Can Erozden
08 January 2020•Update: 09 January 2020
ANKARA
The 2020 Winter Youth Olympics will begin in Switzerland on Thursday, with 14 athletes from Turkey participating in the event.
The Turkish athletes will compete in ice hockey, alpine skiing, curling, biathlon and cross-country skiing branches in the Lausanne 2020.
A total of 1,880 athletes between 15-18 ages from at least 70 countries are expected to participate in the event.
The Winter Youth Olympic Games will conclude on Jan. 22.
Turkish athletes in Lausanne 2020 are as follows:
Alpine Skiing: Mina Bastan, Derin Berkin
Biathlon: Mine Kilic, Baris Oduncu
Ice Hockey: Sidre Ozer, Kerem Alsan, Ziya Efe Guclu
Curling: Berfin Sengul, Ifayet Safak Calikusu, Kadir Polat, Selahattin Eser
Cross-Country Skiing: Fatma Yavuz, Ozlem Ceren Dursun, Mehmet Turun
