Kazakhstan at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Kazakhstan at the
2024 Winter Youth Olympics
Kazakhstan at the; 2024 Winter Youth Olympics
	Flag of Kazakhstan
IOC code	KAZ
NOC	National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan
in Gangwon, South Korea; 19 January 2024 – 1 February 2024
Competitors	41 in 9 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Yerassyl Shyngyskhan & Kristina Shumekova
Flag bearer (closing)	TBD
Medals; Ranked 20th	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 2 Total 3
Winter Youth Olympics appearances (overview)
	2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;

Kazakhstan is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics in Gangwon, South Korea, from 19 January to 1 February 2024, This will be Kazakhstan's fourth appearance at the Winter Youth Olympic Games, having competed at every Games since the inaugural edition in 2012.

The Kazakh team consisted of 41 athletes (27 men and 14 women) competing in ten sports.^[1] Short track speed skater Yerassyl Shyngyskhan and speed skater Kristina Shumekova were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.^[2]^[3]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	1	1	2
Biathlon	3	3	6
Cross-country skiing	2	2	4
Curling	1	1	2
Freestyle skiing	1	1	1
Ice hockey	13	0	13
Ski jumping	2	2	4
Short track speed skating	2	2	4
Speed skating	2	2	4
Total	27	14	41

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Ilya Mizernykh	Ski jumping	Men's individual normal hill	20 January
Bronze	Polina Omelchuk	Short track speed skating	Women's 1000 metres	21 January
Bronze	Kazakhstan men's national under-16 ice hockey team	Ice hockey	Men's 3x3 tournament	25 January

Alpine skiing

Kazakhstan qualified two alpine skiers (one per gender).^[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Rostislav Khokhlov	Super-G	—	59.54	45
	Giant slalom	53.36	44	48.75	31	1:42.11	33
	Slalom	50.58	35	55.80	19	1:46.38	19
	Combined	58.68	42	DNF

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alexandra Skorokhodova	Super-G	—	55.71	18
	Giant slalom	49.71	9	52.80	4	1:42.51	5
	Slalom	50.84	8	49.50	14	1:40.34	9
	Combined	57.96	16	52.52	8	1:50.48	10

Biathlon

Kazakhstan qualified six biathletes (three per gender).

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Ilyas Khassenov	Sprint	26:38.9	7 (4+3)	77
Ilyas Khassenov	Individual	48:19.7	7 (2+0+1+4)	42
Anton Redkin	Sprint	23:16.2	1 (1+0)	17
Anton Redkin	Individual	52:00.3	9 (3+3+0+3)	72
Kirill Zotov	Sprint	24:33.7	3 (2+1)	48
Kirill Zotov	Individual	45:55.0	3 (1+1+0+1)	23

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Alema Karabayeva	Sprint	25:04.9	5 (4+1)	57
Alema Karabayeva	Individual	43:27.3	4 (1+0+1+2)	36
Evelina Mezentseva	Sprint	25:23.8	7 (4+3)	62
Evelina Mezentseva	Individual	45:00.3	8 (3+2+2+1)	57
Mariya Vorobyeva	Sprint	DNF
Mariya Vorobyeva	Individual	49:18.4	9 (2+2+2+3)	82

Mixed

Athletes	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Alema Karabayeva Ilyas Khassenov	Single mixed relay	47:31.0	10 (0+10)	10
Alema Karabayeva Evelina Mezentseva Anton Redkin Kirill Zotov	Mixed relay	1:23:56.5	18 (3+15)	11

Cross-country skiing

Kazakhstan qualified four cross-country skiers (two per gender).^[5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Berik Boranbayev	7.5 km classical	—	21:39.9	35
Berik Boranbayev	Sprint freestyle	3:10.43	22 Q	3:07.01	5	Did not advance
Aubakir Totanov	7.5 km classical	—	21:59.7	40
Aubakir Totanov	Sprint freestyle	3:18.78	37	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Milana Mamedova	7.5 km classical	—	27:28.8	52
Milana Mamedova	Sprint freestyle	4:13.16	56	Did not advance
Violetta Mitropolskaya	7.5 km classical	—	24:06.8	25
Violetta Mitropolskaya	Sprint freestyle	3:50.35	33	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Milana Mamedova Berik Boranbayev Violetta Mitropolskaya Aubakir Totanov	Mixed relay	58:57.4	16

Curling

Kazakhstan qualified a mixed doubles pair for a total of two athletes (one per gender).^[6]^[7]

