Norway at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Norway at the
2024 Winter Youth Olympics
Flag of Norway
IOC codeNOR
NOCNorwegian Olympic Committee
in Gangwon, South Korea
19 January 2024 (2024-01-19) – 1 February 2024 (2024-02-01)
Competitors48 in 9 sports
Flag bearer (opening)Ola Brandstadmoen & Julie Kvelvane
Flag bearer (closing)TBD
Medals
Ranked 23rd
Gold
0
Silver
4
Bronze
3
Total
7
Winter Youth Olympics appearances

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

The Norwegian team consisted of 48 athletes competing in nine sports.[1] Luger Ola Brandstadmoen and biathlete Julie Kvelvane 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
Biathlon 4 4 8
Curling 3 3 6
Freestyle skiing 2 0 2
Ice hockey 0 18 18
Luge 1 0 1
Nordic combined 2 2 4
Speed skating 2 2 4
Ski jumping 2 2 4
Snowboarding 1 0 1
Total 17 31 48

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Silver Storm Veitsle Biathlon Men's individual 20 January
 Silver Kjersti Græsli
Oddvar Gunnerød
Ingvild Synnøve Midtskogen
Mats Strandbråten		 Ski jumping Mixed team normal hill 21 January
 Silver Miika Johan Klevstuen Speed skating Men's 500 metres 22 January
 Silver Tov Røysland Biathlon Men's sprint 23 January
 Bronze Ingvild Synnøve Midtskogen Ski jumping Women's individual normal hill 20 January
 Bronze Storm Veitsle
Eiril Nordbø		 Biathlon Single mixed relay 21 January
 Bronze Eirik Andersen Speed skating Men's mass start 26 January

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Norway qualified eight biathletes (four per gender).[3]

Men
Women

Curling

Main article: Curling at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Norway qualified a mixed team and mixed doubles pair for a total of six athletes.[4][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
Alexander Johansen
Torstein Hoeiholt Vågsnes
Lydia Hågensen
Melina Troean 		Mixed team  United States
L 3–8 		 Sweden
L 7–10 		 Nigeria
W 21–0 		 China
L 4–11 		 Turkey
W 5–0 		 New Zealand
W 5–2 		 Japan
L 4–8 		5 Did not advance 9
Sylvi Iines Hausstaetter
Sondre Svorkmo Lundberg 		Mixed doubles  Sweden
L 6–7 		 Qatar
W 15–0 		 Ukraine
W 7–2 		 United States
L 3–8 		 Slovenia
W 14–4 		— 3 Did not advance 9

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 A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 United States (Ponzio) (has hammer) 0 2 0 1 0 3 1 1 8
 Norway (Johansen) 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3
Draw 2

Saturday, January 20, 18:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Norway (Johansen) 0 2 1 0 2 0 2 0 7
 Sweden (Nygren) (has hammer) 3 0 0 3 0 3 0 1 10
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 D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 China (Li) (has hammer) 2 0 3 0 4 0 2 X 11
 Norway (Johansen) 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 X 4
Draw 5

Monday, January 22, 18:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Turkey (Zenit) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 0
 Norway (Johansen) (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 X 5
Draw 6

Tuesday, January 23, 14:00

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Norway (Johansen) (has hammer) 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 X 5
 New Zealand (Nevill) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 X 2
Draw 7

Wednesday, January 24, 9:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Norway (Johansen) (has hammer) 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 X 4
 Japan (Fujii) 1 0 1 0 2 0 4 X 8

Mixed doubles

Main article: Curling at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics – Mixed doubles
Group B W L W–L DSC
 United States 5 0 – 61.18
 Sweden 4 1 – 78.69
 Norway 3 2 – 34.37
 Slovenia 2 3 – 112.84
 Ukraine 1 4 – 74.81
 Qatar 0 5 – 155.39
Round robin
Draw 1

Friday, January 26, 18:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Sweden (Roxin / Meyerson) 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 1 7
 Norway (Hausstaetter / Svorkmo Lundberg) (has hammer) 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 6
Draw 3

Saturday, January 27, 14:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Norway (Hausstaetter / Svorkmo Lundberg) (has hammer) 3 2 1 3 4 2 X X 15
 Qatar (Al-Fahad / Alnaimi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X 0
Draw 5

Sunday, January 28, 10:00

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Ukraine (Lytvynenko / Shlyk) (has hammer) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 X 2
 Norway (Hausstaetter / Svorkmo Lundberg) 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 X 7
Draw 10

Monday, January 29, 18:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Norway (Hausstaetter / Svorkmo Lundberg) (has hammer) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 X 3
 United States (Wendling / Paral) 1 0 0 2 4 0 1 X 8
Draw 12

