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Winter Olympics 2018 Opening Ceremony: Yuna Kim Lights the Torch

The crowning moment of any opening ceremony: the final leg of the torch relay and the lighting of the Olympic caldron. Inbee Park, the golfer, is one of the final torchbearers. Two members of the mixed North and South Korean women’s hockey team carry the torch up the stairs. And the hero chosen for the highest of Olympic honors is ... Yuna Kim, the profoundly popular figure skater who won the gold medal in 2010 and the silver medal in 2014. She is a beloved celebrity in South Korea and often referred to as “Queen Yuna.”

A unified Korean team marched out together carrying the unification flag at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.