| Kenya at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics | |
|---|---|
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| IOC code | KEN |
| NOC | Kenyan Olympic Committee |
| inGangwon, South Korea 19 January 2024 (2024-01-19) – 1 February 2024 (2024-02-01) | |
| Competitors | 2 in 2 sports |
| Flag bearers (opening) | Issa Laborde &Ashley Ongonga |
| Flag bearer (closing) | TBD |
| Medals |
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| Winter Youth Olympics appearances | |
Kenya competed at the2024 Winter Youth Olympics inGangwon, South Korea, from January 19 to February 1, 2024. This wasKenya's second appearance at theWinter Youth Olympic Games, having debuted at the Games at the second edition in 2016.
The Kenyan team consisted of two athletes (one man and one woman) competing in two sports.[1] Alpine skierIssa Laborde and cross-country skierAshley Ongonga were the country's flagbearers during theopening ceremony.[2]
The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine skiing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Cross-country skiing | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Kenya qualified one male alpine skier.[3][4] French-born skier Issa Gachingiri Laborde Dit Pere chose to represent his mother's country of Kenya in international competition.[5]
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Issa Laborde | Super-G | — | 58.35 | 41 | |||
| Giant slalom | 54.12 | 48 | 50.09 | 37 | 1:44.21 | 37 | |
| Slalom | 56.18 | 53 | 59.85 | 34 | 1:56.03 | 35 | |
| Combined | 59.23 | 46 | 1:06.56 | 35 | 2:05.79 | 35 | |
Kenya qualified one female cross-country skier.[6][7] Italian based skier Ashley Tshanda Ongonga has dual citizenship with Italy and Kenya and chose to represent the latter.[8] Ongonga became the first female cross-country skier from the continent of Africa to qualify for the Winter Youth Olympics.[9][10]
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Ashley Ongonga | 7.5 km classical | — | 30:26.1 | 63 | |||||
| Sprint freestyle | 4:22.80 | 62 | Did not advance | ||||||
She becomes the first ever African female cross-country skier to qualify for the games.