Midway through the Winter Youth Olympic Games (YOG) Lausanne 2020, the Games are breaking all records. The Olympic spirit is also burning brightly at the YOG, with the Olympic values at their heart.

As pro skiers slalomed down slopes at near unfathomable speeds, spectators have witnessed incredible action at the Winter Youth Olympic Games Lausanne 2020 - five alpine skiing disciplines, nine medal events, and hundreds of stories to be told.

Born in Haiti, adopted at age three and raised in France, Mackenson Florindo is not your typical Alpine ski racer.

The fired-up Finnish pair of Rosa Pohjolainen and Jaakko Tapanainen turned a week of frustration into a golden conclusion as they dominated the popular parallel mixed team event on Wednesday.

Thabo Rateleki had never skied outside South Africa before. Before these Youth Olympic Games (YOG), he’d never even taken a plane before. But, standing at the slalom finish line, he was absolutely delighted to have completed the two runs on the icy slope at Les Diablerets. He and his team-mate Hanle Van der Merwe are Africa’s sole representatives at these YOG.

For many athletes competing in the Lausanne 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games, fear is a challenging psychological hurdle.

What does Switzerland's alpine talent and three time Lausanne 2020 medallist Luc Roduit have in common with a falcon? Watch this video to find out.

After six and a half hours of action and 254 slalom runs, Adam Hofstedt and Emma Sahlin kept it simple on Tuesday by topping the men’s and women’s slalom podiums for Sweden.

Just one thought was running through the mind of Japanese Alpine skier Kimishima Ohra as he stood in the start gates at the Lausanne 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games: what would Lionel Messi do?

Austria’s Philip Hoffmann cited his tight technique and a burning desire to match the exploits of his female teammates as the reasons why he dominated the men’s giant slalom on Monday.