Nordic combined brings together ski jumping and cross-country skiing and makes for one of the most demanding sports around.

Everything you need to know about short track speed skating ahead of the Youth Olympic Games this January.

Growing up in the Swiss ski resort of Grindelwald, a small mountain village situated in the shadow of the iconic north face of the Eiger mountain, it was only natural that Werner Marti would become a ski mountaineer.

On top of the individual competitions, read more about the two mixed team competitions coming to the Youth Olympic Games in January.

From teenage stars of the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 to those who have made the journey from spectators to competitors, the Winter Youth Olympic Games (YOG) Lausanne 2020 are packed full of names to look out for.

Stijn Desmet was part of a mixed-gender, mixed-NOC short track speed skating relay team that won gold at the Lillehammer 2016 Winter Youth Olympic Games (YOG). Almost four years on from that success, the Belgian explains how the YOG prepared him for a career at the top through innovation, education and an introduction to Olympism and the Olympic values.

When Uschi Disl reflects on her career as the most decorated female biathlete at the Olympic Winter Games – with nine medals across five editions – it is to her Games debut at Albertville 1992 that her mind most often returns.

Aged 17, Switzerland’s Thomas Bussard is particularly enthusiastic about taking part in the Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne, where ski mountaineering will be featuring on the competition programme for the first time. The son of a former champion, he shares his passion with his twin brother, Robin, with whom he achieved one-two finishes in the cadet category at the 2019 World Championships.