Youth Olympic Games - Gangwon 2024

Introduction to Selection Processes for the Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games

Qualification

1. Each nation must qualify quotas as per the International Federation (FIS) standards as outlined in the FIS Qualification System.

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2. Athletes who meet the minimum qualification standards as also outlined in the FIS Qualification System are eligible to be considered by the Snow Australia Nomination & Selection Criteria.

Nomination

Nomination is achieved through meeting the criteria outlined by the Snow Australia Nomination & Selection Policy. Eligible athletes are identified from applying this criteria with respect to the nations quota allocation as explained by the 'qualification system' section above. Athletes are then nominated to the Australia Olympic Committee (AOC) for selection.

YWOG 2024 - Nomination and Selection Criteria

Selection

The AOC Selection Committee will then select nominated athletes according to the AOC Selection Criteria. This process may also include the following requirements;

Compliance with AOC By-Laws, Policies and Standards of Behaviour
Signed Team Membership Agreement and Disclosure
Signed Entry and Eligibility Form

Qualification Timeline

1 July 2022 to 17 December 2023 - Gangwon 2024 qualification period
18th December 2023 - FIS to inform NOC's and NF's of their allocated quota places through publication on the FIS Website
20-21 December 2023 - FIS to reallocate all unused quota places and NOCs to confirm quota
3rd January 2024 - End of reallcation period
5th January 2024 - Gangwon 2024 Sport Entries Deadline

Selection Timeline

Between the 4th December 2023 and 8th December 2023 - The Snow Australia Selection Panel will meet to make recommendations to the national federation.
20th December 2023 - Snow Australia Nominate Athletes to the AOC for selection to the AWYOT
20th December 2023 - Athletes notified of their Selection / Non-Selection to the AWYOT
5th January 2024 - Gangwon 2024 Sport Entries Deadline

Gangwon 2024

The fourth edition of the Winter Youth Olympic Games 2024 will be held in Gangwon province in the cities of Pyeongchang and Gangneung (Republic of Korea), home to the Olympic Winter Games 2018.

Gangwon 2024 draws upon the successful delivery of the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 and aims to continue their vision of bringing sport to a new generation of winter athletes. The hosting of the Winter YOG leverages the significant investment that the Republic of Korea has made into developing winter sport in the country and throughout Asia.

The Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee (YOGOC) has held an event with local youth at the PyeongChang Olympic Museum to launch the slogan “Grow Together, Shine Forever”, celebrating the 500-day countdown to Gangwon 2024.

Winter Youth Olympic Games 2024 Tickets

The AOC has recently annouced that applications for Gangwon 2024 Winter YOG tickets are now open. Tickets for the events are free, except for the Opening Ceremony in Gangneung.

Approximately 1,900 athletes will take part from 81 different nations, from 19th January to 1st February 2024.

Don't miss your chance to secure your tickets below.

Gangwon 2024 Winter YOG Ticket Applications

Offical Program

Click here to read the Gangwon 2024 Official Program

Quick Facts & Venues

Gangwon 2024 will host the 4th Winter Youth Olympic Games from 19 January to 1 February 2024. A total of 81 events, building on the sustainable overall size of Lausanne 2020, are scheduled for a fortnight of competition and celebration.The event programme was finalised with the confirmation of the venue master plan and includes the events of halfpipe (freestyle skiing and snowboard), dual moguls (only freestyle skiing), and cross (freestyle skiing and snowboard) with venues for those events now approved (the details of the Gangwon 2024 event programme are available here). This has been done in partnership with all seven Olympic Winter International Federations.

The Games will benefit from the legacy of the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018. They will take place in four locations: Gangneung (for ice sports), PyeongChang (for Nordic and sliding disciplines), Jeongseon High 1 (for Alpine skiing and dual moguls), and Hoengseong (for the remaining freestyle skiing and snowboard events).

The 1,900 participating athletes will stay in one of the two Youth Olympic Villages (YOVs): Gangneung-WonjuNational University YOV or Jeongseon High 1 Ski Resort YOV. This will ensure sustainable Games, an optimised spectator experience, and strong mobilisation and participation in the local youth activities and athletes’ educational programmes. In addition, with a new focus on the Jeongseon area, this master plan opens new long-term prospects for Gangwon province and Jeongseon county.

Coordination Commission Chair and IOC Member Hong Zhang said: “With this plan, the Winter Youth Olympic Games Gangwon 2024 represent a symbolic bridge between the legacy of the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018, the empowerment of tomorrow's youth and the future transformation of an entire region.”

Shin Chang-jae, President of the Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee (GYOGOC), said: “These future Games already prefigure the founding principle of ‘togetherness’ at all stages of creation. The Gangwon 2024 Organising Committee is honoured to have the full support of the Gangwon region and Jeongseon county. It is a promise for the future of a region, but also for a whole generation.”

Local youth participation and athlete experience at the heart of Gangwon 2024

Over the past 18 months, weekly virtual meetings have been held between the two parties, nurturing conversations and a strong partnership to determine the best ways of engaging with young people. The local youth mobilisation already began last spring with a "Youth Supporters Programme". Thirty youth supporters, aged between 13 and 24, were involved in a promotional video bringing together 60 people from more than 12 countries. The use of digital platforms has already been tested by the Gangwon 2024 Organising Committee, with the implementation of a “metaverse”, a virtual copy of Youth Olympic sites and surrounding facilities at the Korea Youth Expo in May 2021, which reached more than 4,600 people.

Background information

Gangwon (Korea) was elected as the host of the 4thWinter YOG, to be held in 2024, at the 135th IOC Session in Lausanne, Switzerland, on 10 January 2020. Since then, the GYOGOC has been established and has been working in close partnership with the IOC and other key stakeholders to advance the planning of the Games, building on the successful delivery of the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 and the 3rdWinter YOG Lausanne 2020.

The Youth Olympic Games were established by the IOC as a high-level multi-sports event. They are a unique combination of athletic performance, a purpose-driven sports festival and an incubator for innovation which bring young elite athletes aged from 15 to 18 together to develop their sports skills, live out the Olympic values and share their experience with other young athletes from around the world. The 1stWinter Youth Olympic Games were hosted by Innsbruck in 2012, and they have been held every four years since then.

Links

IOC Official Website: https://olympics.com/ioc/gangwon-2024