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that was held at the Kensington Flora Hotel in

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in February 2018.

Opening ceremony

The opening ceremony of the IOC Session was held at the Gangneung Cultural Centre. The opening ceremony began with multicultural children’s choir Areumdeuri singing the Olympic Hymn and EXO’s Baekhyun singing the national anthem. Following the national anthem, opening speeches and congratulatory messages was given by figures including Lee Hee Beom, the president of the Olympic Organizing Committee, and Moon Jae In, the president of South Korea. The celebratory cultural performance also included VIXX’s stage of “

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,” taekwondo team K-Tigers, and various traditional musicians and dancers.

Russian doping situation

One of the principal concerns was the situation with regard to the ban on Russian athletes, the results of the

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decision shortly before the Session, and the uncertainty as to which athletes would be allowed to compete as "Olympic Athletes from Russia" at the

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which were due to start a few days after the start of the Session.

Olympic host city selections

2022 Youth Olympic Games

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, the games were initially held in 2022, but because of

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, lead to Tokyo Olympics' postponement to 2021, it was rescheduled to 2026, which also held the

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Election of new IOC Ethics Committee members

Three new members of the IOC Ethics Committee were elected during the session: Danka Bartekova of Slovakia, Pierre Olivier Beckers of Belgium, and Auvita Rapilla of Papua New Guinea.

References

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