2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games, January 9-22 in Lausanne, Switzerland

[Sylvia]

Redirect tells me I don't have access... Is it a paid link?

Yes, a season pass subscription is required (check out the Board Business forum).

Article about Anna Kondrashova Levandi and her son :

Figure Skating - News, Athletes, Highlights & More

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www.lausanne2020.sport

Olympic Information Service on Twitter

““Sometimes I think about my parents, that they were Olympians and world-class athletes, and I think maybe I should grow up to their level,” Arlet Levandi of 🇪🇪 at #Lausanne2020 ⛸️ 🇨🇭 #YouthOlympics #Olympics @ISU_Figure @youtholympics @lausanne2020 🔗 https://t.co/42ab7E9lPn”

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ETA the same article with different photos (including two of his father at the Olympics):

Estonian figure skater Levandi follows family winter Olympic tradition - Olympic News

Two months later, the youngest son of Winter Olympians, infant Arlet was part of the Estonian contingent at the Torino 2006 Olympic Winter Games.

www.olympic.org

His coach and mother Anna Levandi (Kondrashova) is a two-time figure skating Winter Olympian (1984, 1988) and 1984 world championship silver medallist. His father, Allar Levandi, competed at three editions of the Winter Olympics (1988, 1992, 1994), taking bronze in the Nordic combined at Calgary 1988.

 

[beaver_fan]

I'll post here then.

 

[beaver_fan]

I am a subscriber to her channel, has been made private since. Can't find it again.

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[Sylvia]

Tomorrow's Opening Ceremony will be streamed by the Olympic YT channel here (not geoblocked, I assume):

RELIVE - Opening Ceremony | Lausanne 2020

The wait is over! The Winter Youth Olympic Games Lausanne 2020 are finally here and the Opening Ceremony is getting the show started. Don't miss out! Subscri...

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[beaver_fan]

Can you post the link?

ETA that I assume the skaters' names & hometowns are copied from the downloadable link titled "Lausanne 2020 Delegation" at https://olympic.ca/press-resources/

Lausanne 2020: Meet Team Canada - Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website

Team Canada will be sending 78 rising young stars to compete at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in...

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[Sylvia]

^^^ Thanks for posting the link! I spent some time looking on that website but somehow missed seeing that article!

Thank you to @shutterbug for posting this Richmond (B.C.) News article on USA's Liam Kapeikis who currently trains at the Connaught SC, coached by Keegan Murphy:

American skater feels right at home with Richmond club

Liam Kapeikis representing United States at Youth Olympics in Switzerland

www.richmond-news.com

 

[barbarafan]

Lausanne 2020: Meet Team Canada - Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website

Team Canada will be sending 78 rising young stars to compete at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in...

olympic.ca

thank-you

 

[Sylvia]

Here's Skate Canada's YOG team press release today:

Canadian figure skating team named for the 2020 Youth Olympic Winter Games

OTTAWA, ON: The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) and Skate Canada officially announced the eight athletes and four coaches that will represent Team Canada in figure skating at the Youth Olympic Winter Games in Lausanne, Switzerland from January 9-22, 2020. Skaters qualified for the team based on...

skatecanada.ca

“We’ve been aiming for the Youth Olympics for over a year now and it’s crazy to believe it’s already here,” said Natalie D’Alessandro and Bruce Waddell, junior ice dance team. “We’ve followed the amazing preparations for Lausanne 2020 on social media and are excited to be a part of this experience representing Canada. We are extremely proud to be team members of Canada’s next generation for this new decade!”
“Our NextGen athletes have been focused on training for the Youth Olympic Winter Games and we are proud to have a strong team representing Team Canada in Lausanne,” said Andre Bourgeois, NextGen Director, Skate Canada. “All our skaters are solid contenders and we are looking forward to hitting the ice at the Games.”

The 4 coaches are Andrew Evans (M/T), Andrew Hallam (D/W), Aaron Lowe (M/G) and Manon Perron (singles).

 

[Sylvia]

I was able to read this Boston Globe article on the 2019 U.S. Novice Pairs silver medalists, Cate Fleming & Jedidiah Isbell (making their junior international debut at YOG), on my phone:

The Boston Globe on Twitter

“A local figure skating pair is representing the US in the Youth Olympics in Switzerland. https://t.co/0AWlJkOxwE”

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ETA:

Team USA figure skaters are ready for the opening ceremony (pictured in 3 of the 4 photos here):

Team USA on Twitter

“U-S-A 🇺🇸 U-S-A 🇺🇸 U-S-A 🇺🇸 #TeamUSA is ready for the #Lausanne2020 Opening Ceremony!”

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[Frau Muller]

Tomorrow's Opening Ceremony will be streamed by the Olympic YT channel here (not geoblocked, I assume):

RELIVE - Opening Ceremony | Lausanne 2020

The wait is over! The Winter Youth Olympic Games Lausanne 2020 are finally here and the Opening Ceremony is getting the show started. Don't miss out! Subscri...

www.youtube.com

In the US: On regular old-fashioned cable TV, Olympic Channel just showed the opening ceremonies tonight, to be repeated at 11PM Eastern. Three hours of same-day highlights begin tomorrow (10 Jan) at 8pm Eastern...to feature Figure Skating on Day 1, according to emcee Jimmy Roberts (Pairs & Men SPs)...Dance & Ladies SPs begin on Sat, 11 Jan, etc.

 

[concorde]

How does the Team event work? Are they following the same rules are the regular Olympics?

 

[Colonel Green]

How does the Team event work? Are they following the same rules are the regular Olympics?

Yes, same scoring system.

 

[concorde]

Yes, same scoring system.

Any idea which countries will have teams?

 

[Colonel Green]

Any idea which countries will have teams?

It's mixed nationality, the teams are assigned by random draw.

The gold medal team in 2016 was Dmitri Aliev, Li Xiangning, Sarah Rose & Joseph Goodpaster, and Anastasia Skoptsova & Kirill Aleshin.

 

[Seerek]

There were 8 teams in 2016, and they only skated free programs. It seems the teams were randomly drawn, though some skaters that were initially drawn ended up withdrawing/declining.

Figure Skating - Mixed NOC Team Men | Lillehammer 2016 Youth Olympic Games

Highlights of the Mixed NOC Team Ladies' from the Hamar Olympic Amphitheatre on Day 9 of the 2016 Youth Olympic Games in Lillehammer. Team Desire win the Mix...

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