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Cycling at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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Cycling
at the III Summer Youth Olympic Games
VenueParque Tres de Febrero
Dates7–17 October
No. of events4 (1 boys, 1 girls, 2 mixed)
Competitors126 (64 boys and 62 girls) from 33 nations
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Cycling at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 7 to 17 October. The events took place at the Parque Tres de Febrero in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Format

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For the Youth Olympics instead of competitors competing separately they compete as a team. In the boys' and girls' combined team event two athletes compete together. The event contains five stages; three road events (road race, criterium and time trial) and two cross-country events (cross-country eliminator and short track). One member of each team competes in each stage with the exception of the road race where both cyclists compete.

Two mixed BMX events (racing and freestyle park) will take place with each team containing one boy and one girl. The freestyle park event will contain a team of athletes from different nations.[1]

Qualification

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Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 1 team of 2 athletes for the combined events and the BMX racing event. For the BMX freestyle park event each NOC can enter a maximum of 1 boy and 1 girl. As hosts, Argentina was given a team to compete in the combined events and the BMX racing event, however, they declined to use the BMX quota. A further six teams, two in each of the combined events and the BMX racing event was to be decided by the Tripartite Commission, however only two quotas was given to the boys' combined event and one quota was given the girls' combined event, the rest were reallocated to the nation rankings. The remaining quotas for the combined events are to be decided by the YOG Junior Nations Rankings, calculated by using the best ranking from the 2017 Junior Road Nations’ Cup Ranking or the 2017 Junior Cross-Country Mountain Bike World Championships.

The remaining quotas for the Mixed BMX Racing event will be decided by the YOG BMX Junior Nations Rankings, calculated by using the best ranking from the UCI Men’s or Women’s Junior BMX Nations Rankings. The quotas for the Mixed BMX Freestyle Park event will be decided by the ranking of individuals after the 2017 Urban Cycling World Championships.[1]

To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2001.[1]

Combined Team Event

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Event Location Date Total Places Qualified Boys Qualified Girls
Host Nation - - 1  Argentina  Argentina
YOG Junior Nation Rankings[2][3][4][5][6] - 1 November 17  Switzerland
 Kazakhstan
 Italy
 Denmark
 Israel
 Spain
 New Zealand
 Czech Republic
 Great Britain
 Japan*
 Poland
 Hungary
 Mexico
 Slovenia
 Chile
 Slovakia
 Russia
 Colombia**
 Great Britain
 Italy
 Austria
 Denmark
 Switzerland
 Hungary
 Russia
 New Zealand
 China
 Mexico
 Japan*
 Luxembourg
 Colombia
 Ethiopia
 Poland
 Egypt
 Brazil*
 Kazakhstan
 Ukraine**
Tripartite Invitation - - 2/1  Luxembourg
 Eritrea
 Eritrea
TOTAL 20 19

* did not participate
** later added to the participation list

Mixed BMX Racing

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Event Location Date Total Places Qualified Team
Host Nation - - 1 0  Argentina
YOG BMX Junior Nation Rankings[2][7][8] - 1 November 13 16  Great Britain
 Switzerland
 Colombia
 Latvia
 Japan
 Germany
 Russia
 New Zealand
 Brazil
 Ecuador
 Chile
 Thailand
 Mexico
 Bolivia
 Czech Republic
 Slovakia
Tripartite Invitation - - 2 0 Not used
TOTAL 16

Mixed BMX Freestyle Park

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Event Location Date Total Places Qualified Boys Qualified Girls
Urban Cycling World Championship[2] China Chengdu 8–12 November 2017 8  Argentina
 Brazil
 Colombia
 Czech Republic
 Germany
 Japan
 Latvia
 Russia
 Argentina
 Brazil
 Colombia
 Czech Republic
 Germany
 Japan
 Russia
 Venezuela
TOTAL 8 8
  • No African country took part in the event, and the quotas were distributed to the next highest ranked nation.

Medal summary

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Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Argentina)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Argentina*1001
 Denmark1001
 Germany1001
 Kazakhstan1001
 Russia1001
6 Austria0101
 Luxembourg0101
 Switzerland0101
9 Colombia0011
 Great Britain0011
 Hungary0011
 Japan0011
Totals (12 entries)53412

Events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Boys' combined team
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 Kazakhstan (KAZ)
Gleb Brussenskiy
Yevgeniy Fedorov
 Luxembourg (LUX)
Nicolas Kess
Arthur Kluckers
 Great Britain (GBR)
Harry Birchill
Sean Flynn
Girls' combined team
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 Denmark (DEN)
Sofie Heby Pedersen
Mie Saabye
 Austria (AUT)
Laura Stigger
Hannah Streicher
 Hungary (HUN)
Virág Buzsáki
Kata Blanka Vas
Mixed BMX racing
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 Russia (RUS)
Ilia Beskrovnyy
Varvara Ovchinnikova
 Switzerland (SUI)
Kevin Schunck
Zoé Claessens
 Colombia (COL)
Juan Ramírez
Gabriela Bolle
Mixed BMX freestyle park
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 Argentina (ARG)
Iñaki Iriartes
Agustina Roth
 Germany (GER)
Evan Brandes
Lara Lessmann
Not awarded  Japan (JPN)
Kanami Tanno
Yuma Oshimo

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Qualification System: Cycling" (PDF). UCI. 7 August 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "Countries that will participate in the 2018 Youth Olympics" (PDF). UCI. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Men's Combined Team Event" (PDF). UCI. 1 November 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Women's Combined Team Event" (PDF). UCI. 1 November 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  5. ^ Men’s Combined Team Event 30 October 2017
  6. ^ Women’s Combined Team Event 30 October 2017
  7. ^ "Mixed BMX Racing Event" (PDF). UCI. 1 November 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  8. ^ 2018 Youth Olympic Games - Who’s Going?
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