Posted on : Mar.10,2018 14:34 KST
The Pyeongchang Paralympics kicked off with a colorful opening ceremony on the evening of Mar. 9. Amidst the bursting of fireworks and a variety of artistic performances, including songs from famous K-pop singers, South Korean President Moon Jae-in declared the opening of the Games and International Paralympics Committee President Andrew Parsons gave a congratulatory address, with Parsons greeting the crowd in Korean and saying, “Paralympic sport not only changes lives, but changes the world.” The Paralympic cauldron was lit by Seo Soon-seok of the men’s wheelchair curling team, who had taken the flame from the captain of the silver medal-winning “Garlic Girls” curling team, Kim Eun-jung.
Han Min-su, captain of the South Korean Paralympic men’s ice hockey team, takes the Paralympic torch up a slope to the cauldron during the opening ceremony on Mar. 9. (by Park Jong-shik, staff photographer)
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Korean singer Lee So-jung performs a song based on the Pyeongchang Paralympics theme “Possible Dream” with the mascot Bandabi at the opening ceremony on Mar. 9. (Photo Pool)
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