NINE PANAM SPORTS COUNTRIES READY TO SHINE AT GANGWON 2024 WINTER YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES

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The United States leads the continent with the most athletes participating while Puerto Rico will make its Winter Youth Games debut with a single representative. In total, 239 athletes from the Americas will participate in the Olympic event in South Korea.

This Friday, January 19, the IV Winter Youth Olympic Games will begin in Gangwon, South Korea. A total of 79 countries around the world that will seek glory across 14 days of competition.

The sports program for these Games features 7 sports and 15 disciplines and a total of 81 events, and these Games mark the first time in history with full gender parity, with the same number of events on the Olympic program for men and women.

The 15 disciplines of Gangwon 2024 are Alpine Skiing, Biathlon, Bobsleigh, Cross-Country Skiing, Curling, Figure Skating, Freestyle Skiing, Ice Hockey, Luge, Nordic Combined, Short Track Speed Skating, Skeleton, Ski Jumping, Snowboarding and Speed Skating.

Many of the venues used for the 2018 Winter Olympic Games will be used in this event. The Games will be divided across four regions, with snow events held in PyeongChang, Jeongseon and Hoengseong, while the ice competitions will be held in Gangneung.

A total of 9 sports venues will hold the competitions with athletes staying in two Olympic Villages. The villages are located in Jeongseon and Gangneung.

The Americas will be very well represented with 239 athletes from nine countries:

Argentina: 7 athletes
Brazil: 18
Canada: 79
Chile: 12
Colombia: 5
Jamaica: 3
Mexico: 13
Puerto Rico: 1
United States: 101

The United States will be the country with the most athletes on the continent with 101 delegates, followed by Canada with 79 and Brazil with 18. Mexico will have a delegation of 13 athletes, all from the women’s 3×3 ice hockey team. Chile is the 5th country with the most athletes in the region with 12 representatives.

Meanwhile, Puerto Rico will make its debut at the Winter Youth Olympic Games thanks to Isabela Aponte who will be the first Caribbean athlete in history to participate in the Luge discipline.

The Opening Ceremony will begin this Friday at 8:00 p.m. Korea time (5am Mexico, 6am Colombia and 7am Argentina/Chile) and will have two simultaneous stages: at Gangneung Oval and the PyeongChang Dome.

Don’t miss the highlights and updates from the athletes of Panam Sports at this great sporting event on our website and social media.