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| Location | Lausanne, Switzerland |
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| Motto | Start Now |
| Nations | 79 |
| Athletes | 1,788 |
| Events | 81 in 8 sports (16 disciplines) |
| Opening | 9 January |
| Closing | 22 January |
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| Stadium | Vaudoise Aréna |
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| 2020 Winter Youth Olympics |
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The2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games (German:Olympische Jugend-Winterspiele 2020;French:Jeux olympiques de la jeunesse d'hiver de 2020;Italian:Giochi olimpici giovanili invernali del 2020;Romansh:Gieus olimpics da giuvenils d'enviern 2020), officially known as theIII Winter Youth Olympic Games and commonly known asLausanne 2020 (Italian andRomansh:Losanna 2020), were the third edition of the WinterYouth Olympics; a major international multi-sport event and cultural festival for teenagers that was held inLausanne, Switzerland, the home of theInternational Olympic Committee, between 9 and 22 January 2020.
The bidding calendar was announced by the IOC on 6 June 2013, with the application deadline set for 28 November 2013.[1]Lausanne (Switzerland) andBrașov (Romania) were the only two cities that submitted the bids and were selected as the final candidates.[2]
The IOC voted to select the host city of the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics on 31 July 2015 at the128th IOC Session at theKuala Lumpur Convention Centre inKuala Lumpur,Malaysia. Lausanne was selected by 71 votes to 10, as it got at least 41 votes needed for a majority.[1][3]
| City | Nation | Votes |
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| Lausanne |  Switzerland | 71 |
| Brașov |  Romania | 10 |
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The Youth Olympic Games featured 8 sports and 16 disciplines. 81 events took place which included 13 mixed team events (NOCs), 34 men's events, and 34 women's events. Ski mountaineering and women's Nordic combined was featured for the first time in an Olympic event. A mixed-NOC 3-on-3 ice hockey tournament and a women's doubles event in luge were also contested for the first time.[5]
Alpine skiing(9) (details)
Biathlon(6) (details)
Bobsleigh(2) (details)
Cross-country skiing(6) (details)
Curling(2) (details)
Figure skating(5) (details)
Freestyle skiing(8) (details)
Ice hockey(4) (details)
Luge(5) (details)
Nordic combined(3) (details)
Short track speed skating(5) (details)
Skeleton(2) (details)
Ski jumping(3) (details)
Ski mountaineering(5) (details)
Snowboarding(9) (details)
Speed skating(7) (details)A total of 1,788 athletes from 79 nations qualified, the most for any edition of aWinter Youth Olympics.[6] 12 NOCs made theirWinter Youth Olympics debuts: Albania, Azerbaijan, Ecuador, Haiti, Hong Kong, Kosovo, Pakistan, Qatar, Singapore, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, and Turkmenistan.[7] Qatar and Turkmenistan have never competed at theWinter Olympics and Haiti competed at the2022 Winter Olympics.
| OC | Opening ceremony | ● | Event competitions | 1 | Event finals | EG | Exhibition Gala | CC | Closing ceremony |
| January | 9 Thu | 10 Fri | 11 Sat | 12 Sun | 13 Mon | 14 Tue | 15 Wed | 16 Thu | 17 Fri | 18 Sat | 19 Sun | 20 Mon | 21 Tue | 22 Wed | Events |
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 Ceremonies | OC | CC | |||||||||||||
 Alpine skiing | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||
 Biathlon | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
 Bobsleigh | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
 Cross-country skiing | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||
 Curling | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 2 | ||
 Figure skating | ● | ● | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||
 Freestyle skiing | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |||||||||
 Ice hockey | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 2 | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
 Luge | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||
 Nordic combined | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||
 Short track speed skating | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||
 Skeleton | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
 Ski jumping | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||
 Ski mountaineering | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||
 Snowboarding | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | ||||||||||
 Speed skating | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Total events | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 81 | |
| Cumulative total | 4 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 26 | 32 | 35 | 37 | 47 | 55 | 67 | 73 | 81 | ||
| January | 9 Thu | 10 Fri | 11 Sat | 12 Sun | 13 Mon | 14 Tue | 15 Wed | 16 Thu | 17 Fri | 18 Sat | 19 Sun | 20 Mon | 21 Tue | 22 Wed | Events |
* Host nation (Switzerland)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Russia | 10 | 11 | 8 | 29 |
| 2 |  Switzerland* | 10 | 6 | 8 | 24 |
| 3 |  Japan | 9 | 7 | 1 | 17 |
| – |  Mixed-NOCs | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
| 4 |  Sweden | 6 | 4 | 7 | 17 |
| 5 |  Austria | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 6 |  Germany | 5 | 7 | 6 | 18 |
| 7 |  South Korea | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 8 |  Norway | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 9 |  China | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 10 |  France | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 |
| 11–33 | Remaining | 17 | 23 | 28 | 68 |
| Totals (33 entries) | 83 | 79 | 81 | 243 | |
The opening ceremony of the 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games took place on the evening of Thursday 9 January 2020 at theVaudoise Aréna, in Lausanne.[9]
The closing ceremony of the 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games took place on the evening of Thursday 22 January 2020 at the Medals Plaza Lausanne. The ceremony featured the flag handover from mayor of LausanneGrégoire Junod to IOC PresidentThomas Bach and to the governor ofGangwonChoi Moon-soon as host of the2024 Winter Youth Olympics and the extinguishing of the Youth Olympic flame.
| Yodli | |
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| Mascot of the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics (Lausanne) | |
| Creator | ERACOM |
| Significance | A combination of acow,Saint Bernard dog andgoat |
Yodli the official mascot was unveiled on 8 January 2019 atCIG de Malley before the match betweenLausanne HC andHC Davos. Yodli is inspired by a combination of a cow, a Saint Bernard dog, and a goat, and was created by ERACOM. Blue represents the Swiss lakes.[10]
Magenta, Sky Blue
It was announced that all events apart from the opening ceremony would be free to watch in January 2020.[11]
Europe -Eurosport
Singapore -Mediacorp (delay)
Thailand – Plan B[12]
Malaysia -Unifi TV
United States -Olympic Channel
Mexico - Marca Claro (online),TUDN (Delay)
United Kingdom -BBC iPlayer (online)| Preceded by | WinterYouth Olympic Games Lausanne 2020 | Succeeded by |
| Summer Games | |
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| Winter Games | |
