{"id":261971,"date":"2026-01-28T14:39:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T14:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/261971\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T14:39:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T14:39:12","slug":"enhypens-sunghoon-named-olympic-torchbearer-for-milano-cortina-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/261971\/","title":{"rendered":"ENHYPEN\u2019s SUNGHOON named Olympic Torchbearer for Milano Cortina 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ENHYPEN member SUNGHOON has been selected as a Torchbearer for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/milano-cortina-2026\" node=\"[object Object]\" data-tracking-disabled=\"true\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026<\/a>, following an invitation from Worldwide Olympic Partner Samsung.<\/p>\n<p>The Games will open on 6 February, with SUNGHOON due to take part in the official Olympic Torch Relay. The singer has a sporting background in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/milano-cortina-2026\/sports\/figure-skating\" node=\"[object Object]\" data-tracking-disabled=\"true\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">figure skating<\/a>: before debuting with ENHYPEN, he trained as a competitive skater and was part of the Republic of Korea\u2019s national reserve team. Since 2025, he has also served as a promotional ambassador for the Korean Sport &amp; Olympic Committee.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In comments published with the announcement, SUNGHOON said he wanted to support national athletes preparing for the Olympic Winter Games, adding that competing at the Games had once been his goal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know how much passion and effort national athletes have put into preparing for the Winter Olympics, and I sincerely want to support and cheer for them. Competing in the Olympics was once my dream as an athlete, so being connected to that dream now as a singer is truly meaningful and an incredible honour,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>ENHYPEN will also be represented at Milano Cortina 2026 through music. The group\u2019s track \u201cSHOUT OUT\u201d, released on their 2022 mini-album\u00a0MANIFESTO: DAY 1, has been selected as Team Korea\u2019s official cheer song for the Games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ENHYPEN member SUNGHOON has been selected as a Torchbearer for the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026, following&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":261972,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-261971","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261971\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}