Personally i don't understand why the youth olympics have to "overlap" with the alpine skiing junior world championships. I think this will prevent some of the best talents from competing at the youth olympics. At least one of the best german athletes (Laila Illig) who would have been eligible to compete at the youth olympics won't compete.
Honestly, that’s more on the FIS. It seems like a really bad scheduling move on their part.
“Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela
Wow, quite a few multi-sports games without hosts heading into the next cycle. Hopefully we’ll see a lot of news on that front this year.
It does seem like there’s interest from a few nations in hosting the Pan American Games at least. I still think LA should take it as a test event, but that’s just a selfish and unrealistic desire to have them in my backyard essentially (Plus, I wouldn’t wish anymore strain on my local communities anyway.)
“Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela
The argument that is being made is that too much high level competition at a young age causes physical and mental health problems in the long term
Yeah, I've heard this in regards to over training and hyper-specialization, which are both problems in youth sport in the United States. Athlete burn out due to fatigue, poorer results, injury, etc. has become a talking point at the youth level.
“Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela
What's going on with the cross-country skiing program being cut to almost nothing?
I actually miss the “cross country cross” events. Yeah, the idea was a bit silly, but it was something unique to the YOG.
Really, the only thing missing is the skiathlon, mass start, or mixed team sprint. They could probably add the mixed team sprint, so the program includes two sprint opportunities, and two individual opportunities. I wouldn’t mind a mass start, but I don’t know how common those are at the youth level.
“Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela
Every sport action (Alpine Skiing, Biathlon, Luge, Short Track, Snowboarding and Ski Jumping) on Day 1 & 2 of the Games (Saturday & Sunday 20 & 21 January)in total 19 medal events are schedulled from 9 AM to 2 PM local time so everything between 1 & 6 AM here
@rafalgorka "The Winter Youth Olympic Games will be filmed for live television and digital streaming on Olympic Channel via. Olympics.com and our app, with full session replays and highlights also available." - from an article posted recently on Olympics.com
“Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela
will send a female biathlete to Gangwon 
rejected all of their quotas in cross country skiing 
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into the games
has emerged as a likely candidate (if not host) for The World Games 2029. It would be the first city to host twice.
accepted a reallocation in freestyle skiing.
missed out on a quota in freestyle skiing. He is still coming back from an injury, so not even sure he would have competed anyway.
didn't accept its women's snowboard quota in time (FIS chart says they didn't receive a response) 
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Honestly, that’s more on the FIS. It seems like a really bad scheduling move on their part.
“Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela
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