Slovakia at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics explained

Noc:	SVK
Nocname:	Slovak Olympic Committee
Games Link:	2024 Winter Youth Olympics
Games:	Winter Youth Olympics
Year:	2024
Flagcaption:	Flag of Slovakia
Location:	Gangwon, South Korea
Competitors:	49
Sports:	12
Rank:	25
Gold:	0
Silver:	1
Bronze:	2
Appearances:	auto

Slovakia is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics in Gangwon, South Korea, from January 19 to February 1, 2024. This will be Slovakia's fourth appearance at the Winter Youth Olympic Games, having competed at every Games since the inaugural edition in 2012.

Biathlete and cross-country skier Michal Adamov and ski jumper Tamara Mesíková were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.^[1]

Competitors

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

width=160	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Alpine skiing	2	3	5
Biathlon	3	3	6
Cross-country skiing	2	2	4
Figure skating	1	0	1
Freestyle skiing	1	1	2
Ice hockey	18	0	18
Luge	3	2	5
Nordic combined	2	0	2
Short track speed skating	0	2	2
Skeleton	1	0	1
Ski jumping	2	1	3
Snowboarding	2	1	3
Total	34	15	49

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics. Slovakia qualified five alpine skiers (two men and three women).^[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Andrej Barnáš	Super-G	54.78
	Combined	55.76	17	54.64	3	1:50.40	5
	Giant slalom	50.29	12	46.42	10	1:36.71	6
	Slalom	48.59	17	DNF
Daniel Palič	Super-G	DNF
	Combined	56.03	23	56.88	20	1:52.91	22
	Giant slalom	52.53	37	48.55	29	1:41.08	27
	Slalom	DNF

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Veronika Šrobová	Super-G	55.38				16
	Combined	58.27	20	52.47	6	1:50.74	13
	Giant slalom	50.75	18	54.18	12	1:44.93	15
	Slalom	53.66	26	DNF
Mia Chorogwická	Super-G	DNF
	Combined	1:00.38	40	DNF
	Giant slalom	DNF
	Slalom	DNF
Vanesa Vulganová	Super-G	DNF
	Combined	59.38	34	DNF
	Giant slalom	55.83	36	DNF
	Slalom	DNF

Mixed

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics.

Men's

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Sebastián Belicaj	Individual	46:37.2	4 (0+3+1+0)	27
Sprint	23:49.4	1 (1+0)	29
align=left rowspan=2	Michal Adamov	Individual	44:13.6	6 (0+3+0+3)	10
Sprint	23:54.4	5 (3+2)	30
align=left rowspan=2	Markus Sklenárik	Individual	43:01.5	1 (1+0+0+0)
Sprint	26:10.9	7 (5+2)	74

Women's

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Michaela Straková	Sprint	21:17.7	2 (1+1)	10
Individual	43:26.9	7 (2+0+4+1)	35
align=left rowspan=2	Alžbeta Garguľáková	Sprint	22:00.6	4 (0+4)	18
Individual	41:59.6	7 (2+1+1+3)	22
align=left rowspan=2	Veronika Steczová	Sprint	37:33.3	8 (3+5)	91
Individual	42:58.8	1 (0+0+0+1)	30

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Markus Sklenárik Alžbeta Garguláková	Single mixed relay	53:42.0	5+12	27
Michaela Straková Alžbeta Garguláková Markus Sklenárik Markus Sklenárik	Mixed relay	DSQ

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics. Slovakia qualified four cross-country skiers (two per gender).^[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Jelisej Kuzmin	7.5 km classical	21:36.4	34
Sprint freestyle	3:21.93	42	Did not advanced
align=left rowspan=2	Michal Adamov	7.5 km classical	21:08.2	27
Sprint freestyle	3:11.71	24 Q	3:09.71	4	Did not advanced

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Emília Rendová	7.5 km classical	24:53.7	32
Sprint freestyle	3:40.18	17 Q	4:04.19	6	Did not advanced
align=left rowspan=2	Tereza Bukasová	7.5 km classical	25:08.3	35
Sprint freestyle	3:54.33	39	Did not advanced

Mixed

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics.

