The Winter Youth Olympic Video games Gangwon 2024, a sports activities competition for youth world wide, kicked off on January 19 in Gangwon Province. Samsung Electronics participated because the official Worldwide Accomplice of the Winter Youth Olympic Video games and engaged in numerous actions to help world youth athletes taking over challenges, thereby capturing the hearts of athletes and followers.
As the primary Winter Youth Olympic Video games in Asia, greater than 1,800 youth athletes from 79 nations will compete in 15 sports activities throughout seven occasions in two weeks, fostering the Olympic spirit. With the world’s consideration centered on the most important Youth Olympic Video games in historical past, Samsung Electronics is offering an unforgettable expertise for the contributors by internet hosting an expertise heart for brand new merchandise unveiled at Galaxy Unpacked 2024 and organizing classes with nationwide consultant Olympic athletes.
Samsung Newsroom went to the positioning of the Youth Olympic Video games, which was made much more particular by Samsung’s newest IT and Galaxy.
▲ View of the Samsung Electronics Expertise Heart situated in Gangneung Olympic Park in Gangwon Province
“Meet Galaxy AI in a Winter Snow Subject.” – Samsung Galaxy Olympic Video games Expertise Heart
The Samsung Galaxy Olympic Video games Expertise Heart is situated in Gangneung Olympic Park. Formed like a large snow ball, it reminded guests of a winter snow subject and drew their consideration. The lengthy line in entrance of the doorway regardless of the chilly climate confirmed the extreme curiosity within the new merchandise unveiled on the latest Galaxy Unpacked.
▲ Guests are ready to enter the Samsung Galaxy Olympic Video games Expertise Heart.
Exterior the expertise heart, an 8-meter-high construction with the official mascot of the Video games, Moongcho, and the Samsung Galaxy emblem welcomed the guests. A photograph zone that reveals Moongcho and Samsung Electronics’ partnership with the Olympic Video games and appears like a snow globe was arrange on the data zone. Guests all took pictures there, displaying their pleasure for the competitors.
▲ (From the left) Data zone, Snowboarder Katie Ormerod taking a photograph on the picture zone
The primary expertise heart was full of guests desirous to see the newest Galaxy merchandise. The expertise heart consisted of an expertise zone the place guests might check out the primary options of Galaxy AI within the Galaxy S24 collection, in addition to different areas that showcase Galaxy’s revolutionary cellular experiences, such because the Galaxy foldable and the Galaxy Book4 collection exhibition zone, and so on.
▲ Guests have gathered to make use of the brand new Galaxy merchandise.
Particularly, Galaxy AI, which presents the infinite prospects of cellular units, acquired an incredible response from guests. Guests had been thrilled with the brand new AI-powered experiences, together with Dwell Translate, which interprets a cellphone name in actual time; Circle to Search, which permits customers to circle a picture or video to rapidly discover data with out transferring the display; and Be aware Help, which summarizes lengthy texts written within the Samsung Notes app. “I believe the reside interpretation and translation function can be very useful for easy communication with foreigners at worldwide occasions such because the Youth Olympic Video games,” stated a customer who tried out Galaxy AI.
▲ British Snowboarder Katie Ormerod is listening to the reason about numerous AI options within the Galaxy S24 collection.
▲ (From the left) Guests are experiencing Galaxy AI’s Dwell Translate and Be aware Help.
▲ Guests try out the Circle to Search function. You possibly can simply search with only a easy gesture alone.
Guests loved a singular leisure expertise by enjoying winter sports-themed video games and taking selfies with the Galaxy S24 collection. Individuals who took pictures with the Galaxy S24 collection had been impressed with the highly effective digicam expertise, which allows high-definition zoom, in addition to optimum pictures even when taken in low gentle. Galaxy AI’s numerous Gallery app enhancing options, which may tremendously enhance the standard of pictures and movies taken, acquired plenty of consideration as effectively.
▲ Winter Sports activities Recreation Zone and a customer having fun with enjoying a ski leaping sport with the Galaxy S24 collection
▲ Guests experiencing the Nightography function, which helps you to take clear pictures even if you zoom in at evening
▲ A customer taking a photograph of Moongcho, the mascot of Gangwon 2024, and enhancing the picture utilizing Galaxy AI
As well as, guests might additionally benefit from the numerous occasions that had been held within the expertise heart to offer merchandise gadgets symbolizing Gangwon 2024 and Gangwon Province, and the Gangwon 2024 mascot Moongcho visiting the expertise heart as effectively.
▲ A customer at Samsung Galaxy Olympic Video games Expertise Heart taking a photograph with Moongcho
▲ (From the left) A customer collaborating within the stamp tour occasion, the merchandise offered to occasion contributors
Message of Help From Group Samsung Galaxy
On the twentieth, the day after the Opening Ceremony of the Winter Youth Olympic Video games, the primary session of Chat with Samsung Galaxy, the place inspirational tales are shared for youth athletes and guests, was held on the Samsung Galaxy Olympic Video games Expertise Heart.
