United States at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

The United States competed at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne, Switzerland from 9 to 22 January 2020.[1]

United States at the
2020 Winter Youth Olympics
IOC codeUSA
NOCUnited States Olympic Committee
Websitewww.teamusa.org
in Lausanne
Competitors96 in 16 sports
Medals
Ranked 11th
Gold
2
Silver
3
Bronze
6
Total
11
Winter Youth Olympics appearances (overview)

Medalists

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Medals awarded to participants of mixed-NOC teams are represented in italics. These medals are not counted towards the individual NOC medal tally.

Medal Name Sport Event Date
  Gold Kiernan Fagan Freestyle skiing Boys' slopestyle 20 January
  Gold Dusty Henricksen Snowboarding Boys' slopestyle 20 January
  Gold Jonathan So Short track speed skating Mixed NOC team relay 22 January
  Silver Kate Wang
Cate Fleming / Jedidah Isbell
Figure skating Team trophy 15 January
  Silver Hunter Carey Freestyle skiing Boys' halfpipe 21 January
  Silver Kiernan Fagan Freestyle skiing Boys' big air 22 January
  Silver United States men's national under-16 ice hockey team
Ice hockey Boys' tournament 22 January
  Bronze Katarina Wolfkostin / Jeffrey Chen Figure skating Ice dancing 13 January
  Bronze Jonathan Tobon Speed skating Boys' 1500 metres 13 January
  Bronze Jonathan Tobon Speed skating Mixed team sprint 15 January
  Bronze Hanna Faulhaber Freestyle skiing Girls' halfpipe 20 January
  Bronze Hunter Henderson Freestyle skiing Boys' slopestyle 20 January
  Bronze Kendall Kramer Cross-country skiing Girls' 5 kilometres classic 21 January
  Bronze Will Koch Cross-country skiing Boys' 10 kilometres classic 21 January

Alpine skiing

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Boys
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Daniel Gillis

 

Super-G 56.32 25
Combined 56.32 25 36.42 26 1:32.74 19
Giant slalom DNF
Slalom 39.82 27 41.82 21 1:21.64 20
Maxx Parys

 

Super-G 59.01 46
Combined 59.01 46 36.13 24 1:35.14 29
Giant slalom DNF
Slalom 47.43 47 DNF
Trent Pennington

 

Super-G 55.88 20
Combined 55.88 20 DNF
Giant slalom 1:05.12 14 1:06.20 19 2:11.32 17
Slalom DNF
Girls
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Lauren Macuga

 

Super-G DNF
Combined DNF
Emma Resnick

 

Super-G 57.21 11
Combined 57.21 11 39.00 14 1:36.21 12
Giant slalom 1:06.37 12 1:02.79 1 2:09.16 4
Slalom 46.97 14 DNF
Nicola Rountree-Williams

 

Super-G DNF
Combined DNF
Giant slalom 1:05.95 8 1:04.06 8 2:10.01 8
Slalom 47.29 18 45.84 13 1:33.13 13


Mixed
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Nicola Rountree-Williams
Daniel Gillis
Team   Argentina (ARG)
W 3–1
  France (FRA)
L 2–2*
Did not advance 6

Biathlon

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Boys
Athlete Event Time Misses Rank
Etienne Bordes Sprint 21:45.2 2 (1+1) 34
Individual 42:39.8 8 (2+3+2+1) 76
Van Ledger

 

Sprint 23:49.6 5 (1+4) 75
Individual 41:03.5 6 (3+2+0+1) 59
Cale Woods

 

Sprint 23:15.3 4 (2+2) 64
Individual 41:24.3 6 (0+3+0+3) 64
Girls
Athlete Event Time Misses Rank
Kaisa Bosek Sprint 21:38.0 2 (1+1) 55
Individual 36:30.8 2 (0+0+2+0) 18
Maja Lapkass Sprint 22:25.8 4 (2+2) 70
Individual 41:38.3 10 (1+4+2+3) 69
Margaret Madigan

 

Sprint 22:07.4 2 (1+1) 65
Individual 39:59.8 8 (3+2+1+2) 55
Mixed
Athletes Event Time Misses Rank
Kaisa Bosek
Van Ledger
Single mixed relay 48:30.2 4+11 21
Kaisa Bosek
Margaret Madigan
Etienne Bordes
Cale Woods
Mixed relay 1:21:20.9 3+15 19

Bobsleigh

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Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Bridger Stone

 

Boys' 1:13.47 6 1:13.33 10 2:26.80 9
Maddy Cohen

 