Summary

Team	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Merey Tastemir Ibragim Tastemir	Mixed doubles	Austria L	Germany L 4–8	Switzerland L 1–9	Italy W 10–2	Denmark L 3–15	5	Did not advance			18

Mixed doubles

Group D	W	L	W–L	DSC
Denmark	4	1	1–1	30.64
Germany	4	1	1–1	31.04
Switzerland	4	1	1–1	79.90
Austria	2	3	–	40.68
Kazakhstan	1	4	–	44.33
Italy	0	5	–	107.78

Round robin

Draw 4

Saturday, January 27, 18:00

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Austria (Müller / Heinisch)	0	0	1	1	0	2	1		W
Kazakhstan (Tastemir / Tastemir)	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	/	L

Kazakhstan forfeited the game (ran out of time during end 8, 1 stone remaining)^[8]

Draw 6

Sunday, January 28, 14:00

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Germany (Sutor / Angrick)	1	2	1	3	0	1	0	X	8
Kazakhstan (Tastemir / Tastemir)	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	X	4

Draw 8

Monday, January 29, 10:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Switzerland (Haehlen / Caccivio)	3	1	0	1	1	3	X	X	9
Kazakhstan (Tastemir / Tastemir)	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	1

Draw 13

Tuesday, January 30, 18:00

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kazakhstan (Tastemir / Tastemir)	1	2	3	0	4	0	X	X	10
Italy (Maioni / Nichelatti)	0	0	0	1	0	1	X	X	2

Draw 15

Wednesday, January 31, 12:30

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kazakhstan (Tastemir / Tastemir)	0	0	0	0	3	0	X	X	3
Denmark (Schmidt / Schmidt)	4	1	3	1	0	6	X	X	15

Freestyle skiing

Kazakhstan qualified two freestyle skiers (one per gender).

Dual moguls
Individual

Athlete	Event	Group Stage						Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Points	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Denis Rastruba	Men's dual moguls	Lee (KOR) L 2–3	Buzzi (SUI) W 3–DNF	Sauvageau (CAN) L 2–3	Perets (UKR) 'W 3–2	10	3	Did not advance
Yuliya Feklistova	Women's dual moguls	Lodge (AUS) L 2–3	Kisil (UKR) W 3–2	Joly (FRA) W 3–2	Sakai (JPN) L 2–3	10	3	Did not advance

Team

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Yuliya Feklistova Denis Rastruba	Mixed team	Joly / Gay (FRA) L 20–50	Did not advance

Ice hockey

Kazakhstan qualified a team of thirteen ice hockey players for the men's 3-on-3 ice hockey tournament. On January 25, Kazakhstan's junior ice hockey team secured the bronze medal in the men's 3-on-3 tournament at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics in Gangwon, South Korea. It was the first Olympic medal in hockey in the history of Kazakhstan, as well as the first Olympic medal in a team sport for the country.^[9]

Roster

Ramazan Kaidarov served as head coach.^[10]^[11]

Summary

Key:

GWS – Match decided by game winning shots

Team	Event	Group stage								Semifinal	Final
Team	Event	Opponent Score	Opponent Score	Opponent Score	Opponent Score	Opponent Score	Opponent Score	Opponent Score	Rank	Opponent Score	Opponent Score	Rank
Kazakhstan men's	Men's 3x3 tournament	Poland W 18–8	Austria L 8–9	Latvia L 11–15	Denmark L 6–8	Chinese Taipei W 14–2	Spain W 14–4	Great Britain W 22–13	4 Q	Latvia L 5–19	Austria W 6–5

Men's 3x3 tournament

Preliminary round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Latvia	7	7	0	119	31	+88	21	Semifinals
2	Austria	7	5	2	55	32	+23	15^[a]
3	Denmark	7	5	2	70	39	+31	15^[a]
4	Kazakhstan	7	4	3	93	59	+34	12^[b]
5	Poland	7	4	3	58	59	−1	12^[b]
6	Great Britain	7	2	5	46	97	−51	6
7	Chinese Taipei	7	1	6	23	95	−72	3
8	Spain	7	0	7	28	80	−52	0

Source: Gangwon 2024
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Austria 7–5 Denmark
^ ^a ^b Poland 8–18 Kazakhstan

20 January 2024
12:00

Poland

8–18
(2–3, 4–5, 2–10)

Kazakhstan

Gangneung Hockey Centre

Game reference
				Referees: Mathieu Boudreau David Prokofyev

21 January 2024
10:30

Kazakhstan

8–9
(4–4, 4–4, 0–1)

