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The second edition of the Winter Youth Olympic Games is taking place from 12 to 21 February in Lillehammer, Norway.
Over 10 days, approximately 1,100 athletes from 71 countries will compete in 15 sport disciplines, consisting of 70 medal events.
13 teams of two men and two ladies from mixed NOCs were grouped together, with each race run over 1.6km. It was won, in one minute 57.85 seconds, by ‘mixed team six’, consisting of SUMIYA Buyantogtoh of Mongolia, Italy’s Noemi Bonazza, Shen Hanyang of China and the men’s 500m bronze medallist from Republic of Korea, Chung Jae Woong.
By contributing to her team’s gold-medal performance, SUMIYA became the first Mongolian athlete to win a medal at any Olympic Winter Games.
"Before the race, I was afraid. Now I can't believe I won the gold," she said. “I was very stressed. It was a lot of pressure, but I’m very proud.
“It was wonderful working with other countries and talking with them.”
The second edition of the Winter Youth Olympic Games is taking place from 12 to 21 February in Lillehammer, Norway.
Over 10 days, approximately 1,100 athletes from 71 countries will compete in 15 sport disciplines, consisting of 70 medal events.
13 teams of two men and two ladies from mixed NOCs were grouped together, with each race run over 1.6km. It was won, in one minute 57.85 seconds, by ‘mixed team six’, consisting of SUMIYA Buyantogtoh of Mongolia, Italy’s Noemi Bonazza, Shen Hanyang of China and the men’s 500m bronze medallist from Republic of Korea, Chung Jae Woong.
By contributing to her team’s gold-medal performance, SUMIYA became the first Mongolian athlete to win a medal at any Olympic Winter Games.
"Before the race, I was afraid. Now I can't believe I won the gold," she said. “I was very stressed. It was a lot of pressure, but I’m very proud.
“It was wonderful working with other countries and talking with them.”