The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced on its official website on November 30 that it has appointed Beijing Winter Olympic champion Eileen Gu as the global ambassador for the 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Gangwondo.
Eileen Gu (** from the official website of the International Olympic Committee).
According to the IOC, Gu is an inspiring example with two golds and one silver at both the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and the Lausanne 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games. With Gu Ailing as the global ambassador for the new Winter Youth Olympic Games, she hopes to inspire the participants of the Gangwon Province Winter Youth Olympic Games through her journey from a Winter Youth Olympic champion to an Olympic champion.
It is an honour to be appointed as the Global Ambassador for the Gangwon Province Winter Youth Olympic Games, and the event and the values it promotes are a perfect fit with the message I want to convey to young people around the world – that sport is for everyone, regardless of gender, age, ability or location. Gu Ailing said.
Gu Ailing also issued a call to young athletes: "Unlike the Winter Olympics, the Winter Youth Olympic Games are only once in the career of young athletes. So it's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to learn and Xi from like-minded young people from all over the world. ”
Welcome back to the Winter Youth Olympic Games, Eileen!The President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC**) extended a warm welcome to Gu Ailing's "return".
* added: "As the Gangwon-do Global Youth Olympic Games Global Ambassador, Gu Ailing will undoubtedly have a profound impact on aspiring young athletes and will help further spread the Olympic spirit around the world." ”
The Gangwon Province Youth Olympic Games will be held in South Korea from 19 January to 1 February 2024, and the competition facilities will draw on some of the legacy of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics.
*:Xinhua.