Girls' 1:16.06 15 1:15.91 15 2:31.97 14

Cross-country skiing

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Boys
Athlete Event Qualification Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Brian Bushey 10 km classic 28:12.6 13
Free sprint 3:33.18 44 Did not advance
Cross-country cross 4:35.68 28 Q 4:35.33 9 Did not advance
Will Koch 10 km classic 27:29.5  
Free sprint 3:22.98 17 Q 3:26.22 4 Did not advance
Cross-country cross 4:17.33 3 Q 4:17.07 1 Q 4:15.07 4
Kai Mittelsteadt 10 km classic 30:38.0 48
Free sprint DNS
Cross-country cross 4:44.09 47 Did not advance
Girls
Athlete Event Qualification Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Kendall Kramer 5 km classic 14:36.3  
Free sprint 2:54.44 22 Q 2:55.80 5 Did not advance
Cross-country cross 5:09.65 14 Q 5:08.51 6 Did not advance
Sydney Palmer-Leger

 

5 km classic 14:43.3 4
Free sprint 2:52.98 18 Q 2:55.53 2 Q 2:52.17 6 Did not advance
Cross-country cross 5:01.58 8 Q 4:52.62 2 Q 4:49.31 4
Nina Seemann 5 km classic 16:21.1 35
Free sprint 3:01.25 35 Did not advance
Cross-country cross 5:10.26 16 Q 5:06.07 6 Did not advance

Curling

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United States qualified a mixed team of four athletes.[2]

Mixed team

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Summary
Team Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Ethan Hebert
Kaitlin Murphy
Charlie Thompson
Alina Tschumakow

 

Mixed team   Italy (ITA)
L 3 – 7
  Latvia (LAT)
W 8 – 0
  Japan (JPN)
L 2 – 8
  Czech Republic (CZE)
L 4 – 6
  Sweden (SWE)
L 3 – 8
5 Did not advance 19

Mixed doubles

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Summary
Athletes Event Round of 48 Round of 24 Round of 12 Round of 6 Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
  Malin da Ros (SUI)
  Ethan Hebert (USA)
Mixed doubles   Lasmane (LAT) /   Becker (NZL)
L 4–10
Did not advance
  Kaitlin Murphy (USA)
  Jaedon Neuert (CAN)
  Farries (GBR) /   Polat (TUR)
W 8–4
  Gregori (SLO) /   Winz (SUI)
L 6–8
Did not advance
  Kim Sutor (GER)
  Charlie Thompson (USA)
  Vergnaud (FRA) /   Burås (NOR)
L 5–7
Did not advance
  Alina Tschumakow (USA)
  Francesco de Zanna (ITA)
  Park (KOR) /   Kamiński (POL)
L 7–8
Did not advance

Figure skating

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8 American figure skaters achieved quota places for the USA delegation based on the results of the 2019 World Junior Figure Skating Championships.[3]

Singles
Athlete Event SP FS Total
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Liam Kapeikis Boys' singles 49.57 14 112.02 9 161.59 10
Audrey Shin

 

Girls' singles 60.36 7 116.31 7 176.67 7
Kate Wang

 

54.75 10 86.42 14 141.17 13
Couples
Athletes Event SP/SD FS/FD Total
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Cate Fleming / Jedidah Isbell

 

Pairs 49.87 4 88.10 6 137.97 6
Katarina Wolfkostin / Jeffrey Chen

 

Ice dancing 57.02 5 95.41 3 152.43  
Mixed NOC team trophy
Athletes Event Free skate/Free dance
Ice dance Pairs Girls Boys Total
Points
Team points
Points
Team points
Points
Team points
Points
Team points
Points Rank
Team Determination
  Katarina Wolfkostin / Jeffrey Chen (USA)
  Brooke McIntosh / Brandon Toste (CAN)
  Nella Pelkonen (FIN)
  Cha Young-hyun (KOR)
Team trophy 90.41
5
96.73
5
91.27
2
133.13
6
18 4
Team Focus
  Sofya Tyutyunina / Alexander Shustitskiy (RUS)
  Cate Fleming / Jedidah Isbell (USA)
  Kate Wang (USA)
  Yuma Kagiyama (JPN)

 

Team trophy 96.39
7
91.34
3
101.84
4
157.62
8
22  
Team Hope
  Miku Makita / Tyler Gunara (CAN)
  Letizia Roscher / Luis Schuster (GER)
  Maïa Mazzara (FRA)
  Liam Kapeikis (USA)
Team trophy 89.87
4
78.24
1
103.36
5
117.28
5
15 8

