“2024 Gangwon Winter Youth Olympics” mascot “Muncho” released

The mascot character of the 2024 Gangwon Winter Youth Olympic Games (Gangwon 2024) was unveiled on the 19th in Yongpyeong, Pyeongchang, ahead of the event next year.
(Yeonpyeong) It was released at the resort. Through this event, the organizing committee aims to promote the vision of Gangwon 2024: ``Sports that bring fun and growth, and a peaceful future built through coexistence and harmony.''
By conveying this message, we will move forward in earnest towards the tournament to be held in one year. On this day, the tournament's official mascot ``MOONGCHO'' was unveiled at the G-1 event.
It was opened. Last year, the organizing committee solicited mascots for Gangwon 2024 from young people between the ages of 14 and 24, embodying the meaning of the Games as an ``Olympics held together with young people.'' Masco
``Muncho'' is a work by Park Soo-young (university student), the winner of this public exhibition. Park said in an interview, ``'Gangwon 2024' is the same as the '2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.
Since it will be held on a heritage site, we created it keeping in mind the relationship between the two tournaments," and added, "We hope that Muncho will play a role in protecting the young people during the match, and we worked hard to make it happen."
I want him to be a leader so that the players can show everything they have," he said.