2020 Winter Youth Olympics Explained

Host City:Lausanne, Switzerland
Motto:Start Now
Nations:79
Athletes:1,788
Events:81
Sports:8
Opening:9 January
Closing:22 January
Opened By:President Simonetta Sommaruga
Cauldron:Gina Zehnder
Stadium:Vaudoise Aréna
Winter Prev:Lillehammer 2016
Winter Next:Gangwon 2024
Summer Prev:Buenos Aires 2018
Summer Next:Dakar 2026

The 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games (German: Olympische Jugend-Winterspiele 2020; French: Jeux olympiques de la jeunesse d'hiver de 2020; Italian: Giochi olimpici giovanili invernali del 2020; Romansh: Gieus olimpics da giuvenils d'enviern 2020), officially known as the III Winter Youth Olympic Games and commonly known as Lausanne 2020 (Italian and Romansh: Losanna 2020), were the third edition of the Winter Youth Olympics; a major international multi-sport event and cultural festival for teenagers that was held in Lausanne, Switzerland, the home of the International Olympic Committee, between 9 and 22 January 2020.

Bidding process

The bidding calendar was announced by the IOC on 6 June 2013, with the application deadline set for 28 November 2013.[1] Lausanne (Switzerland) and Brașov (Romania) were only two cities that submitted the bids and were selected as the final candidates.[2]

Host city selection

See main article: 128th IOC Session.

The IOC voted to select the host city of the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics on 31 July 2015 at the 128th IOC Session at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Lausanne was selected by 71 votes to 10, as it got at least 41 votes needed for a majority.[3]

2020 Winter Youth Olympics bidding results
CityNationVotes
Lausanne71
Brașov10

Venues

Lausanne

Vallée de Joux

Alps

The Games

Sports

The Youth Olympic Games featured 8 sports and 16 disciplines. 81 events took place which included 13 mixed team events (NOCs), 34 men's events, and 34 women's events. Ski mountaineering and women's Nordic combined was featured for the first time in an Olympic event. A mixed-NOC 3-on-3 ice hockey tournament and a women's doubles event in luge were also contested for the first time.[5]

Participating National Olympic Committees

A total of 1,788 athletes from 79 nations qualified, the most for any edition of a Winter Youth Olympics.[6] 12 NOCs made their Winter Youth Olympics debuts: Albania, Azerbaijan, Ecuador, Haiti, Hong Kong, Kosovo, Pakistan, Qatar, Singapore, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, and Turkmenistan.[7] Qatar and Turkmenistan have never competed at the Winter Olympics and Haiti competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Number of athletes by National Olympic Committee

Calendar

All dates are CET (UTC+1)

OCOpening ceremony●Event competitions1Event finalsEGExhibition GalaCCClosing ceremony
January9
Thu		10
Fri		11
Sat		12
Sun		13
Mon		14
Tue		15
Wed		16
Thu		17
Fri		18
Sat		19
Sun		20
Mon		21
Tue		22
Wed		Events
Ceremonies OCCC
Alpine skiing<-- 9 -->2<-- 11 -->2<-- 12 -->1<-- 13 -->1<-- 14 -->2<-- 15 -->1<-- 16 -->9
Biathlon<-- 9 -->2<-- 12 -->1<-- 13 -->2<-- 15 -->1<-- 16 -->6
Bobsleigh<-- 9 -->1<-- 20 -->1<-- 21 -->2
Cross-country skiing<-- 9 -->2<-- 19 -->2<-- 20 -->2<-- 22 -->6
Curling<-- 9 -->●<-- 11 -->●<-- 12 -->●<-- 13 -->●<-- 14 -->●<-- 15 -->●<-- 16 -->1<-- 17 -->●<-- 19 -->●<-- 20 -->●<-- 21 -->●<-- 22 -->1<-- T -->2
Figure skating<-- 9 -->●<-- 11 -->●<-- 12 -->2<-- 13 -->2<-- 14 -->1<-- 16 -->5
Freestyle skiing<-- 9 -->1<-- 19 -->2<-- 20 -->2<-- 21 -->1<-- 22 -->2<-- T -->8
Ice hockey<-- 9 -->●<-- 11 -->●<-- 12 -->●<-- 13 -->●<-- 14 -->●<-- 15 -->2<-- 16 -->●<-- 18 -->●<-- 19 -->●<-- 20 -->●<-- 21 -->1<-- 22 -->1<-- T -->4
Luge<-- 9 -->2<-- 18 -->2<-- 19 -->1<-- 21 -->5
Nordic combined<-- 9 -->2<-- 19 -->1<-- T -->3
Short track speed skating<-- 9 -->2<-- 19 -->2<-- 21 -->1<-- T -->5
Skeleton<-- 9 -->1<-- 20 -->1<-- 21 -->2
Ski jumping<-- 9 -->2<-- 20 -->1<-- 21 -->3
Ski mountaineering<-- 9 -->2<-- 11 -->2<-- 14 -->1<-- 15 -->5
Snowboarding <-- 9 -->1<-- 19 -->4<-- 21 -->2<-- 22 -->2<-- T -->9
Speed skating<-- 9 -->2<-- 13 -->2<-- 14 -->1<-- 16 -->2<-- 17 -->7
Total events 4 4 6 7 5 6 3 2 10 8 12 6 8 81
Cumulative total 4 8 14 21 26 32 35 37 47 55 67 73 81
January9
Thu		10
Fri		11
Sat		12
Sun		13
Mon		14
Tue		15
Wed		16
Thu		17
Fri		18
Sat		19
Sun		20
Mon		21
Tue		22
Wed		Events

