Five years ago, the Winter Youth Olympic Games (YOG) Lillehammer 2016 thrilled thousands of fans and helped launch the careers of many young athletes. Here, olympic.org looks at the lasting and widespread impact of the event…

As we celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Winter Youth Olympic Games Lillehammer 2016 – and the 27th anniversary of the Olympic Winter Games Lillehammer 1994 – we look at how the Lillehammer Olympic Legacy Sports Centre has carried their legacy on, helping drive the growth in winter sports at home and abroad.

Olympic.org speaks to Great Britain’s Ashleigh Pittaway about winning skeleton gold at the Winter Youth Olympic Games (YOG) Lillehammer 2016 and her bid to follow in the tracks of British Olympic champions Lizzy Yarnold and Amy Williams.

John Morris is already a legend of Canadian curling but, after winning gold in the first-ever Olympic mixed doubles tournament at PyeongChang 2018, the 41-year-old is far from finished in the sport he loves.

The important role that sport can play in helping the world recover from the COVID-19 pandemic was emphasised by the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach, at a high-level European Commission conference entitled “The recovery of the sport sector after the COVID-19 crisis: the way ahead”.