Freestyle skiing

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Ski cross
Athlete Event Group heats Semifinal Final
Points Rank Position Position
Eli Derrick Boys' ski cross 12 10 Did not advance
Slopestyle & Big Air
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Rank
Hunter Carey Boys' halfpipe 81.66 73.66 81.66 2 Q 84.00 86.00 30.66 86.00  
Kiernan Fagan

 

Boys' big air 79.00 25.00 79.00 6 Q 88.75 94.25 87.00 183.00  
Boys' slopestyle 11.66 83.00 83.00 3 Q 87.33 90.66 35.33 90.66  
Hunter Henderson

 

Boys' big air 87.50 72.50 87.50 1 Q 89.50 43.50 85.75 175.25 4
Boys' halfpipe DNS
Boys' slopestyle 80.33 3.66 80.33 4 Q 32.00 88.66 83.66 88.66  
Connor Ladd Boys' halfpipe 5.00 54.66 54.66 9 Q 33.00 73.33 53.33 73.33 5
Hannah Faulhaber

 

Girls' halfpipe 78.66 80.33 80.33 3 Q 63.33 77.33 71.33 77.33  
Riley Jacobs

 

Girls' big air 60.66 63.00 63.00 10 Q 13.50 53.75 52.25 106.00 8
Girls' halfpipe 69.00 67.33 69.00 5 Q 60.33 51.33 41.66 60.33 6
Montana Osinski

 

Girls' big air 16.33 30.00 30.00 16 Did not advance
Girls' slopestyle 58.50 53.50 58.50 11 Q 21.75 42.50 40.75 42.50 10
Jenna Riccomini

 

Girls' big air 77.66 64.66 77.66 4 Q 67.75 9.75 60.75 128.50 5
Girls' halfpipe 45.33 46.00 46.00 12 Did not advance
Girls' slopestyle 59.25 57.00 59.25 10 Q 26.75 47.00 52.00 52.00 8

Ice hockey

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The United States sent one boys' ice hockey team consisting of 17 athletes.

Boys' tournament

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The team roster is listed as follows:[4]

No. Pos. 2020 Winter Youth Olympics United States U-16 boys' ice hockey team roster Height Weight Birthdate Hometown Current Team
1 G Dylan Silverstein 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) 73 kg (161 lb) 7 February 2004 Calabasas, California Dexter Southfield (NEPSAC)
30 G Arthur Smith 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 30 April 2004 Farmington, Connecticut Selects Academy
5 D Vinny Borgesi 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) 60 kg (130 lb) 2 March 2004 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Selects Academy
2 D Hunter Brzustewicz 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) 76 kg (168 lb) 29 November 2004 Washington Township, Michigan Oakland Jr. Grizzlies (HPHL)
3 D Seamus Casey 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) 61 kg (134 lb) 8 January 2004 Estero, Florida Florida Alliance (NAPHL)
4 D Ryan Chesley 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) 77 kg (170 lb) 27 February 2004 Mahtomedi, Minnesota Shattuck-St. Mary's
7 D Tyler DukeA 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) 70 kg (150 lb) 19 July 2004 Strongsville, Ohio Compuware Hockey Club (HPHL)
6 D Lane Hutson 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) 54 kg (119 lb) 14 February 2004 North Barrington, Illinois North Jersey Avalanche (AYHL)
11 F Gavin Brindley 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) 61 kg (134 lb) 5 October 2004 Estero, Florida Florida Alliance (NAPHL)
8 F Maddox FlemingA 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) 70 kg (150 lb) 13 February 2004 Rochester, Minnesota Shattuck-St. Mary's
9 F Cutter Gauthier 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) 77 kg (170 lb) 19 January 2004 Northville, Michigan Compuware Hockey Club (HPHL)
10 F Isaac Howard 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) 73 kg (161 lb) 30 March 2004 Hudson, Wisconsin Shattuck-St. Mary's
17 F Cruz Lucius 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) 52 kg (115 lb) 5 April 2004 Grant, Minnesota Gentry Academy (NAPHL)
12 F Rutger McGroarty 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) 77 kg (170 lb) 30 March 2004 Lincoln, Nebraska Oakland Jr. Grizzlies (HPHL)
14 F Frank Nazar 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) 66 kg (146 lb) 14 January 2004 Mount Clemens, Michigan HoneyBaked Hockey Club (HPHL)
15 F Jimmy SnuggerudC 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) 74 kg (163 lb) 1 June 2004 Chaska, Minnesota Chaska High School (MSHSL)
16 F Charlie Stramel 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 15 October 2004 Apple Valley, Minnesota Rosemount High School (MSHSL)
Coaching staff