Singles

Freestyle skiing

See main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics.

Ski cross

Athlete	Event	Group heats		Semifinal	Final
		Points	Rank	Position	Position
Hugo Rybár	Men's ski cross	9	13	Did not advance
Sofia Moricová	Women's ski cross	10	11	Did not advance

Ice hockey

See main article: Ice hockey at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics. Slovakia qualified a men's hockey team of 18 athletes.^[4]

Roster

• Michal Plančár
• Matej Bereš
• Roderik Černák
• Marko Požgay
• Timur Trebula
• Matej Stankoven
• Ivan Matta
• Kristián Rezničák
• Dávid Dvořák
• Juraj Jonas Ďurčo
• Adam Goljer
• Samuel Hrenák
• Filip Kovalčík
• Jakub Syrný
• Juraj Rausa
• Dominik Barčák
• Alexej Kubát
• Kristián Macák

Summary

Men's tournament

Group A

Luge

See main article: Luge at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics.

Individual sleds

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Bruno Mick	Men's singles	47.376	7	47.309	9	1:34.685	7
Viktória Praxová	Women's singles	50.757	26	51.837	28	1:42.594	25
Desana Špitzová	Women's singles	52.008	29	51.207	26	1:43.215	29
Bruno Mick Viktor Varga	Men's doubles	48.862	6	48.860	5	1:37.722	6

Mixed team relay

Nordic combined

See main article: Nordic combined at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics.

Individual

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping				Cross-country
		Distance	Points	Rank	Deficit	Time	Rank
Jakub Karkalík	align=left rowspan=2	Men's normal hill/6 km	84.0	81.4	25	+3:58	18:41.0	27
Hektor Kapustík	109.0	134.1	2	+0:28	15:25.4	11

Short track speed skating

See main article: Short track speed skating at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics.

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Michaela Ižarová	500 m	1:07.347	4	did not advance
1000 m	1:39.144	3	did not advance
1500 m	2:42.115	4	did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Lea Popovičová	500 m	45.839	3 q	46.220	5	did not advance
1000 m	1:37.907	3 q	1:36.441	5	did not advance
1500 m	2:42.482	3 Q	2:33.281	5	did not advance

Skeleton

See main article: Skeleton at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics.

Individual sleds

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics. Slovakia qualified three ski jumpers (two men and one woman).^[5]

Individual

Athlete	Event	First round			Final			Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Hektor Kapustík	align=left rowspan=2	Men's normal hill	82.5	63.7	29	93.5	85.1	14	148.8	19
Jakub Karkalík	69.5	35.0	37	60.0	8.4	39	43.4	39
Tamara Mesíková	align=left	Women's normal hill	77.0	50.5	20	90.0	76.0	12	126.5	18

Snowboarding

See main article: Snowboarding at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics.

Snowboard cross

Athlete	Event	Pre-Heats	Quarterfinals	Semifinal	Final
		Position	Position	Position	Position
Oliver Šebesta	Men's snowboard cross	20	did not advance
Dorota Pitoňáková	Women's snowboard cross	15	did not advance

Halfpipe, Slopestyle & Big Air

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Tadeáš Nedielka	Men's big air	55.50	70.25	70.25	10 Q	20.00	73.25	47.50	120.75	5
Men's slopestyle	19.25	32.75	32.75	15	did not advance

See also

• Slovakia at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gangwon 2024 Opening Ceremony Flagbearers Information. 19 January 2024. www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 19 January 2024.
2. Web site: Alpine Skiing quotas list for Youth Olympic Winter Games 2024. 18 December 2023. www.fis-ski.com/. International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). 5 January 2024.
3. Web site: Cross-Country quotas list for Youth Olympic Winter Games 2024. 18 December 2023. www.fis-ski.com/. International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). 5 January 2024.
4. Web site: Ice hockey at Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic Games: Preview, full schedule, and how to watch live YOG action. 13 January 2024. . 13 January 2024.
5. Web site: Ski Jumping quotas list for Youth Olympic Winter Games 2024. 18 December 2023. www.fis-ski.com/. International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). 13 January 2024.