Kenya at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics
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| Kenya at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics | |
|---|---|
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| IOC code | KEN |
| NOC | Kenyan Olympic Committee |
| in Gangwon, South Korea 19 January 2024 – 1 February 2024 | |
| Competitors | 2 in 2 sports |
| Flag bearer (opening) | Issa Laborde & Ashley Ongonga |
| Flag bearer (closing) | TBD |
| Medals |
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| Winter Youth Olympics appearances | |
Kenya competed at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics in Gangwon, South Korea, from January 19 to February 1, 2024. This was Kenya's second appearance at the Winter Youth Olympic Games, having debuted at the Games at the second edition in 2016.
The Kenyan team consisted of two athletes (one man and one woman) competing in two sports.[1] Alpine skier Issa Laborde and cross-country skier Ashley Ongonga were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.[2]
The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine skiing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Cross-country skiing | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Alpine skiing
Kenya qualified one male alpine skier.[3][4] French-born skier Issa Gachingiri Laborde Dit Pere chose to represent his mother's country of Kenya in international competition.[5]
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Issa Laborde | Super-G | — | 58.35 | 41 | |||
| Giant slalom | 54.12 | 48 | 50.09 | 37 | 1:44.21 | 37 | |
| Slalom | 56.18 | 53 | 59.85 | 34 | 1:56.03 | 35 | |
| Combined | 59.23 | 46 | 1:06.56 | 35 | 2:05.79 | 35 | |