Head Coach: Scott Paluch
Assistant Coaches: Guy Gosselin, Kevin Reiter

Summary
Team Event Group stage Semifinal Final
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
United States boys' Boys' tournament   Finland
W 7–5
  Switzerland
W 8–2
1 Q   Canada
W 2–1
  Russia
L 0–4
 

Luge

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Boys
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Matthew Greiner

 

Singles 54.897 9 54.833 7 1:49.730 9
Hunter Harris

 

55.725 18 55.880 16 1:51.605 15
Samuel Day
Samuel Eckert

 

Doubles 55.624 5 58.233 9 1:53.857 8
Girls
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
McKenna Mazlo

 

Singles 56.045 14 56.047 16 1:52.092 15
Maya Chan
Reannyn Weiler

 

Doubles 56.145 3 57.095 6 1:53.240 4
Mixed team relay
Athlete Event Girls' singles Boys' singles Doubles Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
McKenna Mazlo
Matthew Greiner
Maya Chan
Reannyn Weiler

 

Team relay 58.047 7 59.955 6 1:01.177 8 2:59.179 7

Nordic combined

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Individual
Athlete Event Ski jumping Cross-country
Distance Points Rank Deficit Time Rank
Carter Brubaker Boys' Normal hill/6 km DNS
Niklas Malacinski

 

85.5 116.9 3 0:15 15:32.9 5
Tess Arnone

 

Girls' Normal hill/4 km 71.0 86.7 15 2:00 14:18.0 14
Alexa Brabec 69.5 88.8 14 1:53 14:18.4 15
Nordic mixed team
Athlete Event Ski jumping Cross-country
Points Rank Deficit Time Rank
Tess Arnone
Niklas Malacinski
Annika Belshaw
Erik Belshaw
Sydney Palmer-Leger
Will Koch
Nordic mixed team 385.5 7 2:13 32:45.4 6

Short track speed skating

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Three American skaters achieved quota places for the USA delegation based on the results of the 2019 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships.[3]

Boys
Athlete Event Heats Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Jonathan So

 

500 m PEN Did not advance
1000 m 1:30.428 1 Q 1:31.616 1 Q 1:31.810 2 Q 1:33.896 4
Girls
Athlete Event Heats Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Jenell Berhorst

 

500 m 47.836 1 Q 46.243 3 Did not advance
1000 m PEN Did not advance
Hailey Choi

 

500 m 45.103 2 Q 44.956 2 Q 44.849 4 46.185 7
1000 m 1:35.837 1 Q 1:33.787 3 Did not advance
Mixed
Athlete Event Heats Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Team B
  Kim Chan-seo (KOR)
  Diede van Oorschot (NED)
  Shogo Miyata (JPN)
  Jonathan So (USA)
Mixed team relay 4:11.095 1 QA 4:12.378  
Team D
  Michelle Velzeboer (NED)
  Jenell Berhorst (USA)
  Zhang Tianyi (CHN)
  Sanzhar Zhanissov (KAZ)
4:13.578 3 QB PEN
Team H
  Zhang Chutong (CHN)
  Hailey Choi (USA)
  Lee Jeong-min (KOR)
  Natthapat Kancharin (THA)
4:31.666 4 QB 4:15.234 5

Skeleton

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Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Teddy Fitzsimons

 

Boys 1:14.32 19 1:13.75 18 2:28.07 18
James McGuire

 

1:12.40 16 1:10.91 12 2:23.31 16

Ski jumping

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Boys
Athlete Event First round Final Total
Distance Points Rank Distance Points Rank Points Rank
Erik Belshaw

 

Normal hill 82.0 102.2 16 75.5 93.8 24 196.0 22
Landon Lee

 

68.0 73.1 32 67.5 76.4 31 149.5 32
Girls
Athlete Event First round Final Total
Distance Points Rank Distance Points Rank Points Rank
Annika Belshaw

 

Normal hill 68.5 90.5 20 66.0 73.4 21 163.9 21
Paige Jones

 

68.0 82.2 23 70.5 70.9 22 153.1 23
Mixed
Athlete Event First round Final Total
Distance Points Rank Distance Points Rank Points Rank
Alexa Brabec
Niklas Malacinski
Paige Jones
Landon Lee
Mixed Team 280.0 353.9 10 265.5 323.2 11 677.1 11

Ski mountaineering

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Individual
Athlete Event Time Rank
George Beck

 

Individual 53:51.21 12
Jeremiah Vaille

 

