| Kenya at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics | |
|---|---|
 Flag of Kenya | |
| IOC code | KEN |
| NOC | Kenyan Olympic Committee |
| in Gangwon, South Korea 19 January 2024 (2024-01-19) – 1 February 2024 (2024-02-01) | |
| Competitors | 2 in 2 sports |
| Flag bearer (opening) | Issa Laborde & Ashley Ongonga |
| Flag bearer (closing) | TBD |
| Medals |
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| Winter Youth Olympics appearances | |
Kenya is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics in Gangwon, South Korea, from January 19 to February 1, 2024. This will be Kenya's second appearance at the Winter Youth Olympic Games, having debuted at the Games at the second edition in 2016.
The Kenyan team consisted of two athletes (one man and one woman) competing in two sports. Alpine skier Issa Laborde and cross-country skier Ashley Ongonga were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.
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 | 0 | 1 |
| Cross-country skiing | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Alpine skiing
Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2024 Winter Youth OlympicsKenya qualified one male alpine skier. French-born skier Issa Gachingiri Laborde Dit Pere chose to represent his mother's country of Kenya in international competition.
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Issa Laborde | Super-G | — | 58.35 | 41 | |||
| Giant slalom | 54.12 | 48 | 50.09 | 37 | 1:44.21 | 37 | |
| Slalom | 56.18 | 53 | 59.85 | 34 | 1:56.03 | 35 | |
| Combined | 59.23 | 46 | 1:06.56 | 35 | 2:05.79 | 35 | |
Cross-country skiing
Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2024 Winter Youth OlympicsKenya qualified one female cross-country skier. Italian based skier Ashley Tshanda Ongonga has dual citizenship with Italy and Kenya and chose to represent the latter.. Ongonga becomes the first female cross-country skier from the continent of Africa to qualify for the Winter Youth Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Ashley Ongonga | 7.5 km classical | — | 30:26.1 | 63 | |||||
| Sprint freestyle | 4:22.80 | 62 | Did not advance | ||||||
See also
References
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- Kipkorir, Tony (19 December 2023). "History Maker! Kenyan Skier Ashley Ogonga qualifies for Olympic Games". www.sportpesanews.com. Sport Pesa. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
She becomes the first ever African female cross-country skier to qualify for the games.
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