Nigeria at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics explained

Noc:NGR
Nocname:Nigerian Olympic Committee
Games Link:2024 Winter Youth Olympics
Games:Winter Youth Olympics
Year:2024
Flagcaption:Flag of Nigeria
Location:Gangwon, South Korea
Competitors:6
Sports:1
Flagbearer Close:TBD
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:0
Appearances:auto

Nigeria is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics in Gangwon, South Korea, from January 19 to February 1, 2024. This will be Nigeria's debut appearance at the Winter Youth Olympic Games.[1]

The Nigerian team consisted of six athletes (three per gender) competing in curling. Curlers Roy Daniel and Oluwanimifise Wale-Adeogun were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.[2]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.

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Curling336
Total336

Curling

See main article: Curling at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics. Nigeria qualified a mixed team and mixed doubles pair for a total of six athletes.[3] [4] Nigeria was the first African curling team to qualify for the Winter Youth Olympics, as no African nation was represented in curling at the first three Games.[5]

Summary
TeamEventGroup StageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal /
Opposition
Score
Opposition
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Rank
align=left Goodnews Charles
Oluwanimifise Wale-Adeogun
Faitu Danmola
Nkoyo Oku
align=left Mixed team
L 1–20

L 2–22

L 0–21

L 1–12

L 0–20

L 2–22

L 0–16
8Did not advance16
Oluwatomisin Akinsanya
Roy Daniel
Mixed doubles
L 3–13

L 0–18

L 0–19

L 0–14

L 1–17
6Did not advance24

Mixed team

See main article: Curling at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics – Mixed team.

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6 1 1–0 65 25 28 17 0 12 59.04
6 1 0–1 68 26 31 16 1 15 51.38
5 2 1–0 64 26 27 17 2 11 39.53
5 2 0–1 55 42 27 19 5 10 58.05
3 4 49 39 25 19 2 11 65.33
2 5 41 40 16 26 5 5 82.17
1 6 27 44 18 23 3 6 86.52
0 7 6 133 4 39 1 0 199.60
Round robin
  • Draw 1Saturday, January 20, 10:00
  • Draw 2Saturday, January 20, 18:00
  • Draw 3Sunday, January 21, 14:00
  • Draw 4Monday, January 22, 10:00
  • Draw 5Monday, January 22, 18:00
  • Draw 6Tuesday, January 23, 14:00
  • Draw 7Wednesday, January 24, 9:00
  • Mixed doubles

    See main article: Curling at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics – Mixed doubles.

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    4 1 1–0 40.06
    4 1 0–1 42.84
    3 2 54.69
    2 3 1–0 89.06
    2 3 0–1 38.09
    0 5 168.42
    Round robin
  • Draw 1Friday, January 26, 18:00
  • Draw 2Saturday, January 27, 10:00
  • Draw 7Sunday, January 28, 18:00
  • Draw 9Monday, January 29, 14:00
  • Draw 11Tuesday, January 30, 10:00
  • See also

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Mikkelsen. Sebastian. From Singapore 2010 to Gangwon 2024: The Evolution of YOG. 15 January 2024. www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 15 January 2024. Algeria, Nigeria, Puerto Rico, Tunisia, and the United Arab Emirates will all make their Winter Youth Olympic debut..
    2. Web site: Gangwon 2024 Opening Ceremony Flagbearers Information. 19 January 2024. www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 19 January 2024.
    3. Web site: Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic Games Teams Confirmed. 12 April 2023. www.worldcurling.org. World Curling Federation (WCF). 12 September 2023.
    4. Web site: Teams for Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympics curling competitions confirmed. Shefferd. Neil. 14 April 2023. Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. 23 December 2023.
    5. News: Akinremi. Isaiah. Akindubuwa. Emmanuel. 19 January 2024. Winter Youth Olympics: Nigerian history-making curlers battle for funding. BBC News. London, United Kingdom. 25 January 2024.