Gangwon 2024: Joy for Italy, France and Türkiye and drama for Republic of Korea on Day 2 of the Winter Youth Olympic Games
On Sunday 21st January the action continued at the Gangwon 2024 Winter YOG in Republic of Korea, with nine medal events in six different sports. Catch all the action live on Olympics.com and the official Olympics app.
The second day of competition at the Winter Youth Olympic Games (YOG) Gangwon 2024 delivered delight and drama in equal spades.
Italy claimed three of the nine gold medals on offer on Sunday (21st January) beginning their conquest first in luge, winning the men's singles and women's doubles titles.
The hosts of the next Winter Olympics then took gold in the opening alpine ski event. Cortina's Camilla Vanni posted the fastest time in the women's Super G on the Apollo 4 and 6 slopes at the Jeongseon High1 ski resort, while Germany's Benno Brandis won the men's title.
Italy is now tied with France for most gold medals won so far. Both countries are on four gold medals apiece thanks to a strong French one-two finish in the mixed team snowboard cross event and a biathlon relay gold. Antonin Guy was part of that French team, claiming his second title of this YOG.
There was agony for the Gangwon hosts in the short track speed skating with yesterday's gold medallist Jaehee Joo unable to do a double after crashing out of the men's 1000m final.
Zhang Xinzhe of the People's Republic of China instead took the win ahead of Türkiye's Muhammed Bozdag who won his country's first-ever YOG medal with silver.
China also won the women's 1000m event to complete a double with Li Jinzi claiming gold.
In ski jumping, there was also a promising nod to the future with Ajda Kosnjek winning with Slovenia in the mixed team event. The 16-year-old is supported by a Milano Cortina 2026 scholarship from Olympic Solidarity.
Medal events on Day 2 of Gangwon 2024 - Sunday 21 January 2024
All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC/GMT +9 hours) and are subject to change.
Alpine skiing
- Women’s Super-G
🥇 Camilla Vanni (ITA)
🥈 Eva Schachner (AUT)
🥉 Shaienne Zehnder (SUI) - Men’s Super-G
🥇 Benno Brandis (GER)
🥈 Asaja Sturm (AUT)
🥉 Andrej Barnas (SVK)
Biathlon
- Women’s single mixed relay 6km + men’s single mixed relay 7.5km
🥇 France
🥈 Germany
🥉 Norway
Luge
- Men’s singles
🥇 Leon Haselrieder (ITA)
🥈 Paul Socher (AUT)
🥉 Philipp Brunner (ITA) - Women’s doubles
🥇 Alexandra Oberstolz/Katharine Sofie Kofler (ITA)
🥈 Marie Riedl/Nina Lerch (AUT)
🥉 Lina Riedl/Anna Lerch (AUT)
Short track speed skating
- Women’s 1000m
🥇 Li Jinzi (CHN)
🥈 Yang Jingru (CHN)
🥉 Polina Omelchuk (KAZ) - Men’s 1000m
🥇 Zhang Xinzhe (CHN)
🥈 Muhammed Bozdag (TUR)
🥉 Kida Raito (JPN)
Ski jumping
- Mixed team
🥇 Slovenia
🥈 Norway
🥉 Austria
Snowboard
- Snowboard cross mixed team
🥇 France 1
🥈 France 2
🥉 Australia 1
Here you can find the full day by day schedule for all competitions at Gangwon 2024.
Winter Youth Olympic Games Gangwon 2024 - How to Watch
The Winter Youth Olympic Games is being broadcast live on Olympic Channel, with streaming available for free and without subscription via Olympics.com and the official Olympics app. Full session replays, highlights, and the best of the reaction will also be available on-demand.
On the Gangwon 2024 event website, you also find the latest news, interviews, official schedule, detailed results, and medals tables.
