Good result for Aussies at youth games

Australia finished the Winter Olympic Youth Games with a haul of five medals.

Australia's Winter Olympic stocks look to be in good shape with a junior team of just 17 athletes capturing five medals at the youth games.

While there was to be no gold at the host site of the 1994 Winter Olympics but the Australians nonetheless impressed with four silvers and a bronze.

There was also an additional six top ten results.

Four of the medals were picked up in full Winter Olympics sports with Emily Arthur (silver, snowboard halfpipe), Alex Dickson (silver, snowboard cross), Zali Offord (silver, ski cross) and Louis Muhlen (bronze, ski cross) leading the way.

Julia Moore (silver, mixed team short track relay), also picked up a silver in the skating event which combined athletes from different countries.

Overall Australia finished 20th on the medal tally.

Chef de mission Ian Chesterman was delighted with the team's success.

"It's an outstanding result from the next generation of winter sport athletes," he said.

The next Winter Olympics will be held in Pyeongchang, South Korea in February 2018.


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