Tuesday, January 30, 14:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Slovenia (Kavčič / Omerzel) 0 3 0 0 1 0 X X 4
 Norway (Hausstaetter / Svorkmo Lundberg) (has hammer) 4 0 3 2 0 5 X X 14

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Norway qualified a team of eighteen ice hockey players for the women's six-team tournament.[6]

Roster

Isaac Palmgren served as head coach, Maximillian Pettersson and Camilla Bakkene [no] were assistant coaches, and Mia Christina Isdahl [no] was goalkeeper coach.[7][8][9]

Summary

Key:

Team Event Group stage Semifinal Final
Opponent
Score 		Opponent
Score 		Rank Opponent
Score 		Opponent
Score 		Rank
Norway Women's tournament  Sweden
L 1–5 		 Japan
L 1–5 		E Did not advance 6

Women's tournament

Preliminary round, Group A
Pos Team
 Pld W SOW SOL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Sweden 2 1 1 0 0 7 2 +5 5 Semifinals
2  Japan 2 1 0 1 0 6 3 +3 4
3  Norway 2 0 0 0 2 2 10 −8 0
Source: IOC[10][11]
27 January 2024
11:00		Norway 1–5
(0–1, 0–1, 1–3)		 SwedenGangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 2,061
Game reference
Tuva Are-EkstrømGoaliesTilde WyckmanReferees:
China Ding Siwen
United States Maria Gherardi
Linesmen:
Germany Lara Fischer
Ukraine Anhelina Maifeld
0–113:07 – Ytfeldt (Westerlind) (PP)
0–215:48 – Westerlind (Grillfors)
0–333:03 – Grillfors (Andersson, Westerlind)
0–434:23 – Österman (Carlsson, Berndtsson)
Bax-Kristiansen (Helle, M. Are-Ekstrøm) (PP) – 37:531–4
1–539:23 – Svanefjord (Ytfeldt, Österman) (PP)
6 minPenalties4.5 min
12Shots35
28 January 2024
11:00		Japan 5–1
(1–0, 0–0, 4–1)		 NorwayGangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 2,837
Game reference
Suzuno FukudaGoaliesShiva NobariReferees:
China Ding Siwen
Canada Beatrice Fortin
Linesmen:
United States Laura Schmidlein
Finland Ilona Silander
Terauchi (Odaira, Numabe) (PP) – 10:471–0
Numabe (Odaira, Terauchi) – 30:412–0
2–133:25 – Helle, (Klomstad, Bax-Kristiansen) (PP)
Odaira (Numabe, Terauchi) – 36:173–1
Numabe (Terauchi, Odaira) – 40:124–1
Odaira (Numabe) – 43:045–1
6 minPenalties6 min
41Shots13

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Norway qualified four ski jumpers (two per gender).[12]

Non-competing sports

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Norway originally qualified six alpine skiers, but declined all six quota spots.[13]

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Norway originally qualified six cross-country skiers, but declined all six quota spots.[14] The Norwegian Skiing Association felt the event was not a correct part of the development of athletes.[15]

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Gangwon 2024 Opening Ceremony Flagbearers Information" (PDF). www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Åtte skiskyttere klare for ungdoms-OL 2024" [Eight biathletes ready for the 2024 Youth Olympics]. www.langrenn.com/ (in Norwegian). Wsportsmedia AB. 22 December 2023. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic Games Teams Confirmed". www.worldcurling.org. World Curling Federation (WCF). 12 April 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
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  9. ^ "Ice Hockey, Women's 6-Team Tournament, Preliminary round - Group A, Game 1 – Line-ups: NOR-SWE" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. 27 January 2024. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  10. ^ "Gangwon 2024: Ice Hockey - Schedule & Results". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
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  12. ^ "Ski Jumping quotas list for Youth Olympic Winter Games 2024". www.fis-ski.com/. International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). 18 December 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  13. ^ "Alpine Skiing quotas list for Youth Olympic Winter Games 2024". www.fis-ski.com/. International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). 18 December 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  14. ^ "Cross-Country quotas list for Youth Olympic Winter Games 2024". www.fis-ski.com/. International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). 18 December 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  15. ^ Sandholt, Ragna Kristine; Karlsen, Jørgen Ryggvik; Stenberg, Morten (22 December 2023). "Skiforbundet frykter utøverne vil miste "sulten" – får kritikk om OL-avgjørelse" [The Skiing Association fears the athletes will lose their "hunger" - receives criticism about the Olympic decision]. NRK (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norway. Retrieved 6 January 2024.