Finland at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Finland at the
2024 Winter Youth Olympics
Finland at the; 2024 Winter Youth Olympics
	Flag of Finland
IOC code	FIN
NOC	Finnish Olympic Committee
in Gangwon, South Korea; 19 January 2024 – 1 February 2024
Competitors	51 in 10 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Eeli Keranen & Hanni Koski
Flag bearer (closing)	TBD
Medals; Ranked 13th	Gold 3 Silver 0 Bronze 4 Total 7
Winter Youth Olympics appearances
	2012; 2016; 2020;

Finland is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics in Gangwon, South Korea, from January 19 to February 1, 2024. This will be Finland's fourth appearance at the Winter Youth Olympic Games, having competed at every Games since the inaugural edition in 2012.

The Finnish team consisted of 51 athletes (36 men and 15 women) competing in ten sports.^[1] Ski jumper Eeli Keranen and biathlete/cross-country skier Hanni Koski were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.^[2]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	2	3	5
Biathlon	4	4	8
Cross-country skiing*	3	3	6
Figure skating	0	1	1
Freestyle skiing	3	1	4
Ice hockey	18	0	18
Nordic combined	2	2	4
Ski jumping	2	2	4
Snowboarding	1	0	1
Speed skating	1	0	1
Total	36	15	51

Hanni Koski will compete in both biathlon and cross-country skiing. Her total is counted once in the overall number.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Minja Korhonen	Nordic combined	Women's individual normal hill/4 km	29 January
Gold	Nelli-Lotta Karppelin	Cross-country skiing	Women's 7.5 km classical	30 January
Gold	Eemeli Kurttila Heta Hirvonen Minja Korhonen Peter Räisänen	Nordic combined	Mixed team normal hill/4 × 3.3 km	31 January
Bronze	Jaakko Koskinen	Freestyle skiing	Men's slopestyle	25 January
Bronze	Amelie Björksten Altti Pyrrö	Alpine skiing	Parallel mixed team	26 January
Bronze	Nelli-Lotta Karppelin	Cross-country skiing	Women's sprint	29 January
Bronze	Finland men's national under-16 ice hockey team	Ice hockey	Men's tournament	31 January

Alpine skiing

Finland qualified five alpine skiers (two men and three women).^[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Altti Pyrrö	Super-G	—	55.90	21
	Giant slalom	Did not start
	Slalom	48.38	15	53.55	12	1:41.93	11
	Combined	57.29	35	58.61	25	1:55.90	25
Urho Rechardt	Super-G	—	56.19	26
	Giant slalom	51.18	22	47.80	22	1:38.98	22
	Slalom	Did not finish
	Combined	Did not finish

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Amelie Björksten	Super-G	—	56.25	25
	Giant slalom	49.88	12	52.91	5	1:42.79	7
	Slalom	52.08	16	49.11	8	1:41.19	11
	Combined	58.44	21	Did not finish
Aada Marttila	Super-G	—	Did not finish
	Giant slalom	Did not finish
	Slalom	Did not finish
	Combined	Did not finish
Kia Suni	Super-G	—	56.21	24
	Giant slalom	51.53	21	Did not finish
	Slalom	53.83	28	Did not finish
	Combined	59.11	30	52.79	10	1:51.90	18

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Amelie Björksten Altti Pyrrö	Parallel mixed team	Slovenia W 3–2	Switzerland W 2*–2	Sweden L 0–4	United States W 2*–2

Biathlon

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Akseli Kirjavainen	Sprint	24:59.9	4 (1+3)	57
Akseli Kirjavainen	Individual	47:59.5	6 (0+3+0+3)	36
Eemil Koskinen	Sprint	24:02.7	5 (3+2)	36
Eemil Koskinen	Individual	50:14.0	9 (3+3+2+1)	62
Arttu Remes	Sprint	25:35.2	6 (1+5)	67
Arttu Remes	Individual	50:39.8	10 (3+2+2+3)	66
Kaapo Saarinen	Sprint	23:23.7	3 (3+0)	21
Kaapo Saarinen	Individual	48:59.4	6 (2+3+0+1)	52

