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K-pop at Beijing Winter Olympics: IVE and NCT’s Winwin participate in 2022 games

IVE to perform for South Korea's delegation while Winwin is a torchbearer

We first had K-pop fans excited for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics that was held in mid-2021 as K-pop acts like Ateez, ONF, BTS and Blackpink were acknowledged and their music played in the games’ official setlist. Previously, we also had the likes of EXO and CL performing at the Winter Olympics in 2018. And now for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, the games have roped in monster rookies IVE and idol actor Winwin from NCT and WayV.

It was first reported on January 24 that Winwin was one of the Chinese celebrities that would be promoting the opening of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Along with four other personalities, the NCT star will be one of the torchbearers. In a virtual event due to the ongoing pandemic, Winwin and the rest of the torchbearers will support the games as escort runners for the online torch relay.

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NCT’s Winwin and IVE for 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics

Along with Winwin, we also have IVE participating in the Winter Olympics being held in Beijing. The rookie group that only debuted in December 2021 has taken the K-pop industry by storm with the smashing success of their debut release ‘Eleven’. IVE has been selected by South Korea to perform at the opening ceremony for the country’s official delegation consisting of 60 athletes attending the 2022 games. The event is currently being held at Olympic Park in Seoul since 4 pm KST (2 am ET). IVE’s performance will be broadcast on the major Korean channels – KBS, SBS and MBC.

‘This is huge’

Proud fans of IVE made tweets like, “Ive a two month old kpop group performing in the 2022 beijing olympics as a representation of their count. okay wow the power.” Another fan flexed, “So ur telling me that the last idol who got invited to perform on Olympics ceremony are bigbang and sistar and it was broadcasted by big 3 (not the company)?? THEN IVE IS THE NEW IDOLS WHO GOT INVITED??? F**K.” One fan was in awe, “Ive is performing in front of two presidential candidates, the whole sk olympic team and committee for the winter olympics and the event is broadcasted on the 3 biggest tv networks in the country.. im gonna jump OUR STAR IVE.”

An NCTzen tweeted, “Hello????? this is HUGE.” Another added, “Winwin at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games so proud of my baby!” One fan commented, “I did not just see winter olympics, torchbearer, and winwin in one tweet i’ll go crazy.” Another NCTzen was shocked, “If winwin is actually a torchbearer for the olympic games ill travel to china myself to cheer for him.”