- Capralos utilized his location to honor previous IOC President Jacques Rogge.
- Four-time shooting gold medalist Jin, the best Korean in Olympic history, was brought into the world in Chuncheon, the capital of Gangwon Region.
The Olympic Fire was lit inside Athens’ all-marble Panathenaic Arena – the scene of the primary current Olympic Games in 1896 – on Tuesday (3 October) denoting the last commencement to the Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games.
With swarms owned up to a handover service interestingly starting from the beginning of the pandemic, there was a vivacious air as procedures started with Alexis Kostalas – the Emcee starting around 2004 – in control.
2024 Olympic Flame at Gangwon
The High Priestess and Priestesses from the Sanctuary of Hera in Olympia played out a reminiscent dance routine arranged by Artemis Ignatiou who has been the creative head of these functions starting around 2008.
After saying a request to the lord of the sun, Apollo, the High Priestess – played by Xianthi Georgiou – lit the Fire utilizing the sun’s beams through an illustrative mirror.
She passed the fire and a peace offering – given to champs at the Old Olympics – to the primary torchbearer, Greek cross-country skier and biathlete Maria Belli.
The 17-year-old gave over to Korean figure skating award trust Kim Hyun-gyeom with Greek elevated skier Apostolos Vougioukas and Korean tycoons skier Yun Shin-ee consequently running with the light in the field.
The fire was then caught in a well-being light for transport to South Korea with Greek Olympic Board president Spyros Capralos playing out the stately handover to Gangwon 2024 Getting sorted out Panel co-president Jin Jong-gracious before it advanced toward the Republic of Korea.
There currently follows a three-drawn-out Light Hand-off taking in 23 urban communities in front of Gangwon 2024 which runs from 19 January to 2 February 2024.
