2024 Winter Youth Olympics

The 2024 Winter Youth Olympics is officially known as the IV Winter Youth Olympic Games (; ). The common name is Gangwon 2024. It will be the fourth edition of the Winter Youth Olympics.  The Winter Youth Olympics is an international sports, education and cultural festival for teenagers. It will take place between 19 January and 2 February 2024 in Gangwon, South Korea. The host city was announced at the 135th IOC Session on 10 January 2020. The meeting is held at the SwissTech Convention Center in Lausanne, Switzerland. This was during the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics. This is the first Olympic event with the new bidding process. This will also be the first Winter Youth Olympic Games to be held outside of Europe.

Bidding process 
Gangwon was the only preferred host. Other cities such as Brașov, Granada, and Sofia were interested to hold the competition but was not preferred. They held talks with IOC and the Future Host Commission. Gangwon was officially chosen during 135th IOC Session in Lausanne, Switzerland on 10 January 2020.

Host city selection 
Pyeongchang (in Gangwon) was chosen as host of the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics. This was announced on 10 January 2020 at the 135th IOC Session in Lausanne, Switzerland. The city meets all of the requirements set by the IOC and Executive Board.  82 members were eligible to vote.

Development and preparation 

Most of the venues of the 2018 Winter Olympics and Paralympics will be used again. Most of the outdoor snow events will be held in the county of Pyeongchang. Some indoor ice events will be held in the nearby city of Gangneung. Wonsan city in North Korea will also hold some events after discussions with North Korea. Wonsan can possibly host some of the  alpine events.

Pyeongchang (mountain cluster) 
The Alpensia Sports Park in Daegwallyeong-myeon, Pyeongchang will be the main venue of the games. 

 Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre – ski jumping, Nordic combined, snowboarding (big air)
 SCJ Olympic Stadium- opening and closing ceremonies
 Alpensia Biathlon Centre – biathlon
 Alpensia Cross-Country Skiing Centre – cross-country skiing, Nordic combined
 Alpensia Sliding Centre – luge, bobsleigh
 Yongpyong Alpine Centre – alpine skiing (slalom, giant slalom)

There will be another outdoor venue at Bongpyeong-myeon, Pyeongchang:

 Phoenix Snow Park – freestyle skiing, snowboarding

One other venue for outdoor sports will be in neighboring Jeongseon county:

 High1 Resort – alpine skiing (downhill, super-G, combined)

Gangneung (coastal cluster) 
Gangneung Olympic Park is located in the neighborhood of Gyo-dong. The neighbourhood is in Gangneung city. The park includes four indoor sports venues. All four venues are close to one another.

 Gangneung Hockey Centre – ice hockey
 Gangneung Curling Centre – curling
 Gangneung Oval – long track speed skating
 Gangneung Ice Arena – short track speed skating, figure skating

References

Related pages 

 2024 Summer Olympics
 2026 Winter Olympics
 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul
 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, Gangwon

Other websites 

 Youth Olympic Games website

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