18.02.05 News Zero Ichimen - PyeongChang Olympic Games Finally - Sakurai Sho [English translation]

[arashitranslation]

The Olympics will open on 9th this month.
This episode organises the games North Korea will participate.

First of all, the “female ice hockey” which South and North Korea will form joint team.
“Pair figure skating” which achieved a result during world championships.
“Short track speed skating” which player suffered from accident and had injury during practice on 1st this month.
Furthermore, “cross-country skiing”, “Alpine skiing”, together 22 players are planned to participate.

In regard to the opening four days later, the movement of “non-athletes” of North Korea is also active.

On 6th the art troupe of North Korea, and on 7th the cheering squad etc. will enter South Korea.

On the day before opening, the art troupe will have a performance at Gangneung where some games will take place.
There was a flood of application of tickets and the ratio reached 200 times.
Since the games also start with ahead, the female cheering squad, the so-called beauty cheering squad, may appear in the venue.
On the other hand, on this day, a military parade is scheduled in North Korea.

During the opening ceremony on 9th, Friday, “South Korea and North Korea marching together” will be realized.
Kim Yong-nam, President of the Supreme People's Assembly, who is in second ranking after Chairman Kim Jong-un will attend the opening ceremony.

And then, indeed what gets our attention would be the activeness of Japan players.

Here is the number of medals won by Japan players recently.
During Nagano Olympics which Japan was the hosting country, Japan won 10 medals which was the most in winter tournaments.
During Turin Olympics, figure skate Arakawa Shizuka-san fought hard for one medal.
During last Sochi Olympics, there was a progress that eight medals were won.

JOC=Japanese Olympic Committee aims at winning “more than nine medals including multiple gold medals” in PyeongChang Olympics which is more than Sochi last time.

With this regard, a big US data company has an analysis that Japan is anticipated to have a medal rush, winning 14 medals including “two gold, eight silver, and four bronze”, which is the most in history.

Comments

[roo_kie]

Thank you so much!!!
I'm kind of afraid North Korea will doing something up until now.
So sometimes I checking the news with those feeling.
And in excitement of watching Sakurai-san!!