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In the semifinals, Latvian ice hockey players defeated their colleagues from Kazakhstan 19:5 (9:1, 3:2, 7:2).
The opponents of the Latvian national team in the final are Danish ice hockey players, who defeated Austria 5:3 (1:2, 2:0, 2:1) in the second semi-final game.
In the subgroup tournament, the Latvian national team defeated the Danes 11:6.
Meanwhile, Pauls Pēteris Prancāns won 39th place in the mountain skiing giant slalom on Wednesday.
After the first race, Prancāns was in 53rd place, but in the second race he showed the 38th best time and was able to improve to 39th place among the 50 athletes who finished.
The Frenchman Nash Io-Marchans became champion, to whom Pranceans lost in the sum of two races by 13.27 seconds.
Latvia will be represented at the Games by 45 athletes, which is by far the largest Latvian delegation to the Winter Youth Olympic Games.
With one gold, three silver and one bronze medals, Latvian athletes are ranked 11th in the overall national rankings. A total of 29 countries won medals.
Latvia is represented at the Games in 11 sports – 3×3 hockey, curling, biathlon, bobsleigh, skeleton, tobogganing, cross-country and mountain skiing, speed skating, figure skating and short track.
Four years ago, Latvia was represented in the Swiss city of Lausanne with 30 athletes in nine sports and took home five medals: one silver in skeleton and four in luge (one gold, one silver and two bronze medals). .
The Youth Winter Olympics take place every four years. Young athletes aged 15 to 18 from more than 80 countries around the world take part. This year, this sports forum will take place from January 19th to February 1st in the South Korean province of Kanwondo.
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