South Koreans roared with delight, danced, hugged and criedtears of joy after the town of Pyeongchang was awarded the 2018Winter Olympics after two previous bids.The ecstatic scenes played out Thursday after the vote by theInternational Olympic Committee was announced on a giant televisionscreen at a ski jump venue Pyeongchang plans to use in 2018.The town of 47,000 near South Korea’s east coast was thefavorite to win the vote, after being narrowly defeated byVancouver and Sochi in its two previous attempts to host a WinterOlympics.”This is indescribably joyous,” said Lim Myeong-rae, a53-year-old who recalled riding wooden skis on a Pyeongchang hillas a boy. ”The two previous defeats no longer feel bitter in myheart. There is nothing more I want in my life now.””I feel like I can fly,” Lee Bom, a 15-year-old girl, saidwith laughter.Following the IOC announcement, almost every major South Koreanbroadcasting station carried live footage of the celebrationstaking place near the ski jump tower, which will serve as one ofthe 13 venues Pyeongchang has either built or planned to host theOlympics.Despite the elation, worries about South Korea’s northernneighbor likely will linger. The Pyeongchang province of Gangwonshares a tense border with North Korea.North and South Korea ended their 1950-53 conflict… Read full this story
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