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Eveliina Hakala	Sprint	22:23.4	4 (0+4)	25
Eveliina Hakala	Individual	42:30.8	6 (0+3+0+3)	24
Hanni Koski	Sprint	24:08.2	5 (4+1)	45
Hanni Koski	Individual	44:25.4	7 (2+4+1+0)	49
Erika Kujala	Sprint	24:01.9	7 (2+5)	42
Erika Kujala	Individual	42:49.8	6 (0+3+1+2)	28
Ilona Rantakömi	Sprint	21:35.6	1 (0+1)	13
Ilona Rantakömi	Individual	43:46.1	5 (1+2+0+2)	39

Mixed

Athletes	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Eveliina Hakala Akseli Kirjavainen	Single mixed relay	48:53.7	2+18	15
Eveliina Hakala Ilona Rantakömi Eemil Koskinen Kaapo Saarinen	Mixed relay	1:25:59.0	10+22	13

Cross-country skiing

Finland qualified six cross-country skiers (three per gender).^[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Leevi Passila	7.5 km classical	—	21:40.2	36
Leevi Passila	Sprint freestyle	3:08.39	10 Q	3:04.99	4	Did not advance
Kalle Tossavainen	7.5 km classical	—	20:44.6	15
Kalle Tossavainen	Sprint freestyle	3:06.12	5 Q	3:10.89	3	Did not advance
Topias Vuorela	7.5 km classical	—	20:15.5	6
Topias Vuorela	Sprint freestyle	3:14.58	33	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Signe Jakobsson	7.5 km classical	—	26:25.8	45
Signe Jakobsson	Sprint freestyle	3:51.09	34	Did not advance
Nelli-Lotta Karppelin	7.5 km classical	—	22:19.6
Nelli-Lotta Karppelin	Sprint freestyle	3:31.60	3 Q	3:33.31	1 Q	3:36.45	1 Q	3:34.46
Hanni Koski	7.5 km classical	—	23:17.9	14
Hanni Koski	Sprint freestyle	3:39.22	14 Q	3:39.31	1 Q	3:48.59	6	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Hanni Koski Topias Vuorela Nelli-Lotta Karppelin Kalle Tossavainen	Mixed relay	54:29.8	8

Figure skating

Athlete	Event	SP/SD		FS/FD		Total
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Iida Karhunen	Women's singles	55.04	11	111.84	7	166.88	8

Freestyle skiing

Dual moguls

Athlete	Event	Group Stage						Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Points	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Eero Lampi	Men's dual moguls	Huff (USA) L 2–3	Gianella (SUI) W 3–2	Gravenfors (SWE) W 3–2	Long (CHN) L 2–3	10	3	Did not advance

Halfpipe, Slopestyle & Big Air

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Jaakko Koskinen	Men's big air	81.00	76.00	81.00	7 Q	18.50	61.75	45.25	107.00	8
Jaakko Koskinen	Men's slopestyle	69.50	80.00	80.00	6 Q	82.75	78.25	83.75	83.75
Aimo Mandelin	Men's big air	54.25	79.00	79.00	8 Q	76.25	90.25	44.25	166.50	4
Aimo Mandelin	Men's slopestyle	7.25	6.75	7.25	24	Did not advance
Lina Häggström	Women's slopestyle	23.50	DNS	23.50	17	Did not advance

Ice hockey

Finland qualified a men's hockey team of 18 athletes.^[5]

Summary

Key:

OT – Overtime
GWS – Match decided by game winning shots

Team	Event	Group stage			Semifinal	Final
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Finland	Men's tournament	South Korea W 3–1	Canada L 1–4	2nd	Czech Republic L 1–3	Canada W 5–4 GWS

Men's tournament

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	2	2	0	12	1	+11	6	Semifinals
2		2	1	1	4	5	−1	3	Semifinals
3	South Korea (H)	2	0	2	1	11	−10	0

