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ANCIENT OLYMPIA Bastian Schweinsteiger Germany Jersey , Greece, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) -- South Korea is ready to give the world great Winter Olympic Games in February 2018, President of the PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (POCOG) Lee Hee-beom said on Monday from ancient Olympia in western Greece, the birthplace of the Games.


"We are ready to welcome the world," he told a press briefing here, after the dress rehearsal of the lighting ceremony of the Olympic flame which will be burning for the PyeongChang Games was successfully held on the site which hosted the first Olympics 2 Antonio Rudiger Germany Jersey ,500 years ago.


All venues are complete and hosts are set to deliver successful Games on Feb. 9-25, he said.


PyeongChang Winter Olympic Organizing Committee's vision is opening new horizons, and cross border cooperation to promote the ideals of the Games is essential, the South Korean delegation stressed.


As Beijing will host the next Winter Olympics in 2022, POCOG is already cooperating with Chinese officials to exchange knowhow, Lee told Xinhua.


"Olympic Games is not only a sports event Andre Schurrle Germany Jersey , but also a culture event and an event of technology... We can share our experience... We are sharing steps... We will work together to share experience," he said.


"In terms of working together we are already working very closely together," Kim Jae-youl, executive vice president of the POCOG, stressed, adding that for the host countries the Games represent a great opportunity to develop winter sports.


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