Austria

Gangneung Hockey Centre

Game reference
				Referees: Lim Jun-seo Joseph Sewell

21 January 2024
17:30

Latvia

15–11
(5–6, 6–0, 4–5)

Kazakhstan

Gangneung Hockey Centre

Game reference
				Referees: Mathieu Boudreau Joseph Sewell

22 January 2024
09:00

Kazakhstan

6–8
(3–1, 1–3, 2–4)

Denmark

Gangneung Hockey Centre

Game reference
				Referees: David Prokofyev David Thuma

22 January 2024
16:00

Chinese Taipei

2–14
(1–7, 1–1, 0–6)

Kazakhstan

Gangneung Hockey Centre

Game reference
				Referees: Mathieu Boudreau Lim Jun-seo

23 January 2024
10:30

Spain

4–14
(1–2, 1–7, 2–5)

Kazakhstan

Gangneung Hockey Centre

Game reference
				Referees: Lim Jun-seo David Thuma

23 January 2024
17:30

Kazakhstan

22–13
(6–1, 7–7, 9–5)

Great Britain

Gangneung Hockey Centre

Game reference
				Referees: David Prokofyev David Thuma

Semifinal

24 January 2024
12:00

Latvia

19–5
(9–1, 3–2, 7–2)

Kazakhstan

Gangneung Hockey Centre

Game reference
				Referees: Mathieu Boudreau David Prokofyev

Bronze medal game

25 January 2024
12:00

Austria

5–6
(1–4, 2–1, 2–1)

Kazakhstan

Gangneung Hockey Centre

Game reference
				Referees: Lim Jun-seo Joseph Sewell

Short track speed skating

Kazakhstan qualified four short track speed skaters (two per gender).

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yerassyl Shynggyskhan	500 m	44.812	3	Did not advance
	1000 m	1:35.324	4	Did not advance
	1500 m	—	2:24.126	4 q	2:41.421	5	Did not advance
Meiirzhan Tolegen	500 m	43.517	2 Q	42.680	5	Did not advance
	1000 m	1:34.212	4	Did not advance
	1500 m	—	YC		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Anastassiya Astrakhantseva	500 m	45.832	2 Q	1:04.707	5	Did not advance
	1000 m	1:39.806	1 Q	1:37.164	4	Did not advance
	1500 m	—	2:38.781	2 Q	2:26.914	3 FB	2:46.816	13
Polina Omelchuk	500 m	45.230	1 Q	45.062	3	Did not advance
	1000 m	1:36.334	2 Q	1:33.253	3 q	1:32.918	2 FA	1:41.600
	1500 m	—	2:33.959	3 Q	2:26.749	2 FA	2:43.162	6

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Anastassiya Astrakhantseva Polina Omelchuk Yerassyl Shynggyskhan Meiirzhan Tolegen	Mixed relay	PEN		Did not advance

Ski jumping

Kazakhstan qualified four ski jumpers (two per gender).^[12]

Athlete	Event	First round			Final			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ilya Mizernykh	Men's normal hill	103.5	110.2	3	102.0	103.8	3	214.0
Ilya Shilnikov	Men's normal hill	81.0	59.6	30	84.0	64.8	25	124.4	30
Sofya Shishkina	Women's normal hill	63.5	20.1	28	65.0	24.3	29	44.4	29
Alyona Sviridenko	Women's normal hill	66.5	26.1	26	69.0	27.8	28	53.9	27
Sofya Shishkina Ilya Shilnikov Alyona Sviridenko Ilya Mizernykh	Mixed team	324.0	249.1	13	309.0	242.2	13	491.3	13

Speed skating

Kazakhstan qualified four speed skaters (two per gender).

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Mikhail Matryukhin	500 m	39.56	18
Mikhail Matryukhin	1500 m	2:01.60	17
Ruslan Zhanadilov	500 m	38.26	14
Ruslan Zhanadilov	1500 m	1:55.67	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Alina Shumekova	500 m	41.193	10
Alina Shumekova	1500 m	2:09.27	11
Kristina Shumekova	500 m	40.89	7
Kristina Shumekova	1500 m	2:06.47	7

Mass Start

Athlete	Event	Semifinal			Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Time	Rank
Mikhail Matryukhin	Men's mass start	1	6:22.65	9	Did not advance
Ruslan Zhanadilov	Men's mass start	2	5:36.69	8 Q	0	5:31.80	11
Alina Shumekova	Women's mass start	3	5:59.81	5 Q	DQ
Kristina Shumekova	Women's mass start	3	6:26.07	7 Q	0	5:58.38	12

