At 19:00 South Korean time on the evening of February 9, 2018, the Winter Olympic Games in Pingchang will be officially held in the stadium of Pingchang Olympic Games. In the future, we will see the ice and snow battles in the world will show the charm of ice and snow on the stage of Pingchang. This kind of world-class event is rare!
Time of 2018 Pingchang Winter Olympic Games:
February 9-25, 2018, a total of 16 days.
Closing ceremony time of 2018 Pingchang Winter Olympic Games: 20:00 on February 15, 2018
Thematic slogan
The Organizing Committee of 2018 Pingchang Winter Olympic Games announced the theme slogan of this winter Olympic Games: "passion connected!"
Passion connected: a harmonious world symbolizes people's enthusiasm for winter sports all over the world. People of all ages actively participate in winter sports around the world, and open up a new world through continuous publicity and promotion.
"Passion" means passion, love and vision. As the host of the world celebration, Pingchang will give people inspiration and convey the warm human feelings of South Korea. The slogan expresses the spirit of the Olympic Games and the warm human feelings of South Korea. 'connected' means to connect, combine and connect. With the advanced technology and integrated culture of South Korea, Pingchang will become a space for people of all ages to participate. Slogan means new start, harmonious world and new world of Winter Olympic Games.
Introduction to the opening ceremony of Pingchang Winter Olympic Games
Closing ceremony time of 2018 Pingchang Winter Olympic Games
The opening ceremony of the Pingchang Winter Olympic Games will be held at the Pingchang Olympic Stadium on the evening of the 9th local time. According to the organizing committee, up to now, 2925 athletes from 92 countries and regions have confirmed their participation in the Winter Olympics, and 55684 staff and volunteers have served the games, the largest scale in the history of the Winter Olympics. Korean and Korean Winter Olympic delegations will hold the "Korean Peninsula flag" at the opening ceremony, once again demonstrating the great appeal of the Olympics for peace.
It is reported that in the past decade, the average temperature in February in Pingchang was - 4.5c, and the lowest temperature was - 14.8c. In addition, the wind speed in this area is large, and the body sensible temperature will be lower. In response to the cold weather at the opening ceremony, Du Bi, executive director of the Olympic Games Department of the IOC, said that the IOC and the Pingchang Winter Olympic Organizing Committee have formulated a detailed plan to provide warm items such as warm treasure, hats, scarves, etc. for the audience of the opening ceremony. The opening ceremony venue has also added a warm lounge, a warm stove and a hot food bar, and arranged medical staff for standby.
There are 181 Chinese sports delegations in Pingchang Winter Olympic Games, 82 of whom are athletes. They will compete in 5 major events, 12 sub events and 55 minor events. Zhou Yang, the champion of the two Winter Olympic Games, will be the flag bearer of the Chinese delegation at the opening ceremony of Pingchang Winter Olympic Games.
In this winter Olympic Games, China has made a great breakthrough in expanding its entry items, which are the most in the previous winter Olympic Games. For the first time, China has won the qualification in the snowmobile major events, as well as 10 small events such as mixed curling, women's U-shaped field skills of Freestyle Skiing, men's snowmobiles and steel frame snowmobiles, and will advance in short track speed skating, figure skating, freestyle skiing aerial skills and other advantageous events Gold medal kicks off.
Pingchang Winter Olympic Games opened on the 9th and closed on the 25th. The opening and closing ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games and most of the snow sports competitions are held in Pingchang, all ice sports are held in Jiangling, and alpine skiing and downhill competitions are held in Jingshan.