Lausanne, Switzerland, January 22, 2020: The Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne have come to a close and Asia featured strongly in the medal distribution.
Not only did the big three winter sports powers Japan, Korea and China excel in individual and team events, athletes from other NOCs such as Chinese Taipei and Hong Kong-China also enjoyed success as part of mixed NOC teams.
Find the full list of Asian Gold, Silver and Bronze medal-winners below:
Gold
Yuma Kagiyama (Japan): Men’s single figure skating
Yudai Yamamoto (Japan): Men’s speed skating 500m
You Young (Korea): Women’s single figure skating
Motonaga Arito (Japan): Men’s speed skating 1,500m
Yukino Yoshida (Japan): Mixed NOC team speed skating sprint, Team 3
Utana Yoshida (Japan): Mixed NOC team figure skating (ice dance), Team Courage
Shingo Nishiyama (Japan): Mixed NOC team figure skating (ice dance), Team Courage
Shin Seo-yoon (Korea): Ice hockey women mixed NOC 3-on-3, Team Yellow
Yam Yau (Hong Kong, China): Ice hockey men mixed NOC 3-on-3, Team Greenv Motonaga Arito (Japan): Men’s speed skating mass start
Yang Binyu (China) Women’s speed skating mass start
Seo Whi-min (Korea): Short track speed skating women’s 1,000m
Jang Sung-woo (Korea): Short track speed skating men’s 1,000m
Eileen Gu Ailing (China): Freestyle skiing women’s freeski halfpipe
Seo Whi-min (Korea): Short track speed skating women’s 500m
Lee Jeong-min (Korea): Short track speed skating men’s 500m
Mitsuki Ono (Japan): Snowboard women’s halfpipe
Japan: Women’s six-team ice hockey tournament (Nao Fukuda, Kaaya Komoto, An Shinoda, Kyoka Tsutsumi, Yuka Chujo, Himari Suzuki, Reina Sato, Riri Noro, Masaki Tanabe, Nagomi Murakami, Harua Umemori, Minami Kamada, Rio Noro, Hina Shimomukai, Makoto Ito, Komoto Ito, Yuzuyu Fujii)
Ruka Hirano (Japan): Snowboard men’s halfpipe
Eileen Gu Ailing (China): Freestyle skiing women’s freeski big air
Kim Chan-seo (Korea): Short track speed skating mixed NOC relay, Team B
Shogo Miyata (Japan): Short track speed skating mixed NOC relay, Team B
Hinari Asanuma (Japan): Snowboard women’s big air
Ryoma Kimata (Japan): Snowboard men’s big air
Silver
Wang Jingyi (China): Women’s speed skating 500m
Yuka Takahashi (Japan): Women’s speed skating 1,500m
Motonaga Arito (Japan): Mixed NOC team speed skating sprint, Team 16
Yuma Kagiyama (Japan): Mixed NOC team figure skating, Team Focus
Zhang Xinyue (China): Ice hockey women mixed NOC 3-on-3, Team Black
Chang En-Ni (Chinese Taipei): Ice hockey women mixed NOC 3-on-3, Team Black
Reina Sato (Japan): Ice hockey women mixed NOC 3-on-3, Team Black
Lin Wei-Yu (Chinese Taipei): Ice hockey men mixed NOC 3-on-3, Team Red
Japan: Curling mixed team (Takumi Maeda, Momoha Tabata, Asei Nakahara, Mina Kobayashi)
Eileen Gu Ailing (China): Freestyle skiing women’s freeski slopestyle
Ayane Miyazaki (Japan): Nordic combined women’s individual Normal Hill/4km
Kim Chan-seo (Korea): Short track speed skating women’s 1,000m
Lee Jeong-min (Korea): Short track speed skating men’s 1,000m
Li Fanghui (China): Freestyle skiing women’s freeski halfpipe
Jang Sung-woo (Korea): Short track speed skating men’s 500m
Japan: Ski Jumping mixed team (Ayane Miyazaki, Yuto Nishikata, Machiko Kubota, Sota Kudo)
Manon Kaji (Japan): Snowboard women’s halfpipe
Kaishu Hirano (Japan): Snowboard men’s halfpipe
Chang Hui (Chinese Taipei): Short track speed skating mixed NOC relay, Team G
Jang Sung-woo (Korea): Short track speed skating mixed NOC relay, Team G
Aoto Kawakami (Japan): Snowboard men’s big air
Bronze
Yukino Yoshida (Japan): Women’s speed skating 500m
Xue Zhiwen (China): Men’s speed skating 500m
Yang Binyu (China): Women’s speed skating 1,500m
Yuna Kusama (Japan): Ice hockey women mixed NOC 3-on-3, Team Blue
Elvis Hsu Chuo Xi (Hong Kong, China): Ice hockey men mixed NOC 3-on-3, Team Brown
Li Kongchao (China): Short track speed skating men’s 1,000m
Zhang Tianyi (China): Short track speed skating men’s 500m
Pei Junhang (China): Curling mixed doubles (with CZE)
Seo Whi-min (Korea): Short track speed skating mixed NOC relay, Team A