Gangwon 2024: How to watch Day 1 action from Winter Youth Olympic Games competitions live 

The wait is finally over.

Athletes from all over the world are ready to compete at the Winter Youth Olympic Games (YOG) Gangwon 2024.

On Day 1 of the YOG competition (Saturday January 20) there will be ten medal events taking place across biathlon, luge, short track speed skating, ski jumping, and snowboard, while the curling and ice hockey competitions also begin.

Below, you will find the full schedule of the medal events on Day 1, the key athletes to look out for, and how to watch the live action.

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Medal events on Day 1 of Gangwon 2024 - Saturday 20 January 2024

All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC/GMT +9 hours) and are subject to change.

Biathlon

• 11:00-12:45 - Women’s 10km individual
• 14:00-15:50 - Men’s 12.5km individual

Luge

• 08:30-10:30 - Women’s singles
• 11:00-12:55 - Men’s doubles

Ski jumping

• 9:00-12:30 - Women’s normal hill individual
• 12:30-16:00 - Men’s normal hill individual

Short track speed skating

• 11:00-14:10 - Women’s and men's 1500m

Snowboard

• 11:00-14:45 - Snowboard cross, women’s and men’s

Here you can find the full day by day schedule for all competitions at Gangwon 2024.

Gangwon 2024: Key athletes to watch on Day 1

In biathlon, Lola Bugeaud of France stands out as one of the favourites in the women’s 10km individual competition.

The French biathlete claimed a silver medal in the 6km sprint and gold in the 4x6km mixed relay at the 2023 Winter European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF).

At the same event, Slovakia’s Michal Adamov was a silver medallist in the men’s competition, and he will be aiming for more success in the Republic of Korea.

Italy arrive with a strong team in luge, where men’s doubles pair Manuel Weissensteiner/Philipp Brunner and Alexandra Oberstolz in women’s singles have showed great form ahead of YOG.

The Italian men’s duo and Oberstolz climbed to the top step of the podium in the Continental Cup in Bludenz.

The short track speed skating 1500m features for the first time at the Winter Youth Olympics. Angel Daleman of the Netherlands is a double silver medallist from the 2022 Junior World Championship, and she is one to look out for. For the men's event, the man to beat might be Hungary’s Dominik Major, who took home no less than three gold medals (1000m, 1500m, mixed team relay) at last year’s Winter European Youth Olympic Festival.

In ski jumping, Czechia's Anežka Indráčková has already competed at the Winter Olympic Games. At Beijing 2022 she was the youngest athlete among all participants and finished 30th in the women's normal hill event. Her experience at senior level could be key against Youth Olympic competitors. Poland has a strong duo in the men’s competition in the shape of Kacper Tomasiak and Lukasz Lukaszczyk who both have top ten results in the FIS Cup this season.

Finally, there will be medals at stake in the men’s and women’s snowboard cross races. Felix Schwenkel of Germany is a medallist from the 2023 Winter EYOF. Karolina Hrusova from Czechia finished 13th at the 2023 Junior World Championship. Both will be hoping to finish on the podium at Gangwon 2024.

Winter Youth Olympic Games Gangwon 2024 - How to Watch

The Winter Youth Olympic Games will be 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, results and medals.