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Jin, a member of South Korean Ok-pop supergroup BTS, will probably be certainly one of this 12 months’s Olympic torchbearers.
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Ok-pop star Jin, a member of the supergroup BTS, will take part as a torchbearer for South Korea on the Olympic torch relay for this 12 months’s Video games, in response to a press release from his expertise company on Wednesday.
“Jin will participate within the Olympic Torch Relay to unfold the message of ‘concord’ and ‘peace,’” HYBE stated.
“Jin together with the opposite torchbearers are scheduled to go throughout numerous historic websites of the host nation,” the company stated, including {that a} particular schedule had not been introduced but.
The singer-songwriter is the eldest member of BTS and was discharged from the army after finishing his obligatory service in June.
The flame for the Paris Video games was lit in Olympia, Greece – the birthplace of the traditional Olympics – again in April. The flame, which has been touring in a relay ever since, will mild the cauldron to mark the opening for the Summer time Video games.
It’s anticipated to be handed from hand handy by some 10,000 torchbearers and attain the Olympic cauldron in Paris on July 26, the place it would stay lit till the Closing Ceremony two weeks later.
France soccer worldwide and four-time Champions League winner Raphaël Varane has been one of many well-known faces to finish a leg.
Relays through the years have included many adventurous journeys; the flame has been proper around the globe, gone into area, traveled underwater and even scaled Everest.
The flame may also mild the Paralympic Video games, which occur August 28 to September 8, the place 1,000 torchbearers will assist relay the torch throughout 50 French cities and cities.