LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND — CBC/Radio-Canada will be livestreaming events from the Youth Olympic Games taking place in Lausanne, Switzerland, starting later this week.
Running from January 9-22, the event brings together almost 1,900 competitors, aged 15 to 18, from 79 countries, including 78 talented young Canadians.
As the official broadcaster in Canada, CBC/Radio-Canada will provide daily coverage of the competitions via the free CBC Gem streaming service as well as cbcsports.ca, radio-canada.ca/sports and the CBC Sports and Radio-Canada Sports apps.
In addition to live streams of the events, daily coverage will include real-time updates from reporter Devin Heroux, who will be on the ground in Lausanne to report breaking news and to provide commentary for cbcsports.ca. For Radio-Canada, journalist Jean-Patrick Balleux will be joining RDI Matin’s morning segment on ICI RDI with highlight packages and live reports from competition venues. Canadian diver and Olympic Games medallist Roseline Filion will also be on-site to interview athletes and share their stories during On va se le dire on ICI TÉLÉ throughout the Games.
For young sports fans, daily recaps and highlights will be presented by CBC Kids News reporter Arjun Ram on cbckidsnews.ca. Preview pieces will also be available for kids to familiarize themselves with events and contenders in advance of the Games. On the French-language side, Audrey Lamonde will be on her first assignment as a video-journalist with the MAJ team, producing original videos profiling athletes and showcasing various aspects of the Games in Lausanne. Her reports will be available on the MAJ website and social platforms as well as CBC Kids News.
On Saturday, January 25 starting at 12 p.m. ET (9 a.m. PT), CBC Sports’ Scott Russell and Andi Petrillo will host a two-hour live broadcast of Road to the Olympic Games where they will discuss the results of the two-week Youth Olympic Games and look back on the best moments. Then, on Sunday, January 26, from 2–3 p.m. ET on ICI TÉLÉ, Roseline Filion will anchor a special edition of Les héros du samedi, accompanied by Jean-Patrick Balleux to present highlights from the Youth Olympic Games.
The Youth Olympic Games is an elite sporting event for young people that is based on the Olympic Games model. The winter edition features 81 events across 16 disciplines in eight sports, including: bobsleigh, curling, luge, ice hockey, skating (figure skating, long-track speed skating, short-track speed skating), skeleton, skiing (freestyle, cross-country, alpine, Nordic combined, ski mountaineering, ski jumping, biathlon) and snowboarding.
Earlier today, the Canadian Olympic Committee named 17-year-old curler, Lauren Rajala, as Team Canada’s Ceremony flag bearer. More information about Team Canada can be found here.
