USSS Nominates Stellar Teams for 2024 Youth Olympic Winter Games in Gangwon, South Korea – SkiRacing.com

By Sierra Ryder USSS, 2016 YOG super-G mens podium GEPA Ch. Kelemen

U.S. Ski & Snowboard formally nominated the Youth Olympic Winter Games (YOG) alpine, nordic combined, ski jumping and ski cross teams slated to compete Jan. 19 Feb. 1, 2024, in Gangwon Province, South Korea.The four teams are in addition to the cross country, freestyle, snowboard and freeski teams, which werenominated earlier in the fall.

The 2024 Youth Olympic Games, held every four years, will welcome more than 1,900 athletes from more than 80 National Olympic Committees to PyeongChang, the home of the 2018 Olympic Winter Games. Historically, the Youth Olympic Games was created by the former president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Jacques Rogge, with a mission to bring together the worlds best young athletes and educate and inspire the next generation of Olympians.

At the 2020 Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne, Switzerland, 96 athletes across 16 sports represented the United States. The games helped catapult the careers of many national team athletes, including the 2023 world champion and alpine skier River Radamus, who succeeded at the Youth Olympic Games in 2016, winning three gold medals.

I am very impressed by this group of alpine skiers set to represent the U.S. in Gangwon, said Anouk Patty, U.S. Ski & Snowboard Chief of Sport. These alpine skiers have an incredible opportunity with the Youth Olympic Games to put their alpine ski racing to the test among international competitors.

The Games will have five alpine events, including slalom, giant slalom, super-G, alpine combined, and mixed team parallel. Ski cross will feature mens and womens individual ski cross and a mixed team ski cross.

We are thrilled to announce this talented group of U18 athletes and look forward to seeing them compete on the Youth Olympic stage,said Alpine Development Director Chip Knight.Its going to be an exceptional experience for them, and we hope they can bring home some medals too!

The ski jumping and nordic combined teams also show great promise this year. Most of the nordic combined team will get their first taste of international experience. It will put their talents to the test on the international stage after a strong season of domestic results.

This years team is strong and Im looking forward to seeing how they perform in South Korea, said Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Sport Director Anders Johnson.Gangwon should be a very exciting event, and Im looking forward to watching our athletes perform their best and represent our country.

Nordic combined will include a mens and womens individual 4k and 6k race, a mixed team 43.3k relay, mixed team normal hill and mens and womens individual normal hill. The ski jumping schedule will include individual and mixed team events.

Full nominations for alpine, nordic combined, ski jumping and ski cross are below. The full roster for cross country, freestyle, snowboard and freeski can be viewedhere. The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee will officially name the teams in January.

ALPINE

Women

Men

Alpine Staff

SKI JUMPING

WOMEN

MEN

SKI JUMPING STAFF

NORDIC COMBINED

WOMEN

MEN

NORDIC COMBINED STAFF

SKI CROSS

WOMEN

MEN

SKI CROSS STAFF

HOW TO WATCH A live stream of the YOG will be athttps://olympics.com/en/gangwon-2024/starting with the Opening Ceremony.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS For the full schedule of events, visithttps://olympics.com/en/gangwon-2024/schedule.

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