag arrived from Sochi, Russia. The Winter Olympics will be held in Pyeongchang County in the province in 2018.

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Olympic Flag arrives in S. Korea for 2018 Winter Olympics

CHUNCHEON, South Korea - People march through a street carrying the Olympic flag in Chuncheon, the capital of Gangwan Province in South Korea, after the flag arrived there from Sochi, Russia. The Winter Olympics will be held in Pyeongchang County in the province in 2018.

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Figure skater Kim holds Olympic flag at Incheon airport

SEOUL, South Korea - Sochi Olympics women's figure skating silver medalist Kim Yu Na (C) and other South Koreans hold the Olympic flag at Incheon International Airport west of Seoul on Feb. 25, 2014, brought home from Sochi, Russia, for the 2018 Winter Games to be held in Pyeongchang.

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Sochi pays tribute to next Winter Games host city

SOCHI, Russia - Tribute is paid to Pyeongchang, South Korea, the host city of the 2018 Winter Games, during the Closing Ceremony for the Winter Olympics at the Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 23, 2014.

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Next Winter Games host city introduced at Closing Ceremony

SOCHI, Russia - South Korean figure skating silver medalist Kim Yu Na (C) and her compatriots participate in a performance to introduce Pyeongchang in her home country, the host city of the 2018 Winter Games, during the Closing Ceremony for the Winter Olympics at the Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 23, 2014.

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Next host city's logo shown at Sochi Closing Ceremony

SOCHI, Russia - The logo for the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics is unveiled during the Closing Ceremony for the Winter Games at the Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 23, 2014. (Pool Photo)

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Russian, Greek, S. Korean flags hoisted at Closing Ceremony

SOCHI, Russia - The national flags of Russia (L), Greece (C) and South Korea are hoisted during the Closing Ceremony for the Winter Olympics at the Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 23, 2014. South Korea's Pyeongchang is the host city of the next Winter Games in 2018.

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Olympic flag handed over to mayor of Pyeongchang, S. Korea

SOCHI, Russia - International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach (R) hands over the Olympic flag to Lee Seok Rai, mayor of Pyeongchang, South Korea, which is the host city of the 2018 Winter Games, during the Closing Ceremony for the Winter Olympics at the Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 23, 2014.

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Bach, Kim dance at Pyeongchang Olympics countdown event

SOCHI, Russia - International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach (R) and Pyeongchang 2018 Organising Committee President Kim Jin Sun(C) dance South Korea's megahit song ''Gangnam Style'' during the four-year countdown ceremony held at Pyeongchang House in the Olympic Park in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 9, 2014.

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Sochi Olympic torch

SOCHI, Russia - Kim Jin Sun, president of the Pyeongchang 2018 organizing committee, runs with the Olympic torch in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 5, 2014.

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S. Korea to host 2018 Olympics

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea - Children cerebrate in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on July 7, 2011, after the International Olympic Committee selected the city as host of the 2018 Winter Olympic Games.

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S. Korea to host 2018 Olympics

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea - People celebrate in Pyeongchang, South Korea, in the early hours of July 7, 2011, after the International Olympic Committee selected the city as host of the 2018 Winter Olympic Games.

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S. Korea to host 2018 Olympics

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea - People cerebrate in Pyeongchang, South Korea, in the early hours of July 7, 2011, after the International Olympic Committee selected the city as host of the 2018 Winter Olympic Games. A man is seen holding South Korea's national flag.

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2018 Winter Olympics candidate city

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea - People release dove-shaped balloons in Pyeongchang on July 6, 2011, in hope of the South Korean city winning its bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympic Games.

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Olympic speed skating champ Kodaira meets press after retirement

Nao Kodaira, the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympic 500-meter speed skating champion, poses at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 27, 2022, following the Oct. 22 final race of her competitive career.

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Olympic speed skating champ Kodaira meets press after retirement

Nao Kodaira, the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympic 500-meter speed skating champion, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 27, 2022, following the Oct. 22 final race of her competitive career.

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Olympic speed skating champ Kodaira meets press after retirement

Nao Kodaira, the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympic 500-meter speed skating champion, poses at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 27, 2022, following the Oct. 22 final race of her competitive career.

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Olympic speed skating champ Kodaira meets press after retirement

Nao Kodaira, the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympic 500-meter speed skating champion, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 27, 2022, following the Oct. 22 final race of her competitive career.

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Speed skating: Kodaira's last race

Japan's Nao Kodaira, the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympic 500-meter speed skating champion, competes en route to winning the women's 500 meters at the national single distance championships on Oct. 22, 2022, at the M-Wave arena in Nagano, central Japan. It was the final race of her competitive career.