Individual 56:58.99 17
Samantha Paisley

 

Individual 1:18:40.08 20
Grace Staberg

 

Individual 1:03:21.24 7


Sprint
Athlete Event Qualification Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
George Beck Boys' sprint 3:06.06 14 3:04.40 5 Did not advance
Jeremiah Vaille Boys' sprint 3:12.19 18 3:05.73 5 Did not advance
Samantha Paisley Girls' sprint 3:56.44 14 3:48.55 5 Did not advance
Grace Staberg Girls' sprint 3:53.25 12 3:49.58 4 Did not advance
Mixed
Athlete Event Time Rank
Grace Staberg
Jeremiah Vaille
Samantha Paisley
George Beck
Mixed relay 39:07 6

Snowboarding

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Snowboard cross
Athlete Event Group heats Semifinal Final
Points Rank Position Position
Theo McLemore

 

Boys' snowboard cross 17 4 Q 3 SF 8
Connor Schlegel 16 5 Did not advance
Acy Craig Girls' snowboard cross 13 7 Did not advance
Madeline Lochte-Bono

 

16 6 Did not advance
Athlete Event Pre-Heats Quarterfinals Semifinal Final
Position Position Position Position
Mixed Team 11
  Madeline Lochte-Bono (USA)
  Kayla Anna Lozáková (SVK)
  Theo McLemore (USA)
  Jakub Válek (SVK)
Team snowboard ski cross 2 Q 4 Did not advance
Halfpipe, Slopestyle, & Big Air
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Rank
Jack Coyne

 

Boys' big air DNS
Boys' halfpipe 69.00 64.00 69.00 8 Q 70.33 53.00 76.00 76.00 5
Boys' slopestyle 58.33 63.33 63.33 10 Q 34.33 34.00 30.33 34.33 8
Will Healy

 

Boys' big air 60.25 70.25 70.25 10 Q 12.75 61.75 66.25 128.00 6
Boys' slopestyle DNS 14.33 14.33 18 Did not advance
Dusty Henricksen

 

Boys' big air 90.50 86.75 90.50 2 Q 94.25 82.50 28.50 176.75 4
Boys' slopestyle 84.66 21.00 84.66 2 Q 94.00 96.33 27.00 96.33  
Kolman LeCroy Boys' halfpipe 18.33 82.33 82.33 5 Q 15.66 42.33 12.33 42.33 10
Athena Comeau Girls' halfpipe 42.66 37.00 42.66 10 Did not advance
Tessa Maud

 

Girls' halfpipe 82.00 12.33 82.00 4 Q 76.00 76.00 18.66 76.00 4
Courtney Rummel

 

Girls' big air 53.66 DNS 53.66 8 Q DNS
Girls' slopestyle 41.75 22.75 41.75 8 Q 53.25 DNS DNS 53.25 7
Ty Schnorrbusch

 

Girls' big air 70.00 DNS 70.00 5 Q 62.50 68.50 56.00 131.00 5
Girls' slopestyle 52.25 61.75 61.75 3 Q 59.75 30.25 15.50 59.75 6

Speed skating

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Boys
Athlete Event Time Rank
Jordan Stolz 500 m 37.34 5
1500 m 2:02.84 21
Jonathan Tobon

 

500 m 37.78 8
1500 m 1:55.67  
Mass Start
Athlete Event Semifinal Final
Points Time Rank Points Time Rank
Jordan Stolz Boys' mass start DNF Did not advance
Jonathan Tobon

 

12 6:32.83 3 Q 1 6:30.97 8
Mixed
Athlete Event Time Rank
Team 5
  Amalie Haugland (NOR)
  Kim Min-hui (KOR)
  Oddbjørn Mellemstrand (CZE)
  Jordan Stolz (NED)
Mixed team sprint Disqualified
Team 14
  Ramona Ionel (ROU)
  Valeriia Sorokoletova (RUS)
  Tuukka Suomalainen (FIN)
  Jonathan Tobon (USA)

 

Mixed team sprint 2:05.96  

See also

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References

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  1. ^ US Olympic Paralympic Committee Announces 96-member 2020 US Youth Olympic Team Team USA
  2. ^ Pavitt, Michael (22 May 2019). "World Curling Federation announce 24 nations to compete at Lausanne 2020". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  3. ^ a b "ISU Communication 2235 - Provisional Quota places Figure Skating & Speed Skating / Final Quota places Short Track Speed Skating". International Skating Union. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  4. ^ "2020 Youth Olympic Games Roster". USA Hockey.
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