Nigeria is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics in Gangwon, South Korea, from January 19 to February 1, 2024. This will be Nigeria's debut appearance at the Winter Youth Olympic Games.[1]
| Nigeria at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics | |
|---|---|
 | |
| IOC code | NGR |
| NOC | Nigerian Olympic Committee |
| in Gangwon, South Korea 19 January 2024 – 1 February 2024 | |
| Competitors | 6 in 1 sport |
| Flag bearer (opening) | Roy Daniel & Oluwanimifise Wale-Adeogun |
| Flag bearer (closing) | TBD |
| Medals |
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| Winter Youth Olympics appearances (overview) | |
The Nigerian team consisted of six athletes (three per gender) competing in curling. Curlers Roy Daniel and Oluwanimifise Wale-Adeogun were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.[2]
Competitors edit
The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Curling | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Total | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Curling edit
Nigeria qualified a mixed team and mixed doubles pair for a total of six athletes.[3][4] Nigeria was the first African curling team to qualify for the Winter Youth Olympics, as no African nation was represented in curling at the first three Games.[5]
- Summary
| Team | Event | Group Stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Goodnews Charles Oluwanimifise Wale-Adeogun Faitu Danmola Nkoyo Oku |
Mixed team |  JapanL 1–20 |
 TurkeyL 2–22 |
 NorwayL 0–21 |
 New ZealandL 1–12 |
 United StatesL 0–20 |
 ChinaL 2–22 |
 SwedenL 0–16 |
8 | Did not advance | 16 | ||
| Oluwatomisin Akinsanya Roy Daniel |
Mixed doubles |  HungaryL 3–13 |
 Great BritainL 0–18 |
 Czech RepublicL 0–19 |
 CanadaL 0–14 |
 South KoreaL 1–17 |
— | 6 | Did not advance | 24 | |||
Mixed team edit
| Group A | Skip | W | L | W–L | PF | PA | EW | EL | BE | SE | DSC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China |
Li Zetai | 6 | 1 | 1–0 | 65 | 25 | 28 | 17 | 0 | 12 | 59.04 |
| United States |
Kenna Ponzio | 6 | 1 | 0–1 | 68 | 26 | 31 | 16 | 1 | 15 | 51.38 |
| Japan |
Kaito Fujii | 5 | 2 | 1–0 | 64 | 26 | 27 | 17 | 2 | 11 | 39.53 |
| Sweden |
Vilmer Nygren | 5 | 2 | 0–1 | 55 | 42 | 27 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 58.05 |
| Norway |
Alexander Johansen | 3 | 4 | – | 49 | 39 | 25 | 19 | 2 | 11 | 65.33 |
| Turkey |
Muhammed Taha Zenit | 2 | 5 | – | 41 | 40 | 16 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 82.17 |
| New Zealand |
Jed Nevill | 1 | 6 | – | 27 | 44 | 18 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 86.52 |
 Nigeria |
Goodnews Charles | 0 | 7 | – | 6 | 133 | 4 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 199.60 |
- Round robin
- Draw 1
Saturday, January 20, 10:00
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Japan (Fujii) 
|
5 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | X | X | 20 |
| Nigeria (Charles)
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 1 |
- Draw 2
Saturday, January 20, 18:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Nigeria (Charles)
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | X | 2 |
| Turkey (Zenit)
|
8 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | X | X | 22 |
- Draw 3
Sunday, January 21, 14:00
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Nigeria (Charles)
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 0 |
| Norway (Johansen)
|
2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | X | X | 21 |
- Draw 4
Monday, January 22, 10:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| New Zealand (Nevill)
|
4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | X | 12 |
| Nigeria (Charles)
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 |
- Draw 5
Monday, January 22, 18:00
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Nigeria (Charles)
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 0 |
| United States (Ponzio)
|
4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | X | X | 20 |
- Draw 6
Tuesday, January 23, 14:00
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Nigeria (Charles)
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 2 |
| China (Li)
|
6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 2 | X | X | 22 |
- Draw 7
Wednesday, January 24, 9:00
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Sweden (Nygren)
|
3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | X | 16 |
| Nigeria (Charles)
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 0 |
Mixed doubles edit
| Group A | W | L | W–L | DSC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Britain |
4 | 1 | 1–0 | 40.06 |
| Czech Republic |
4 | 1 | 0–1 | 42.84 |
| Canada |
3 | 2 | – | 54.69 |
| Hungary |
2 | 3 | 1–0 | 89.06 |
| South Korea |
2 | 3 | 0–1 | 38.09 |
| Nigeria |
0 | 5 | – | 168.42 |
- Round robin
- Draw 1
Friday, January 26, 18:00
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Nigeria (Akinsanya / Daniel)
|
0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 3 |
| Hungary (Nagy / Kárász)
|
4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | X | 13 |
- Draw 2
Saturday, January 27, 10:00
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Great Britain (Soutar / Brewster)
|
5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | X | X | 18 |
| Nigeria (Akinsanya / Daniel)
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 0 |
- Draw 7
Sunday, January 28, 18:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Czech Republic (Zelingrová / Bláha)
|
1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | X | X | 19 |
| Nigeria (Akinsanya / Daniel)
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 0 |
- Draw 9
Monday, January 29, 14:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Nigeria (Akinsanya / Daniel)
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 0 |
| Canada (Locke / Perry)
|
6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | X | 14 |
- Draw 11
Tuesday, January 30, 10:00
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| South Korea (Lee / Lee)
|
1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 | X | X | 17 |
| Nigeria (Akinsanya / Daniel)
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 1 |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Mikkelsen, Sebastian (15 January 2024). "From Singapore 2010 to Gangwon 2024: The Evolution of YOG". www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). Retrieved 15 January 2024.
Algeria, Nigeria, Puerto Rico, Tunisia, and the United Arab Emirates will all make their Winter Youth Olympic debut.
- ^ "Gangwon 2024 Opening Ceremony Flagbearers Information" (PDF). www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ "Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic Games Teams Confirmed". www.worldcurling.org. World Curling Federation (WCF). 12 April 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
- ^ Shefferd, Neil (14 April 2023). "Teams for Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympics curling competitions confirmed". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
- ^ Akindubuwa, Emmanuel; Akinremi, Isaiah (19 January 2024). "Winter Youth Olympics: Nigerian history-making curlers battle for funding". BBC News. London, United Kingdom. Retrieved 25 January 2024.