The Winter Youth Olympic Games Lausanne 2020 were declared open in a spectacular ceremony recognizing the Swiss city’s status as the Olympic Capital and home to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for more than a century. Staged at the city’s Vaudoise Arena before a crowd of 8,000, the ceremony was organized around seven artistic scenes and symbolic elements that epitomize the Olympic movement.
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