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Heavy snow of up to 40 cm fell in the Gangwon region by morning.
The Winter Youth Olympic Games, which celebrated its third opening day, had some events canceled or postponed.
This is reporter Kim In-seong.
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Gangneung Olympic Park, where the 2024 Gangwon Winter Youth Olympic Games will take place.
The snow that fell overnight piled up and turned pure white.
On the third day of the competition, the snow had to be cleared from the outdoor area in the Olympic Park from early in the morning.
As the snow eased in the morning, the venue gradually returned to normal.
[유영비/체험부스 운영]
“The snow has almost stopped and we don’t think there will be any problems holding the event outdoors, so we’re going ahead with it.”
As of this morning, 44 cm of snow had accumulated in Wangsan-myeon, Gangneung, 40.5 cm in Sapdangnyeong and 10 cm of snow around Gangneung Olympic Park.
Gangwon Province and Gangneung City mobilized dozens of snow removal equipment to clear the snow, and some volunteers helped with their personal equipment.
Due to heavy snowfall, short track athlete Choi Min-jung’s individual lesson scheduled for today was canceled, and the schedule for the outdoor ski jumping and alpine skiing competitions was also partially changed.
However, most games went smoothly.
Many spectators came to each stadium and enjoyed the Olympic Games, which were held in Korea for the first time in six years.
The visitors also enjoyed the winter atmosphere.
[강대원·주아랑/울산 북구]
“When I came out in the morning and it was snowing, I felt good because it felt like it was fitting for the Winter Olympics.”
[크리스찬·마리아·라라/덴마크]
“I think it’s really cool that it snows during the Winter Olympics. “We have created a real winter.”
No further snow was expected to fall during the Winter Youth Olympics, but severe cold is expected to set in this evening.
[홍성숙/강원지방기상청 예보관]
“Temperatures will drop sharply from tonight and it will be very cold until the 25th.” After that, mostly clear weather is expected to continue until the 31st and there is no news of snow for now.
Tomorrow morning temperatures will drop to -10 degrees in Seoul, -9 degrees in Incheon and Suwon and -4 degrees in Gangneung.
This is Inseong Kim from MBC News.
Video reporting: Kim Chang-jo (Gangwon Yeongdong)
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