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Actor Kim Soo-hyun will reportedly sing the theme song at the opening ceremony of the Nanjing Youth Olympics in China.According to Sina.com and various Chinese news agencies, Kim is to stage a performance together with Chinese pop star Zhang Liangying on Saturday.
The reports on Kim's appearance at the sports event went viral among local fans as Kim has established a large fandom in Asia amid huge success in Korean TV show "My Love From The Star."
The theme of the upcoming Youth Olympics is "Dianliang Weilai," or "Light Up To Meet The Future" and Kim is to land in Nanjing, China on Thursday to rehearse for the last time, the reports added.The Youth Olympics organisation committee, however, said that it is still at the stage where celebrities' participation in the theme song are confidential.
The second summer Youth Olympics held in Nanjing is to bring in some 3,500 teenage athletes from 204 countries, competing in 28 categories. The event will kick off on Saturday and run through Aug. 28.


演員金秀賢於8月16日參與由國際奧林匹克委員會(IOC)所主辦的第二屆南京2014青年奧運會(Youth Olympic Games)開幕式,並演唱主題曲。
演員金秀賢演唱主題曲的消息在開幕式的隔天8月17日就在中國地區的各網路媒體上成為重點新聞,各媒體也紛紛以大篇幅報導金秀賢,可見他在中國的人氣相當高。
金秀賢在開幕式聖火點燃儀式後,與中國歌手張靚穎、張杰、俄羅斯歌手葛利亞一起站上舞台演唱奧運主題曲“點亮未來”,為開幕儀式畫下完美的句點。金秀賢表現出水準之上的歌唱實力與標準流暢的中文發音,相當受到大家的關注。
當天的開幕式負責所有演出節目的導演說:“金秀賢對於舞台的投入程度真的相當了不起。即使有全世界數十億的收視人口正在關注著,金秀賢的表現相當沉著出色,當然他也相當認真相當用心。”