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Chinese Taipei at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

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Chinese Taipei at the
2024 Winter Youth Olympics
IOC codeTPE
NOCChinese Taipei Olympic Committee
in Gangwon, South Korea
19 January 2024 (2024-01-19) – 1 February 2024 (2024-02-01)
Competitors19 in 4 sports
Flag bearer (opening)Kai-Zhen Wu & Wei-Chen Tai
Flag bearer (closing)TBD
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Winter Youth Olympics appearances (overview)

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

The Chinese Taipei team consisted of 19 athletes (16 men and three women) competing in four sports.[1][2] This marked the largest ever team Chinese Taipei has sent to a Winter Youth Olympics.[1] Hockey player Kai-Zhen Wu and luger Wei-Chen Tai were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.[3]

Competitors

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

Sport Men Women Total
Cross-country skiing 2 1 3
Figure skating 0 1 1
Ice hockey 13 0 13
Luge 1 1 2
Total 16 3 19

Cross-country skiing

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Chinese Taipei qualified three cross-country skiers (two men and one woman).[4]

Athlete Event Qualification Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Lee Chieh-Han Men's 7.5 km classical 25:47.6 68
Men's sprint freestyle 3:53.05 74 Did not advance
Liu Hao-en Men's 7.5 km classical 28:44.1 76
Men's sprint freestyle 4:17.16 78 Did not advance
Tsai Chiao-wei Women's 7.5 km classical 46:43.5 76
Women's sprint freestyle 6:00.57 79 Did not advance

Figure skating

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Chinese Taipei qualified one female skater. The quota place was earned based on the results of the 2023–24 ISU Junior Grand Prix ranking.[5] This marks the country's sport debut at the Winter Youth Olympics.[1]

Singles
Athlete Event SP FS Total
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Tsai Yu-feng Women's 56.46 9 100.18 11 156.64 10

Ice hockey

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Chinese Taipei qualified a team of thirteen ice hockey players (eleven skaters and two goaltenders) for the men's 3-on-3 ice hockey tournament.[6]

Team roster

Huang Jen-Hung served as head coach and Yang Chang-Hsing was assistant coach.[7][8]

Summary
Key:
Team Event Group stage Semifinal Final
Opponent
Score
Opponent
Score
Opponent
Score
Opponent
Score
Opponent
Score
Opponent
Score
Opponent
Score
Rank Opponent
Score
Opponent
Score
Rank
Chinese Taipei Men's 3-on-3 tournament  Denmark
L 2–11
 Poland
L 8–10
 Austria
L 1–18
 Latvia
L 2–28
 Kazakhstan
L 2–14
 Great Britain
L 3–10
 Spain
W 5–4
7 Did not advance

Men's 3x3 tournament

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Preliminary round
Pos Team Pld W SOW SOL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Latvia 7 7 0 0 0 119 31 +88 21 Semifinals
2  Austria 7 5 0 0 2 55 32 +23 15[a]
3  Denmark 7 5 0 0 2 70 39 +31 15[a]
4  Kazakhstan 7 4 0 0 3 93 59 +34 12[b]
5  Poland 7 4 0 0 3 58 59 −1 12[b]
6  Great Britain 7 2 0 0 5 46 97 −51 6
7  Chinese Taipei 7 1 0 0 6 23 95 −72 3
8  Spain 7 0 0 0 7 28 80 −52 0
Source: Gangwon 2024
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Austria 7–5 Denmark
  2. ^ a b Poland 8–18 Kazakhstan
20 January 2024
13:30
Chinese Taipei 2–11
(0–2, 1–4, 1–5)
 DenmarkGangneung Hockey Centre
Game reference
Referees:
Canada Mathieu Boudreau
South Korea Lim Jun-seo

21 January 2024
09:00
Poland 10–8
(5–2, 3–1, 2–5)
 Chinese TaipeiGangneung Hockey Centre
Game reference
Referees:
United Kingdom Joseph Sewell
Czech Republic David Thuma
21 January 2024
17:30
Austria 18–1
(3–1, 8–1, 7–0)
 Chinese TaipeiGangneung Hockey Centre
Game reference
Referees:
South Korea Lim Jun-seo
Uzbekistan David Prokofyev

22 January 2024
10:30
Latvia 28–2
(14–1, 9–0, 5–1)
 Chinese TaipeiGangneung Hockey Centre
Game reference
Referees:
South Korea JunSeo Lim
Czech Republic David Thuma
22 January 2024
16:00
Chinese Taipei 2–14
(1–7, 1–1, 0–6)
 KazakhstanGangneung Hockey Centre
Game reference
Referees:
Canada Mathieu Boudreau
South Korea Lim Jun-seo

23 January 2024
09:00
Chinese Taipei 3–10
(1–2, 2–1, 0–7)
 Great BritainGangneung Hockey Centre
Game reference
Referees:
Uzbekistan David Prokofyev
Czech Republic David Thuma
23 January 2024
16:00
Spain 4–5
(2–1, 0–2, 2–2)
 Chinese TaipeiGangneung Hockey Centre
Game reference
Referees:
South Korea Lim Jun-seo
Uzbekistan David Prokofyev

Luge

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Chinese Taipei qualified two lugers (one per gender).[9][10]

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Tsai Meng-Hsin Men's singles DNS
Tai Wei-Chen Women's singles 50.674 25 49.855 18 1:40.529 23

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Jingmei, Lin; Zhicheng, Zhuang (12 January 2024). "2024冬季青年奧運 我選手19人獲參賽資格創新高" [A record high of 19 Taiwanese athletes qualified for the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics]. www.news.pts.org.tw (in Chinese). Public Television Service. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Gangwon 2024 Opening Ceremony Flagbearers Information" (PDF). www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "ENTRIES/PARTICIPATION FIGURE SKATING – TEAM EVENT (SINGLE & PAIR SKATING AND ICE DANCE)". International Skating Union. December 11, 2023. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "Ice Hockey, Men's 3-on-3 Tournament – Team Roster: TPE - Chinese Taipei" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. 20 January 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  8. ^ "Ice Hockey, Men's 3-on-3 Tournament, Preliminary round, Game 5 – Line-ups: POL-TPE" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. 25 January 2024. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  9. ^ "Overall Ranking YOUTH A Men's Singles World Cup referring D.1" (PDF). www.fil-luge.org/. International Luge Federation (FIL). 10 December 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  10. ^ "Overall Ranking YOUTH A Women's Singles World Cup referring D.1" (PDF). www.fil-luge.org/. International Luge Federation (FIL). 10 December 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2024.