Olympic Flames back in Sarajevo, then to Beijing in 2022

-- Winter Sports, New Highlight for Cooperation between China and BiH

The 2019 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival is now going on in Sarajevo & East Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, from 9 to 16 February 2019.

The Opening ceremony was held at City Stadium Koševo on 10 February 2019. Thousands of people attended the opening ceremony and witnessed the parade of hundreds of athletes from 46 countries.

The event was officially opened by Milorad Dodik, Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina together with Janez Kocijančić, President of EOC, Abdulah Skaka, Mayor of Sarajevo and Nenad Vuković, Mayor of Istočno Sarajevo. The Olympic flame was lit at the opening ceremony, representing a return after 35 years since Sarajevo hosted the Winter Olympics in 1984.

China will host the Winter Olympics in 2022 and winter sports are gaining popularity in the country. Since BiH is endowed with a wealth of winter sports resources as well as experience in organizing such games, there is much opportunity for cooperation in this field. There is now a team of 20 young athletes, aged from 12 to 17, coming to Jahorina to have ski training for a period of three months. The young athletes are impressed by the snow resources here in BiH and look forward to making the best use of it in order to achieve good results from the three-month training.

©️ Written by Lily Lyu; Edited by SuYin Chen 陈素茵