Koreas march together at Olympic
opening ceremony
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| Winter Olympics opening ceremony.- AFP |
The Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang got under way on Friday
with an impressive opening ceremony which also saw the South Korean president
Moon Jae-in, shaking hands with the sister of the North Korean leader Kim
Jong-un
The opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in
Pyeonchang kicked off with a spectacular fireworks display that provided a
curtain raiser to the 17 day event which will see 3,000 of the world’s best
athletes from 92 countries compete in 15 sports.
105 medals are up for grabs in disciplines which include
alpine skiing, bobsleigh, and snowboarding.
Present in the 35,000-seater purpose-built Olympic Stadium,
situated north east of Alpensia was the South Korean President, the
sister of the North Korean leader and the President of the International
Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach who watched on as children in traditional
costume sang the South Korean national anthem as the national flag was raised.
North Korea has 22 athletes competing in the games and the
opening ceremony saw both the North and South marching together under a united
flag which came about as a result of a breakthrough deal.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has for the first
time formally invited a delegation from the Holy See to attend the inauguration
of these games which are being dubbed the coldest in history.
The delegation is being led by the under-secretary of the Pontifical Council for
Culture, Monsignor Melchor Sanchez de Toca who said that having athletes
from both North and South Korea marching together highlighted “the hope of a
better world.”
The 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea takes
place from the 9th to 25th of February.
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