Medal table

See main article: 2020 Winter Youth Olympics medal table.

Athlete Rolemodels

SportsMale RolemodelsFemale Rolemodels
Alpine skiingSandro Viletta Verena Stuffer
BiathlonHenrik L'Abée-Lund Marie-Laure Brunet
Bobsleigh–Jamie Greubel Poser
Cross-country skiingGianluca Cologna Maria Danou
CurlingJohn Morris Marlene Albrecht
Figure skatingPatrick Chan Sarah Meier-van Berkel (
Nathalie Péchalat)
Freestyle skiing–Hannah Kearney
Ice hockeyMark Streit Florence Schelling
LugeGregory Carigiet Tatjana Hüfner
Nordic combined–Tara Geraghty-Moats
Short track speed skatingViktor Knoch –
SkeletonPascal Oswald –
Ski jumpingJernej Damjan –
Ski mountaineeringYannick Ecoeur Ekaterina Osichkina
SnowboardingAlex Deibold –
Speed skatingLivio Wenger Vanessa Herzog
[8]

Records

See main article: World Junior and Youth Olympic records set at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics.

Opening ceremony

The opening ceremony of the 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games took place on the evening of Thursday 9 January 2020 at the Vaudoise Aréna, in Lausanne.[9]

Closing ceremony

The closing ceremony of the 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games took place on the evening of Thursday 22 January 2020 at the Medals Plaza Lausanne. The ceremony featured the flag handover from mayor of Lausanne Grégoire Junod to IOC President Thomas Bach and to the governor of Gangwon Choi Moon-soon as host of the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics and the extinguishing of the Youth Olympic flame.

Marketing

Mascot

Yodli the official mascot was unveiled on 8 January 2019 at CIG de Malley before the match between Lausanne HC and HC Davos. Yodli is inspired by a combination of a cow, a Saint Bernard dog, and a goat, and was created by ERACOM. Blue represents the Swiss lakes. [10]

Colours

Magenta, Sky Blue

Tickets

It was announced that all events apart from the opening ceremony would be free to watch in January 2020.[11]

Media coverage

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-opens-bids-for-2022-olympic-winter-games-yog-2020/200340 IOC opens bids for 2022 Olympic Winter Games, YOG 2020
  2. http://www.olympic.org/news/new-horizons-for-olympic-movement-as-brasov-and-lausanne-bid-for-2020-winter-youth-olympic-games/217848 New horizons for Olympic Movement as Brasov and Lausanne bid for 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games
  3. Web site: 2020 candidature acceptance procedure . – International Olympic Committee
  4. Web site: FAQ. www.lausanne2020.sport. 23 November 2019. 2 November 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191102213552/https://www.lausanne2020.sport/en/faq. dead.
  5. Web site: IOC Executive Board confirms gender equality and more innovation for Winter Youth Olympic Games Lausanne 2020 . . 10 July 2017 . 9 July 2017 .
  6. Web site: Athletes. lausanne2020.sport. 23 January 2020. 26 February 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200226055154/https://www.lausanne2020.sport/results/nh/en/Participant/List?letter=&countryId=&disciplineId=&eventId=&gender=&isTeam=false&isGrid=false&page=0&itemNumbers=25. dead.
  7. News: The Lausanne 2020 athletes in numbers!. IOC. 8 January 2020. 9 January 2020.
  8. Web site: Athlete Role Models for Lausanne 2020 announced. 2019-07-29. en-US.
  9. Web site: Lausanne 2020 - Opening Ceremony . lausanne2020.sport . 2019-12-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191214235315/https://www.lausanne2020.sport/en/ticketing/opening-ceremony . 14 December 2019 . dead .
  10. News: Yodli unveiled as mascot for Lausanne 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games. Liam. Morgan. 8 January 2019. inside the games.
  11. News: Lausanne 2020 to offer free access to sports events at Winter Youth Olympic Games. Liam. Morgan. 9 January 2020. inside the games.
  12. News: แพลนบี คว้าสิทธิ์ถ่ายทอดสดโอลิมปิก 2020 ที่ประเทศญี่ปุ่น. 6 August 2019. Brandinside. brandinside.asia. 5 August 2019.

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