Team Canada at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games

[Josh 11,549]

Don’t know how popular this will be, but decided to make a thread for this years YOG. I’m not familiar on any of our athletes, maybe someone who follows youth sport can go over our medal chances?

[intoronto 6,446]

Charlie Beatty (the flagbearer) is the defending World Champion. A lot of the other sports have NOT picked the best athletes. So we shall see.

[intoronto 6,446]

Badl uck across the board, with the best ex. being in women's snowboard Cross. One of the two women lost out a place in the SF by a tiebreaker unreal.

[intoronto 6,446]

First medal!

Anthony Shelly wins silver in the boys' snowboard cross event!

Edited January 20, 2024 by intoronto

[Josh 11,549]

First win for Canada in mixed team curling, as they defeat Brazil 14-0. 

[Josh 11,549]

Canada improve to 2-2 (8-3 loss to Italy in their first match, and 6-3 loss to Great Britain in their third match) after an important 6-5 win over Switzerland!

[Josh 11,549]

Since I was bored, I decided to go over all the remaining Canadian medal chances. Without further ado;

 

Matthew Lepine- Men’s Slopestyle/Big Air (Snowboarding)

Charlie Beatty- Men’s Slopestyle/Halfpipe (Snowboarding)

Jean Christoph-Bougie- Men’s Moguls (Freestyle Skiing)

Men’s Hockey Team

[Josh 11,549]

Canada defeats Germany 5-2 to improve to 3-2 in mixed curling competition!

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Kael Oberlander qualifies for the semifinals in girl’s ski cross!

[Josh 11,549]

All four of our athletes in men’s  freestyle skiing/snowboard slopestyle are through to the final, with Charlie Beatty (freestyle skiing) and Eli Bouchard (snowboarding qualifying in first place! Hoping for our first gold of Gangwon 2024 today