The ‘Dream Program’ hosted by the 2018 Pyeongchang Memorial Foundation and sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province closed on the 14th with 134 participants from 32 countries.

The Pyeongchang Memorial Foundation is supporting the performance of 14 athletes from 6 countries who will participate in the 2024 Gangwon Winter Youth Olympic Games (hereinafter referred to as Gangwon 2024), which will open on the 19th, after receiving intensive special training in the ‘Olympic Dream Team’, the highest level curriculum of the Dream Program, for the past 3 weeks. The closing ceremony was decorated with a prayerful conclusion. The six countries are Argentina, Mongolia, Iran, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Nepal.

Additionally, the six youth who participated in the Dream Program will add to the meaning of the Youth Olympics by carrying the Olympic rings at the Gangwon 2024 opening ceremony. The Dream Program, which was first launched in Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province in 2004 as a pledge to host the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, provides experience and training programs such as skiing and skating to youth in developing countries who have difficulty accessing winter sports, and aims to promote global friendship through cultural exchange and sports. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the prepared project.

Seungmin Yoo, Chairman of the Pyeongchang Memorial Foundation, said, “We hope that participants will dream bigger dreams through 슬롯게이밍 the Dream Program, and we will develop programs to support them to achieve their dreams.”