The 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games ended yesterday, bringing almost two weeks of incredible sporting action to a close in South Korea.
Gangwon 2024 was officially Team GB’s most successful winter event on record, with the team winning six medals, four being gold, a silver and a bronze.
British alpine skier Zak Carrick-Smith, who is the son of four-time Olympian Emma Carrick-Anderson, set the Games off to a great start for Team GB winning two gold medals and one silver to make him Britain’s most successful winter athlete ever. Zak became the first-ever Briton to win an alpine skiing medal for Team GB at any Olympic event, following his medals in the alpine combined event (gold), slalom (gold) and giant slalom (silver). Zac said:
“It’s absolutely unbelievable. I was overwhelmed knowing I was on the podium and it still hasn’t quite sunk in to be the first British person to win in alpine skiing in any Olympics, I’m just over the moon.”
Off the slopes it was a clean sweep for Team GB’s curlers, winning gold medals in both the mixed team and mixed doubles formats. Logan Carson, Tia Laurie, Holly Burke and Archie Hyslop became Team GB’s first-ever Youth Olympic curling champions, claiming gold in the mixed team event following a 7-5 victory over Denmark.
Logan Carson, Team GB skip, said:
“It’s absolutely amazing, I’m really proud of the team and what we’ve done this week. We couldn’t have done it without a massive team effort and to come from behind to win is pretty special.”
Full Results:
Alpine Skiing
Women’s super-G:
- Molly Butler – 27th
Men’s super-G:
- Zak Carrick-Smith – 14th
Women’s Alpine Combined Slalom:
- Molly Butler – 16th
Men’s Alpine Combined Slalom:
- Zak Carrick-Smith – GOLD
Women’s Giant Slalom:
- Molly Butler – 10th
Men’s Giant Slalom:
- Zak Carrick-Smith – SILVER
Men’s Slalom:
- Zak Carrick-Smith – GOLD
Women’s Slalom:
- Molly Butler – 12th
Mixed Parallel Team:
- Zak Carrick-Smith & Molly Butler – (1/8 – Sweden 3-1 GBR)
Biathlon
Women’s 10k individual:
- Josie Clifford – 74th
Men’s 12.5k individual:
- Graham Benson – 59th
- Tom Smith – 74th
Single Mixed Relay 6km+7.5km(W+M):
- Josie Clifford and Graham Benson – 25th
Women’s 6km Sprint:
- Josie Clifford – 71st
Men’s 7.5km Sprint:
- Graham Benson – 44th
Bobsleigh
Men’s Monobob:
- Lennon Smith – 15th
Cross-Country Skiing
Women’s Sprint Free Qualification:
- Elspeth Cruickshank – 44th
- Sophie Forth – 45th
Men’s Sprint Free Qualification:
- Thomas Duncan – 45th
Women’s 7.5km Classic Qualification:
- Elspeth Cruickshank – 43rd
- Sophie Forth – 50th
Men’s 7.5km Classic Qualification:
- Thomas Duncan – 47th
Curling
Mixed Team
- Mixed Team Round Robin Session 1, Group B: Denmark 6 – 7 Great Britain
- Mixed Team Round Robin Session 2, Group B: Germany 7 – 4 Great Britain
- Mixed Team Round Robin Session 3, Group B: Great Britain 6 – 3 Canada
- Mixed Team Round Robin Session 4, Group B: Great Britain 3 – 2 Republic of Korea
- Mixed Team Round Robin Session 5, Group B: Italy 5 – 7 Great Britain
- Mixed Team Round Robin Session 6, Group B: Switzerland 3 – 8 Great Britain
- Mixed Team Round Robin Session 7, Group B: Great Britain 9 – 4 Brazil
- Mixed Team Semi-Final: Switzerland 6 vs 8 Great Britain
- Mixed Team Final: GOLD – Denmark 5 – 7 Great Britain
Mixed Doubles
- Mixed Doubles Round Robin Session 2, Group A: Great Britain 18 – 0 Nigeria
- Mixed Doubles Round Robin Session 7, Group A: Republic of Korea 11 – 2 Great Britain
- Mixed Doubles Round Robin Session 7, Group A: Great Britain 8 – 3 Czechia
- Mixed Doubles Round Robin Session 7, Group A: Great Britain 8 – 4 Hungary
- Mixed Doubles Round Robin Session 15, Group A: Canada 6 – 7 Great Britain
- Mixed Doubles Quarter-Final: Great Britain 7 – 5 Germany
- Mixed Doubles Semi-Final: Sweden 5 – 6 Great Britain
- Mixed Doubles Final: GOLD – Denmark 6 – 7 Great Britain
Figure Skating
Men’s Single Skating
- Tao MacRae – 12th
Ice Dance
- Ashlie Slatter & Atl Ongay-Perez – BRONZE – 3rd
Freestyle Skiing
Women’s Ski Cross:
- Axel Rose Green – Small Final 6th
Men’s Ski Cross:
- Jake Dade – Small Final 7th
- Charlie Cooper – 14th
Mixed Ski Cross:
- Jake Dade & Axel Rose Green – Small Final 2nd
Ice Hockey
Day One:
- Men’s 3-on-3 Tournament Preliminary Round #2: Austria 12 – 3 Great Britain
Day Two:
- Men’s 3-on-3 Tournament Preliminary Round #6: Great Britain 1 – 24 Latvia
- Men’s 3-on-3 Tournament Preliminary Round #9: Denmark 14 – 4 Great Britain
Day Three:
- Men’s 3-on-3 Tournament Preliminary Round #15: Great Britain 7 – 17 Poland
- Men’s 3-on-3 Tournament Preliminary Round #19: Great Britain 8 – 5 Spain
Day Four:
- Men’s 3-on-3 Tournament Preliminary Round #22: Chinese Taipei 3 – 10 Great Britain
- Men’s 3-on-3 Tournament Preliminary Round #27: Kazakhstan 22 – 13 Great Britain
Luge
Women’s singles:
- Kaia Hatton – 16th
Short Track Speed Skating
Men’s 1500m:
- Willem Murray – Final B – 3rd
- Freddie Polak – PEN
Men’s 1000m:
- Willem Murray – Final B – 3rd
- Freddie Polak – Heat 6 – 3rd
Men’s 500m:
- Willem Murray – Quarter finals – 4th
- Freddie Polak – Heat 9 – 3rd
Snowboarding:
Slopestyle:
- Teiva Hamaini – 14th
Big Air:
- Teiva Hamaini – 17th
Halfpipe:
- Siddhartha Ullah – 13th
All results and official reports can be viewed at Olympics.com
