Late risers staying in the Lausanne Palace may have been somewhat alarmed looking out of their windows last week.
Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) Acting President Robin Mitchell has praised Lausanne 2020 for delivering an "outstanding" Winter Youth Olympic Games.
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Russia sent a warning of the strength-in-depth in their junior ranks, easing to victory over the United States to secure the men's ice hockey gold medal at Lausanne 2020.
China's Eileen Gu held her nerve to secure victory in a thrilling women's freestyle skiing big air competition - and clinch her second Lausanne 2020 gold medal in Leysin.
By Liam Morgan and Michael Pavitt in Lausanne
Josie Baff became Australia’s first Winter Youth Olympic Games champion by the narrowest of margins, edging out France’s Marguax Herpin to win the women’s snowboard cross title.
Alexander Czudaj of Germany and Romanian Andrei Robert Nica shared the men's monobob gold medal in a dead heat at the Winter Youth Olympic Games in St Moritz.
Russia broke Germany's dominance of the luge events with victory in the mixed team relay at the Winter Youth Olympic Games in St Moritz.
My interview with Lausanne 2020 chief executive Ian Logan begins slightly later than scheduled as the Organising Committee is dealing with a crisis. Someone has been grilling hot dogs on the Olympic flame in the city.
Marie Krista won Lausanne 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games gold for Switzerland up in the mountains here to delight the home supporters who had come out in force for the ski cross, where 24 competitors contested the women's title.
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Siri Wigger completed a cross-country double for Switzerland with victory in the women's sprint as Edvin Anger of Sweden denied Norway's Nikolai Holmboe a second successive title at the Winter Youth Olympic Games here today.
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Austria's Lisa Hirner won the first women's Nordic combined competition to be contested at an Olympic event, on a golden day for her country at Lausanne 2020.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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Super-rich Saudi Arabia has made sport a priority with major events regularly taking place in the Kingdom. The country's vision, however, creates uncomfortable questions. Dan Palmer reports.
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