International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach said the 2024 Gangwon Winter Youth Olympic Games has been made "brilliant success" with the efforts of athletes, the organizing committee and the volunteers on Thursday in the closing ceremony of the event.

Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), speaks at the closing ceremony of Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Gangneung, Korea, Feb. 1, 2024. (Xinhua/Yao Qilin)

Bach appreciated all the athletes' engagement and expressed congratulation to their performance.

"What I saw and heard from you [is that] you're really like this Winter Youth Olympic Games. You have played an important part of this," the IOC chief said.

Bach said: "All this would not have been possible without the great work of our [South] Korea friends--the organizing committee, the [South] Korea people, the volunteers, the different level of governments. All of them have been very much engaged to make this Winter Youth Olympic Games Gangwon 2024 brilliant success."

After Bach's speech, the 2024 Gangwon Winter Youth Olympic Games concluded with the Olympic cauldron extinguished in the closing ceremony.

1,802 athletes aged 14 to 18 from 78 countries and regions competed for the past two weeks at the fourth Winter Youth Olympics featuring seven sports, 15 disciplines and 81 events. The United States topped the medal table with five golds, 11 silvers and five bronzes. 

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