Kim, who won gold at the Vancouver Games in 2010 and silver in Sochi four years later, performed a short skating routine before receiving the torch and sending flames shooting up to the cauldron.
The Pyeongchang Games run from Feb. 9 to 25.
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(Writing by Peter Rutherford)
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