Austrian luge racer Florian Tanzer swaggered across the frozen ice of the iconic Lake St. Moritz alongside his teammates with only one heroic figure in mind: Bond. James Bond.

The Winter Youth Olympic Games (YOG) Lausanne 2020 is sure to be unforgettable for the 1,872 young men and women competing on the snow and ice over the coming days, however for the select few athletes chosen to be their country’s flagbearers at Thursday’s spectacular Opening Ceremony, the YOG experience has already been extra special.

Crowned Olympic champion in the super combined in 2014 in Sochi 2014 after an incredible recovery, Sandro Viletta is today a coach who is very happy to see the Games back in Switzerland at last. At Lausanne 2020, he will be an attentive athlete role model ready to help young skiers from all over the world.

Even for the truly legendary Larry Bird, a 12-time NBA All-star and three-time MVP (the NBA’s most valuable player) award winner, playing at the Barcelona 1992 Olympic Games was something indescribable.

Olympic.org speaks to Alpine skier Ana Noelle Reynado Wahleithner as she prepares to compete at the Winter Youth Olympic Games (YOG) Lausanne 2020.

A mini-revolution in athletics is underway, with the introduction of a new event onto the Tokyo 2020 Olympic programme: the 4x400m mixed relay. Doha 2019 saw the event make a successful World Championship debut, in which tactics very much came to the fore…

Not for the first time, Simone Biles has lit up the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. In Stuttgart, she claimed another five world titles to surpass the overall World Championship medal record, men and women combined. Winner of four Olympic golds at Rio 2016, the 22-year-old American now has Tokyo 2020 in her sights. She will be among the most hotly anticipated stars at the Games, where she is looking to add to her gold medal haul in the all-around and apparatus events.

As we celebrate the one-year anniversary of the 3rd Summer Youth Olympic Games (YOG), olympic.org highlights some of the young athletes who have gone on to make their name on the global stage since shining in Buenos Aires.