Mixed relay

Athlete	Event	Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kristina Shumekova Ruslan Zhanadilov	Mixed relay	DQ		Did not advance

References

^ "Asia will be represented by 18 NOCs at Winter YOG Gangwon 2024". www.oca.asia. Olympic Council of Asia (OCA). 17 January 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
^ Seilkhanov, Adlet (8 January 2024). "Kazakhstan selects flag-bearers for 2024 Winter Youth Olympics in S. Korea". Kazinform. Astana, Kazakhstan. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
^ "Gangwon 2024 Opening Ceremony Flagbearers Information" (PDF). www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
^ "Alpine Skiing quotas list for Youth Olympic Winter Games 2024". www.fis-ski.com/. International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). 18 December 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
^ "Cross-Country quotas list for Youth Olympic Winter Games 2024". www.fis-ski.com/. International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). 18 December 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
^ "Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic Games Teams Confirmed". www.worldcurling.org. World Curling Federation (WCF). 12 April 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
^ Shefferd, Neil (14 April 2023). "Teams for Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympics curling competitions confirmed". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
^ "Round Robin Session 4, Group D - Sheet D" (PDF). World Curling Federation. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
^ "Ice hockey at Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic Games: Preview, full schedule, and how to watch live YOG action". www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 13 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
^ "Ice Hockey, Men's 3-on-3 Tournament – Team Roster: KAZ - Kazakhstan" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. 20 January 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
^ "Ice Hockey, Men's 3-on-3 Tournament, Bronze Medal Game, Game 31 – Line-ups: AUT-KAZ" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. 25 January 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
^ "Ski Jumping quotas list for Youth Olympic Winter Games 2024". www.fis-ski.com/. International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). 18 December 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2024.

[table_hth_AUT0.16778566463282-12] Austria 7–5 Denmark

[table_hth_KAZ0.16778566463282-13] Poland 8–18 Kazakhstan

[1] "Asia will be represented by 18 NOCs at Winter YOG Gangwon 2024". www.oca.asia. Olympic Council of Asia (OCA). 17 January 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2024.

[2] Seilkhanov, Adlet (8 January 2024). "Kazakhstan selects flag-bearers for 2024 Winter Youth Olympics in S. Korea". Kazinform. Astana, Kazakhstan. Retrieved 8 January 2024.

[3] "Gangwon 2024 Opening Ceremony Flagbearers Information" (PDF). www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.

[4] "Alpine Skiing quotas list for Youth Olympic Winter Games 2024". www.fis-ski.com/. International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). 18 December 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2024.

[5] "Cross-Country quotas list for Youth Olympic Winter Games 2024". www.fis-ski.com/. International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). 18 December 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2024.

[6] "Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic Games Teams Confirmed". www.worldcurling.org. World Curling Federation (WCF). 12 April 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.

[7] Shefferd, Neil (14 April 2023). "Teams for Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympics curling competitions confirmed". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 23 December 2023.

[8] "Round Robin Session 4, Group D - Sheet D" (PDF). World Curling Federation. Retrieved 27 January 2024.

[9] "Ice hockey at Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic Games: Preview, full schedule, and how to watch live YOG action". www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 13 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2024.

[10] "Ice Hockey, Men's 3-on-3 Tournament – Team Roster: KAZ - Kazakhstan" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. 20 January 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2024.

[11] "Ice Hockey, Men's 3-on-3 Tournament, Bronze Medal Game, Game 31 – Line-ups: AUT-KAZ" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. 25 January 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2024.

[14] "Ski Jumping quotas list for Youth Olympic Winter Games 2024". www.fis-ski.com/. International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). 18 December 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2024.

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v t e Nations at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics in Gangwon, South Korea
Africa	Algeria Kenya Nigeria South Africa Tunisia
Americas	Argentina Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Jamaica Mexico Puerto Rico United States
Asia	China Hong Kong India Iran Japan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Lebanon Mongolia Nepal Philippines Qatar Singapore South Korea Chinese Taipei Thailand United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan
Europe	Andorra Armenia Austria Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Kosovo Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine
Oceania	Australia New Zealand

Competitors

Medalists

Alpine skiing

Biathlon

Cross-country skiing

Curling

Mixed doubles

Freestyle skiing

Ice hockey

Men's 3x3 tournament

Short track speed skating

Ski jumping

Speed skating

See also

References