Slovakia at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Slovakia at the
2024 Winter Youth Olympics
Slovakia at the; 2024 Winter Youth Olympics
	Flag of Slovakia
IOC code	SVK
NOC	Slovak Olympic Committee
in Gangwon, South Korea; 19 January 2024 – 1 February 2024
Competitors	49 in 12 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Michal Adamov & Tamara Mesíková
Flag bearer (closing)	Dominik Barčák & Emília Rendová
Medals; Ranked 25th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 2 Total 3
Winter Youth Olympics appearances (overview)
	2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;

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]

Medalists[edit]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Adam Hagara	Figure skating	Men's singles	29 January
Bronze	Markus Sklenárik	Biathlon	Men's individual	20 January
Bronze	Andrej Barnáš	Alpine skiing	Men's super-G	21 January

Competitors[edit]

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

Sport	Men	Women	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^[a]	15	49^[a]

^ ^a ^b Hektor Kapustík and Jakub Karkalík participates in both nordic combined and ski jumping. Michal Adamov participates in both cross-country skiing and biathlon.

Alpine skiing[edit]

Slovakia qualified five alpine skiers (two men and three women).^[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	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
Athlete	Event	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

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Veronika Šrobová Andrej Barnáš	Team	United States (USA) L 1–3	Did not advance

Biathlon[edit]

Men's

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

Women's

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Michaela Straková	Sprint	21:17.7	2 (1+1)	10
Michaela Straková	Individual	43:26.9	7 (2+0+4+1)	35
Alžbeta Garguľáková	Sprint	22:00.6	4 (0+4)	18
Alžbeta Garguľáková	Individual	41:59.6	7 (2+1+1+3)	22
Veronika Steczová	Sprint	37:33.3	8 (3+5)	91
Veronika Steczová	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[edit]

Slovakia qualified four cross-country skiers (two per gender).^[3]

Men

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

Women

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

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Emília Rendová Jelisej Kuzmin Tereza Bukasová Michal Adamov	Mixed relay	57:18.7	13

Figure skating[edit]

Singles

Athlete	Event	SP		FS		Total
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Adam Hagara	Men's singles	75.06	2	141.17	3	216.23

Freestyle skiing[edit]

Ski cross

Athlete	Event	Group heats		Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	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

Athlete	Event	Pre-heats	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Position	Position	Position	Position
Hugo Rybár Sofia Moricová	Team ski cross	20	Did not advance

Ice hockey[edit]

Slovakia qualified a men's hockey team of 18 athletes.^[4]

Roster

Summary

Key:

OT – Overtime
GWS – Game winning shots

Team	Event	Group stage			Semifinal	Final
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Slovakia	Men's tournament	United States L 4-5	Czech Republic L 2-3	3	Did not advance		5

Men's tournament[edit]

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	SOW	SOL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czech Republic	2	1	1	0	0	9	7	+2	5	Semifinals
2	United States	2	0	1	1	0	10	10	0	3	Semifinals
3	Slovakia	2	0	0	1	1	6	8	−2	1

Source: Gangwon 2024

27 January 2024
14:00

Slovakia

4–5 GWS
(1–1, 3–1, 0–2)
(SO: 0–1)

United States

Gangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 4,056

Game reference

Samuel Hrenák

Goalies

Xavier Wendt

Referees:

Rasmus Ankersen

Joseph Sewell
Linesmen:

Mitchell Gibbs

Lim Jun-seo

	0–1	01:37 – Torre (Schairer, Garcia)
Syrný (Kubat) – 11:36	1–1
	1–2	18:43 – Hurlbert (Francisco, Berchild) (PP)
Ďurčo (Rausa, Goljer) (PP) – 22:10	2–2
Rezničák – 24:15	3–2
Rezničák (Stankoven) – 29:14	4–2
	4–3	36:57 – Bumgarner (Stuart, Marthaler)
	4–4	44:06 – Torre (Trottier, Berchild) (PP, EA)

Ďurčo

Goljer

Shootout

Hurlbert

Berchild

Francisco

7.5 min

Penalties

4.5 min

20

Shots

39

28 January 2024
14:00

Czech Republic

3–2
(0–0, 0–0, 3–2)

Slovakia

Gangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 3,830

Game reference

Jan Láryš

Goalies

Dávid Dvořák

Referees:

Mathieu Boudreau

Oskar Øvstedal
Linesmen:

Mitchell Gibbs

David Prokofyev

	0–1	33:09 – Kubat (Plančár)
Katolický (Kachlíř, Novák) (PP) – 36:08	1–1
Katolický (Novák) – 37:06	2–1
Tomek (ENG) – 44:17	3–1
	3–2	44:34 – Kovalčík (Macák)

4.5 min

Penalties

4.5 min

36

Shots

24

Luge[edit]

Individual sleds

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	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

Athletes	Event	Women's singles		Men's singles		Doubles		Total
Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Viktória Praxová Oliver Korbela Bruno Mick Viktor Varga	Team relay	50.667	7	51.462	8	51.917	4	2:34.046	7

Nordic combined[edit]

Individual

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

Short track speed skating[edit]

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
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
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[edit]

Individual sleds

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Peter Jedinák	Men's	54.60	10	56.44	14	1:51.04	13

Ski jumping[edit]

Slovakia qualified three ski jumpers (two men and one woman).^[5]

Individual

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

Snowboarding[edit]

Snowboard cross

Athlete	Event	Pre-Heats	Quarterfinals	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	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
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Tadeáš Nedielka	Men's big air	55.50	70.25	70.25	10 Q	20.00	73.25	47.50	120.75	5
Tadeáš Nedielka	Men's slopestyle	19.25	32.75	32.75	15	did not advance

References[edit]

^ "Gangwon 2024 Opening Ceremony Flagbearers Information" (PDF). www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "Ice hockey at Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic Games: Preview, full schedule, and how to watch live YOG action". International Olympic Committee. 13 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
^ "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.

[fn1-2] Hektor Kapustík and Jakub Karkalík participates in both nordic combined and ski jumping. Michal Adamov participates in both cross-country skiing and biathlon.

[1] "Gangwon 2024 Opening Ceremony Flagbearers Information" (PDF). www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.

[3] "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.

[4] "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.

[5] "Ice hockey at Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic Games: Preview, full schedule, and how to watch live YOG action". International Olympic Committee. 13 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2024.

[6] "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.

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v t e Nations at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics in Gangwon, South Korea
Africa	Algeria Kenya Nigeria South Africa Tunisia
Americas	Argentina Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Jamaica Mexico Puerto Rico United States
Asia	China Hong Kong India Iran Japan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Lebanon Mongolia Nepal Philippines Qatar Singapore South Korea Chinese Taipei Thailand United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan
Europe	Andorra Armenia Austria Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Kosovo Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine
Oceania	Australia New Zealand

Medalists[edit]

Competitors[edit]

Alpine skiing[edit]

Biathlon[edit]

Cross-country skiing[edit]

Figure skating[edit]

Freestyle skiing[edit]

Ice hockey[edit]

Men's tournament[edit]

Luge[edit]

Nordic combined[edit]

Short track speed skating[edit]

Skeleton[edit]

Ski jumping[edit]

Snowboarding[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]