Source: Gangwon 2024
(H) Host

28 January 2024
20:00

3–1
(1–1, 2–0, 0–0)

South Korea

Gangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 3,713

Game reference

William Gammals

Goalies

Lim Jae-hun

Referees:
Rasmus Ankersen
Joseph Sewell
Linesmen:
David Thuma
Niclas Westman

	0–1	01:01 – Gong (Lee S.)
Arkko (Alalauri, Kähkönen) – 11:05	1–1
Myllyniemi – 24:31	2–1
Torkki (Järvenpää, Kähkönen) – 28:53	3–1

1.5 min

Penalties

1.5 min

46

Shots

8

29 January 2024
20:00

Canada

4–1
(1–0, 0–0, 3–1)

Gangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 2,083

Game reference

Carter Esler

Goalies

Pyry Lammi

Referees:
Rasmus Ankersen
Oskar Øvstedal
Linesmen:
Lim Jun-seo
David Thuma

Di Iorio (Edwards) – 11:40	1–0
Di Iorio (Chartrand) – 35:03	2–0
Lin (SH2) – 37:52	3–0
	3–1	38:32 – Alalauri (Piiparinen, Suvanto) (PP2)
Di Iorio (O'Donnell) (ENG) – 43:20	4–1

9 min

Penalties

4.5 min

39

Shots

19

Semifinals

30 January 2024
14:00

Czech Republic

3–1
(0–0, 3–0, 0–1)

Gangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 3,448

Game reference

Jan Láryš
Martin Psohlavec

Goalies

Pyry Lammi

Referees:
Mathieu Boudreau
Adler Steenstra
Linesmen:
Lim Jun-seo
David Prokofyev

Nedorost (Ruml, Bělohorský) (PP2) – 17:14	1–0
Bělohorský (Reisnecker) – 19:06	2–0
Novák (Vaněček, Katolický) – 29:11	3–0
	3–1	34:32 – Kähkönen (Arkko, Torkki)

4.5 min

Penalties

7.5 min

33

Shots

25

Bronze medal game

31 January 2024
13:00

Canada

4–5 GWS
(3–2, 0–2, 1–0)
(SO: 0–1)

Gangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 4,652

Game reference

Carter Esler

Goalies

William Gammals
Pyry Lammi

Referees:
Oskar Øvstedal
Joseph Sewell
Linesmen:
Lim Jun-seo
Niclas Westman

Di Iorio (Edwards) – 06:15	1–0
Lawrence (Lin, O'Donnell) – 06:46	2–0
Verhoeff (Wassilyn) – 06:58	3–0
	3–1	07:27 – Laitinen (Myllyniemi, Rinne)
	3–2	08:20 – Arkko (Kähkönen, Kallio) (PP)
	3–3	25:34 – Kallio (Nuutinen, Suvanto)
	3–4	27:18 – Kähkönen (Arkko, Piiparinen) (PP)
Preston (Lin) – 38:58	4–4

Preston
Valentini

Shootout

Uronen
Myllyniemi

7.5 min

Penalties

1.5 min

36

Shots

37

Nordic combined

Individual

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping				Cross-country
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Rank	Deficit	Time	Rank
Eemeli Kurttila	Men's normal hill/6 km	107.0	132.6	3	+0:34	14:43.1	7
Peter Räisänen	Men's normal hill/6 km	88.0	91.5	21	+3:18	16:44.9	18
Heta Hirvonen	Women's normal hill/4 km	100.0	118.6	3	+0:59	11:29.5	4
Minja Korhonen	Women's normal hill/4 km	103.5	133.3	1	0:00	10:02.7

Team

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping			Cross-country
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Deficit	Time	Rank
Heta Hirvonen Peter Räisänen Eemeli Kurttila Minja Korhonen	Mixed team	435.8	2	+0:13	33:56.2

Ski jumping

Finland qualified four ski jumpers (two per gender).^[6]