Group Samsung Galaxy, a bunch of ambassadors comprised of Olympic athletes from world wide representing quite a lot of sports activities, participated on this occasion and had a dialogue below the theme of “Breaking Obstacles and Opening New Alternatives.” The occasion was full of youth athletes, guests, Olympic officers, influencers, in addition to native and worldwide media who gathered to hearken to the session.
▲ The session was full of the viewers.
The occasion kicked off with actor Jae Min Park, who’s an Olympic Video games commentator and Gangwon 2024 ambassador, moderating the session. “Samsung Electronics has been an official associate of the Olympic Video games for about 35 years,” stated actor Park. “We organized the ‘Chat with Group Samsung Galaxy’ session to offer nice inspiration on the Olympic Video games for the youth,” he defined.
The viewers erupted in cheers and applause when Group Samsung Galaxy member and nationwide breaking athlete Yeri Kim of the upcoming Olympic Video games Paris 2024, Group Samsung Galaxy member and brief monitor & pace skating athlete Dae-heon Hwang of the Olympic Winter Video games Beijing 2022 and Group Samsung Galaxy member and British snowboarder Katie Ormerod of Beijing 2022 appeared.
▲ (From the left) Actor Jae Min Park, brief monitor pace skating athlete Dae-heon Hwang, breaking athlete Yeri Kim and snowboarder Katie Ormerod
Yeri Kim, who competed on the Summer season Youth Olympic Video games Buenos Aires 2018, and Dae-heon Hwang, who competed on the Winter Youth Olympic Video games Lillehammer 2016 Youth Olympic Video games, stated it was a particular feeling to return to Gangwon 2024. “I used to be much more keen to return as a result of it was a once-in-a-lifetime alternative to take part in Youth Olympic Video games,” Kim recalled. “However I believe we made historical past by profitable a medal within the breaking occasion, which was for the primary time in Korea in addition to the game itself. So it’s a very significant and proud reminiscence,” she stated. “The Youth Olympic Video games was a step towards and expertise for getting ready for the longer term Olympic Video games for me. It’s what received me right here right now,” stated Hwang.
▲ (From the left) Breaking athlete Yeri Kim, brief monitor pace skating athlete Dae-heon Hwang
Katie Ormerod shared her expertise as a mentor to youthful athletes. “I attempt to present them the significance of having fun with sports activities,” stated Ormerod. “I believe really having fun with what you do is without doubt one of the strongest drivers in life and a basis for progress,” she added.
▲ Snowboarder Katie Ormerod
The members of Group Samsung Galaxy shared the challenges they confronted throughout their athletic careers and the way they overcame them and opened up new alternatives. Ormerod, who underwent seven surgical procedures as a consequence of an damage simply earlier than the Olympic Winter Video games PyeongChang 2018, stated, “Even after I needed to relearn easy methods to stroll, I didn’t let that cease me.” She added, “The help I had acquired whereas sharing my rehabilitation course of on social media tremendously helped me get by means of it, and I discovered myself as a snowboarder once more,” she stated.
“I at all times had anxiousness about whether or not my listening to aids would ship the music correctly, however I didn’t see my incapacity as a barrier to my life,” stated Kim, who overcame her limitation as a deaf breakdancer. “Opening up about my incapacity really helped me join with folks extra and develop,” she stated.
Dae-heon Hwang, who gained the gold medal at Beijing 2022, shared his recommendation on feeling the strain relating to accidents. “I’d be mendacity if I stated I didn’t wrestle each time I received injured,” he stated. “With extra damage, I labored out extra, and I used it as a possibility to get stronger,” he stated, emphasizing that there’s nothing you possibly can’t do in the event you hold attempting.
The honest tales of Group Samsung Galaxy athletes who overcame their limits with an open thoughts resonated with many individuals, as they’re in keeping with Samsung Galaxy’s model spirit of pursuing limitless prospects primarily based on openness.
When requested by the viewers what they like about utilizing Galaxy as a member of Group Samsung Galaxy, Hwang stated, “I make the most of Galaxy’s superb digicam to seize movies for coaching evaluation.” “I’m utilizing Galaxy Z Flip, and it suits in my pocket so I can use it after I’m snowboarding as effectively,” stated Ormerod. “For me, this smartphone is sort of a sport changer for snowboarding,” she added.
▲ Brief monitor pace skating athlete Dae-heon Hwang solutions questions from the viewers.
Throughout the on-site interview with Samsung Newsroom, which was the final half, every member of Group Samsung Galaxy left a heat message of help for the sports activities dreamers.
From the Summer season Youth Olympic Video games Singapore 2010, which was the very first Youth Olympic Video games, to the Winter Youth Olympic Video games Gangwon 2024, Samsung Electronics has been accompanying the youth on their journey of taking over challenges and reaching their desires. As Samsung roots for the youth athletes who problem their limits and the youth of the world, Samsung Electronics appears ahead to enjoying a giant function in some ways by connecting world athletes and followers as an official associate of the upcoming Olympic Video games Paris 2024 as effectively.