Nigeria at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Nigeria at the
2024 Winter Youth Olympics
Flag of Nigeria
IOC codeNGR
NOCNigerian Olympic Committee
in Gangwon, South Korea
19 January 2024 (2024-01-19) – 1 February 2024 (2024-02-01)
Competitors6 in 1 sport
Flag bearer (opening)Roy Daniel & Oluwanimifise Wale-Adeogun
Flag bearer (closing)TBD
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Winter Youth Olympics appearances (overview)

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.

Sport Men Women Total
Curling 3 3 6
Total 3 3 6

Curling

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
Team Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Goodnews Charles
Oluwanimifise Wale-Adeogun
Faitu Danmola
Nkoyo Oku 		Mixed team  Japan
L 1–20 		 Turkey
L 2–22 		 Norway
L 0–21 		 New Zealand
L 1–12 		 United States
L 0–20 		 China
L 2–22 		 Sweden
L 0–16 		8 Did not advance 16
Oluwatomisin Akinsanya
Roy Daniel 		Mixed doubles  Hungary
L 3–13 		 Great Britain
L 0–18 		 Czech Republic
L 0–19 		 Canada
L 0–14 		 South Korea
L 1–17 		— 6 Did not advance 24

Mixed team

Main article: Curling at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics – Mixed team
Group A Skip W L W–L PF PA EW EL BE SE DSC
 China Li Zetai 6 1 1–0 65 25 28 17 0 12 59.04
 United States Kenna Ponzio 6 1 0–1 68 26 31 16 1 15 51.38
 Japan Kaito Fujii 5 2 1–0 64 26 27 17 2 11 39.53
 Sweden Vilmer Nygren 5 2 0–1 55 42 27 19 5 10 58.05
 Norway Alexander Johansen 3 4 – 49 39 25 19 2 11 65.33
 Turkey Muhammed Taha Zenit 2 5 – 41 40 16 26 5 5 82.17
 New Zealand Jed Nevill 1 6 – 27 44 18 23 3 6 86.52
 Nigeria Goodnews Charles 0 7 – 6 133 4 39 1 0 199.60
Round robin
Draw 1

Saturday, January 20, 10:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Japan (Fujii) (has hammer) 5 0 4 5 3 3 X X 20
 Nigeria (Charles) 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X 1
Draw 2

Saturday, January 20, 18:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Nigeria (Charles) 0 0 0 0 0 2 X X 2
 Turkey (Zenit) (has hammer) 8 2 3 4 5 0 X X 22
Draw 3

Sunday, January 21, 14:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Nigeria (Charles) 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X 0
 Norway (Johansen) (has hammer) 2 5 4 6 2 2 X X 21
Draw 4

Monday, January 22, 10:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 New Zealand (Nevill) (has hammer) 4 2 0 0 2 1 3 X 12
 Nigeria (Charles) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 1
Draw 5

Monday, January 22, 18:00

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Nigeria (Charles) 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X 0
 United States (Ponzio) (has hammer) 4 3 3 1 6 3 X X 20
Draw 6

Tuesday, January 23, 14:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Nigeria (Charles) 0 0 0 2 0 0 X X 2
 China (Li) (has hammer) 6 3 5 0 6 2 X X 22
Draw 7

Wednesday, January 24, 9:00

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Sweden (Nygren) (has hammer) 3 2 3 3 1 2 2 X 16
 Nigeria (Charles) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 0

Mixed doubles

Main article: Curling at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics – Mixed doubles
Group A W L W–L DSC
 Great Britain 4 1 1–0 40.06
 Czech Republic 4 1 0–1 42.84
 Canada 3 2 – 54.69
 Hungary 2 3 1–0 89.06
 South Korea 2 3 0–1 38.09
 Nigeria 0 5 – 168.42
Round robin
Draw 1

Friday, January 26, 18:00

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Nigeria (Akinsanya / Daniel) 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 X 3
 Hungary (Nagy / Kárász) (has hammer) 4 1 0 5 2 1 0 X 13
Draw 2

Saturday, January 27, 10:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Great Britain (Soutar / Brewster) (has hammer) 5 2 1 5 3 2 X X 18
 Nigeria (Akinsanya / Daniel) 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X 0
Draw 7

Sunday, January 28, 18:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Czech Republic (Zelingrová / Bláha) (has hammer) 1 3 5 2 4 4 X X 19
 Nigeria (Akinsanya / Daniel) 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X 0
Draw 9

Monday, January 29, 14:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Nigeria (Akinsanya / Daniel) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 0
 Canada (Locke / Perry) (has hammer) 6 1 2 1 1 1 2 X 14
Draw 11

Tuesday, January 30, 10:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 South Korea (Lee / Lee) (has hammer) 1 3 3 4 0 6 X X 17
 Nigeria (Akinsanya / Daniel) 0 0 0 0 1 0 X X 1

See also

References

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