2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games Team Selection Information

The Lausanne 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games will take place January 9-22.  The Olympic village is in Lausanne, with the ski mountaineering events taking place in Villars sur Ollons, Switzerland.

The Youth Olympic Games will comprise three race events; Individual, Sprint, and Mixed Relay.  Participating athletes must be born between 2002-2003.  The USSMA has earned the max number of athlete spots, which is 4 (2 female, 2 male).

More information can be found here: Lausanne 2020 & ISMF website

If you are interested in qualifying for one of the athlete spots, please read the official selection criteria document below for information on the selection process.

• USSMA Youth Olympic Games Athlete Selection Procedures (Click link to see doc)

 

If you are interested in applying for one of the USSMA staff positions, please read the official selection criteria document below for information on the selection process.

• USSMA Youth Olympic Games Staff Selection Procedures (Click link to see doc)

 

USOC Approval Letter for selection procedures

 

October 1st, 2019: Venue Announcement

Selection Dates – Nov 23 – 24, 2019

Primary Venue – Eldora Ski Resort, CO

Secondary (Backup) Venue – Arapahoe Basin Ski Resort, CO

Combine Venue and Info – Eldora Ski Resort, CO

(If we can’t use the primary or secondary location and be on snow – This is would be a dry-land selection event) – Three Events: 

1. Uphill “Running TT”, ~750’ vertical, average grade more than 15% 
2. Timed Transitions circuit – continuous circuit
   1. 100 jumping jacks, 20 burpees
   2. Time for: 10 x (skins on / skins off)
   3. 10 pushups + 20 air-squats
   4. Time for: 10x (skis on pack, skis off pack)
   5. total time is then: time for (b) + time for (d)
3. Downhill Combine
   1. 90s box jump test
   2. Zig-zag run
   3. 5-hop test
      Total time is a+b+c
      Scored the same as the events would be.