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 "With today's groundbreaking, all our competition venue
preparations are in full swing and I am confident that there is good
momentum in our progress," Chow Yang-ho, the president of the
organizing committee (POCOG), said.
"POCOG will continue to work closely with the central government and
Gangwon Province to deliver an excellent Olympic Winter Games in
2018."
The 2018 Games will be held across 13 competition venues, six of
which need to be built.
 "The five new venues already under construction are expected to be
completed by November 2016, while the speed skating rink is due to
be delivered by January 2017 in time for a test event scheduled the
following month," the organizers said in a statement.
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Pyeongchang's preparations was hailed by the International Olympic
Committee in May when a coordination commission inspected the
facilities at the South Korean mountain resort.
(Writing by Sudipto Ganguly in Mumbai; editing by Patrick Johnston)
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