One hundred and forty-four top level young rugby players, representing 11 countries from World Rugby’s six regional associations, are in Buenos Aires for the third Youth Olympic Games where the rugby sevens competition will take place over three days from Saturday 13 October, with the gold, silver and bronze medals being decided on Monday 15
Finn Hawkins stands on the cusp of a Youth Olympic windsurfing bronze medal at the end of day five at Buenos Aires 2018. Hawkins is just one race away from a place on the podium after producing his best day on the water in the men’s windsurfing at the Games. On the penultimate day of
Jack Whitaker made it a birthday to remember today in becoming Team GB’s first medallist of the Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games with silver in the showjumping international team event. Whitaker, who’s just turned 17, competed as part of Europe in today’s finals and the five-strong team were only edged into silver by North
With the Youth Olympic Games in full flow in Buenos Aires and the twelve competing rugby sevens teams finalising preparations ahead of the start of the competition this weekend (13-15 October), World Rugby Vice-Chairman and YOG 2018 champion Agustin Pichot made a surprise visit to the Argentinian men’s and Colombian women’s training sessions on Sunday.
Team GB gymnasts qualified for four individual finals on day two of the Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games. Adam Tobin continued his fine start to the Games, adding a rings final to the floor and pommel the 17-year-old booked yesterday. The Devon gymnast finished in fifth with 13.300, just 0.4 off the lead, while
The British Olympic Association has today announced the 42 athletes selected to represent Team GB at the Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games. The Games, which run from the 6th – 18th October, will see Team GB compete in 17 of the 32 sports on the programme across 12 days of competition. The team consists
A 12 player England Women U18 sevens squad will represent a Great Britain U18 side at the Rugby Europe U18 Championship and Youth Olympic qualifiers in Vichy, France 28-29th April (live stream via RugbyEurope.eu). A total of 16 teams will compete in the qualifier, with the winner securing a place at the Youth Olympic Games
Five days of racing concluded with 13 new junior champion crews being crowned at the 2017 World Rowing Junior Championships in Trakai, Lithuania. This regatta also doubled as the main qualification regatta for the 2018 Youth Olympic Games, YOG. The United States revealed a new single sculling sensation with Clark Dean winning the men’s single
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