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PYEONGCHANG 2018. Official torch of the XXIII Olympic Winter Games from February 9 to 25, 2018. Measuring 70 centimetres high, the white-and-gold torch, designed by Kim Young-SE, is intended to illustrate the altitude of the Games' host city - 700 metres above sea level - as well as the evocation of snow and ice. In its original cover and tube.

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PYEONGCHANG 2018. Official torch of the XXIII Olympic Winter Games from February 9 to 25, 2018. Measuring 70 centimetres high, the white-and-gold torch, designed by Kim Young-SE, is intended to illustrate the altitude of the Games' host city - 700 metres above sea level - as well as the evocation of snow and ice. In its original cover and tube.

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