Individual

Athlete	Event	First round			Final			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Eeli Keränen	Men's normal hill	90.5	81.8	17	92.0	82.8	15	164.6	15
Juho Ojala	Men's normal hill	74.0	44.8	33	76.5	49.2	33	94.0	34
Sofia Mattila	Women's normal hill	96.0	90.0	5	94.0	83.6	10	173.6	8
Emilia Vidgren	Women's normal hill	65.0	23.5	27	76.0	50.8	20	74.3	24

Team

Athlete	Event	First round				Final				Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Team points	Rank	Distance	Points	Team points	Rank	Points	Rank
Sofia Mattila Juho Ojala Emilia Vidgren Eeli Keränen	Mixed team	90.5 88.5 75.0 84.5	83.9 81.7 51.6 74.7	291.9	11	86.0 80.5 74.0 87.0	80.7 72.4 55.1 83.4	291.6	10	583.5	10

Snowboarding

Halfpipe, Slopestyle & Big Air

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Erik Jurmu	Men's slopestyle	53.25	23.25	53.25	9 Q	50.75	21.75	20.75	50.75	7
Erik Jurmu	Men's big air	10.00	10.25	10.25	20	Did not advance

Speed skating

Distance

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Eeka Rintala	Men's 500 m	42.04	30
Eeka Rintala	Men's 1500 m	2:12.74	30

Mass Start

Athlete	Event	Semifinal			Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Time	Rank
Eeka Rintala	Men's mass start	0	5:58.86	15	Did not advance

References

^ "Suomen joukkue nuorten talviolympialaisiin valittu" [The Finnish team selected for the Youth Winter Olympics]. www.olympiakomitea.fi/ (in Finnish). Finnish Olympic Committee. 4 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
^ "Gangwon 2024 Opening Ceremony Flagbearers Information" (PDF). www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
^ "Alpine Skiing quotas list for Youth Olympic Winter Games 2024". www.fis-ski.com/. International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). 18 December 2023. Archived from the original on 14 February 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
^ "Cross-Country quotas list for Youth Olympic Winter Games 2024". www.fis-ski.com/. International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). 18 December 2023. Archived from the original on 14 February 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
^ "Ice hockey at Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic Games: Preview, full schedule, and how to watch live YOG action". International Olympic Committee. 13 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
^ "Ski Jumping quotas list for Youth Olympic Winter Games 2024". www.fis-ski.com/. International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). 18 December 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2024.

[1] "Suomen joukkue nuorten talviolympialaisiin valittu" [The Finnish team selected for the Youth Winter Olympics]. www.olympiakomitea.fi/ (in Finnish). Finnish Olympic Committee. 4 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2024.

[2] "Gangwon 2024 Opening Ceremony Flagbearers Information" (PDF). www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.

[3] "Alpine Skiing quotas list for Youth Olympic Winter Games 2024". www.fis-ski.com/. International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). 18 December 2023. Archived from the original on 14 February 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2024.

[4] "Cross-Country quotas list for Youth Olympic Winter Games 2024". www.fis-ski.com/. International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). 18 December 2023. Archived from the original on 14 February 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2024.

[5] "Ice hockey at Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic Games: Preview, full schedule, and how to watch live YOG action". International Olympic Committee. 13 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2024.

[6] "Ski Jumping quotas list for Youth Olympic Winter Games 2024". www.fis-ski.com/. International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). 18 December 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2024.

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Nations at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics in Gangwon, South Korea
Africa	Algeria Kenya Nigeria South Africa Tunisia
Americas	Argentina Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Jamaica Mexico Puerto Rico United States
Asia	China Hong Kong India Iran Japan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Lebanon Mongolia Nepal Philippines Qatar Singapore South Korea Chinese Taipei Thailand United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan
Europe	Andorra Armenia Austria Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia France Georgia Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Kosovo Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine
Oceania	Australia New Zealand

Competitors

Medalists

Alpine skiing

Biathlon

Cross-country skiing

Figure skating

Freestyle skiing

Ice hockey

Men's tournament

Nordic combined

Ski jumping

Snowboarding

Speed skating

See also

References