The Youth Olympic Games are an Olympic-style competition (both summer and winter) staged for athletes between the ages of 15-18. In the winter of 2024, Gangwon Korea hosted over 1,800 young athletes in this celebration of sport, sportsmanship, and fellowship. Start young athletes early on all three, and the world is likely to be a better place.
The Youth Olympics is also a chance for young stars of the future to step on to the international stage for the very first time. For cross country skiers, the competitions offered a freestyle sprint, a mixed relay, and 7.5 k Classic Individual Start events. While FasterSkier was unable to have reporters on the ground in Korea (and our usually-accessed international photographic agencies were not present at the events), we followed the results with great anticipation and curiosity. Event results and overall results are linked in the results listed below.
Men’s Freestyle Sprint
Federico Pozzi (ITA)
Jakob Elias Moch
Tabor Greenberg
Canadians: Cedric Martel 11th
Women’s Freestyle Sprint
Elsa Taenglander (SWE)
Kajsa Johansson (SWE) Nelli-Lotta Karppelin (FIN)
Americans: Neve Girard 17th, Rose Horning 18th, Sydney Drevlow 26th.
Canadians: Aramintha Bradford 9th, Leanne Gartner 29th.
Men’s 7.5 k Classic
Jakob Elias Moch Jonas Mueller Quentin Lespine
Quentin Lespine
Women’s 7.5 k Classic
Nelli-Lotta Karppelin Agathe Margreither Annette CoupatAmericans: Neve Gerard 6th, Rose Horning 13th, Sydney Drevlow 19th.
Canadians: Aramintha Bradford 16th, Leanne Gartner 22nd.
Mixed 5 k Relay
Germany France Switzerland
Teams from the United States and Canada finished fifth and sixth, respectively.
Youth Olympics Cross Country Skiing Events COMPLETE RESULTS
