WYOG Lausanne 2020

There were mixed fortunes for Team Ireland in the Slalom at the Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne today, with Emma Austin finishing in a strong twenty-eighth position out of 78 starters with a time of 1:42.02 and Matt Ryan being recorded as a DNF. This was the preferred event for both athletes, who were competing […]

In the men’s event Ryan looked set for a good position, with a good opening section, but went a millimetre out on the first roll and straddled a pole, and one of his skis came off. Describing the chain of events, Ryan said, “I felt the course was going well up top, there were a

A good clean first run in the Slalom for Emma Austin netted a 35th place ranking with 51.66 seconds as she moves into the second run later today. This is the fifth day of competition for Team Ireland at the Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne, and both Irish athletes will be in action today.

Following a strong top thirty run earlier this day, Matt Ryan was a DNF in the second run of the Giant Slalom today, after a crash dashed his hopes at the Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne. Earlier today Ryan clocked a fast time of 1.06.80, which had him ranked 28th going into the second run

Matt Ryan moves into the second run of the Giant Slalom ranked 28th after clocking a time of 1.06.80 in the first race this morning. He is competing on day four of the Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne, with the Alpine Skiing taking place in the ski resort Les Diablerets. Ryan is sitting 4.30 seconds

Tricky and Icy Conditions Cut Austin’s Day Short at the Youth Olympics Icy conditions and a tricky turn resulted in a DNF for Team Ireland’s Emma Austin in the Giant Slalom at the Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne today. The Irish Alpine Skier was the 58th starter in the first run, and joined nineteen other

Tomorrow Emma Austin makes her Games debut, competing in the Giant Slalom on day three of the Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne, with the first run starting at 09:00 Irish time. The Giant Slalom is an Alpine Skiing Race, where the athlete negotiates a series of poles and gates that are on the course

Big Performance in the Alpine Combined Slalom at the Youth Olympics A clean fast slalom run from Team Ireland’s Alpine Skier Matt Ryan saw the seventeen year old jump twenty places in the Alpine Combined today, to finish 25th overall with a time of 1:34.11 at the Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne, Switzerland. Fast

Ryan Finishes 45 in the Super G at the Youth Olympics Team Ireland’s action at the Winter Youth Olympics was kick started by Matt Ryan today, when he finished 45th in the Super G, with a time of 58.7 seconds. Gold went to Swedish skier Adam Hofstedt, Slovenian Rok Azneh took silver, and local interest

Team Ireland has two athletes competing in the Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne. While the Games run from the 9 – 22 January, the Irish focus will be solely on the Alpine Skiing where Matt Ryan and Emma Austin will be competing. The Athletes: Matt Ryan Matt Ryan is a seventeen year old Alpine

Team Ireland is represented by two Alpine athletes, Matt Ryan and Emma Austin at the Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne, Switzerland 2020. The Opening Ceremony took place on the 9 January, in the newly built ice hockey venue – The Lausanne Vaudoise Arena, in front of a packed house. The Opening Ceremony started with the

Opening Ceremony for Winter Youth Olympics Tonight at 7pm Local Time Alpine Skier Matt Ryan has been announced as the flagbearer for the Opening Ceremony of the Winter Youth Olympic Games which takes place this evening in Lausanne, the home of the Olympic movement. Ryan is one of two athletes competing for Team Ireland at