-
Title
Gold for Japan in Women’s skating in while French pair win Ice Dance at Winter Youth Olympic Games Gangwon 2024
-
Publication Date
30th January 2024
-
Languages
FRA | JPN
-
Location
Gangneung Ice Arena, Gangneung, Gangwon Province, Republic of Korea
-
Press Release
-
Description
Japan’s Shimada Mao skated to gold in the Women’s Singles, while the French Pair of Ambre Perrier Gianesini and Samuel Blanc Klaperman won the Ice Dancing at the Winter Youth Olympic Games Gangwon 2024.
15-year-old Shimada produced the top marks in both the Short Program and Free Skating at the Gangneung Ice Centre. Shin Jia (KOR) had raised the hopes of a home win at the Gangneung Ice Arena with an excellent free skate, which did clinch her silver. Takagi Yo completed a good competition for Japan with bronze.
In the Ice Dance 16-year-olds Perrier Gianesini and Blanc Klaperman dominated the competition, with best marks in both the Rhythm Dance and Free Dance. Perrier Gianesini can celebrate her 17th birthday on Wednesday (Jan 31) with a gold medal for France.
-
Games Edition
Gangwon 2024 (YOG)
-
Sport
Skating
-
Discipline
Figure Skating
-
Event
-
Keywords
-
Expiration Date
-
Copyright
© 2024 - International Olympic Committee - All Rights Reserved. IOC Newsroom video news releases (IOC-VNRs) are the exclusive property of the IOC. They are made available to you for bona fide news reporting purposes only and all rights required for their production have been cleared. IOC-VNRs related to the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) are subject to the terms and conditions of the IOC Newsroom and Olympics.com and shall be used in accordance with the specific News Access Rules applicable for each relevant YOG edition in particular in respect to the amount of content, duration of use, no use of Olympic Properties, no commercial association, on-screen credit (“Courtesy of the International Olympic Committee”), infringements and monitoring, etc.
