By Liam Morgan, Michael Pavitt and Philip Barker in Lausanne
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will not only award the Winter Youth Olympics to countries who have hosted the main Games and the door is open for smaller nations to stage the event, according to a senior official at the organisation.
Germany claimed both gold medals on offer on the opening day of luge competition at the Winter Youth Olympic Games.
Climate activist Greta Thunberg issued a warning to world leaders that climate change demonstrations will not go away, as a march swept through Lausanne during the Winter Youth Olympic Games here.
By Liam Morgan, Michael Pavitt and Philip Barker in Lausanne
Swedish climate change activist Greta Thunberg is expected to arrive in Lausanne tomorrow as part of a planned event, taking place during the Winter Youth Olympic Games here.
The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games should look to the example of Lausanne 2020 to create an atmosphere that appeals to young people, according to International Olympic Committee (IOC) official Christophe Dubi.
Yang Binyu earned China's first gold medal of Lausanne 2020, triumphing in the women's mass start speed skating competition, while the men's event saw further Japanese success and a breakthrough medal for Colombia.
Norway edged out Japan in an extra end to clinch the mixed team curling gold medal at the Winter Youth Olympic Games in Champéry.
Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo 2026 can learn from how organisers of the Winter Youth Olympic Games have made a success of the "decentralised" model used here, according to senior International Olympic Committee (IOC) official Christophe Dubi.
A mixed team taekwondo competition is set to contested at the Dakar 2022 Summer Youth Olympic Games.
The 2019 World Athletics 200 metres champion Dina Asher-Smith has advised competitors at Lausanne 2020 to "be authentic" on social media.
By Liam Morgan, Michael Pavitt and Philip Barker in Lausanne
Senegalese Olympic Committee President Mamadou N'Diaye is seeking China's help in the hosting of the 2022 Summer Youth Olympic Games in Dakar.
Individual ambitions were put to one side on the penultimate day of Lausanne 2020 speed skating competition, as a 16-team mixed National Olympic Committee (NOC) sprint event was held in St Moritz.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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