Ice hockey took centre stage on Day 12 at Gangwon 2024.

The medal-clinching ice hockey action continued on Day 11 of the Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games

With a great performance, Sweden won the gold medal in women's ice hockey.

 The United States topped the men's ice hockey podium at the Youth Olympic Games.

Germany added a cross-country skiing gold to their medal tally thanks to the performance of Jackob Elias Doche. This boosted their chances of overtaking Italy on the medal tally at Gangwon 2024, after a day without results for the Italians.

Combined normal hill training, as well as the curling qualifiers and the men's and women's 6x6 ice hockey

nbsp;Group D: Switzerland - Austria (9-3), Denmark - Germany (9-4) and Kazakhstan - Italy (10-2).Ice hockey

Czech captain Ondrej Ruml commented to Olympics.com after reaching the final of the six-team men's hockey

 The Czechs reached the final of the men's ice hockey tournament at the 1998 Winter Olympics in

They defeated Russia to win the title.Goalkeeper Xavier Wendt was the star of the ice hockey semi-final

A former of the National Hockey League (NHL) player has been charged by the Canadian police in connection

A former player in the world's top ice hockey league, the NHL, has been charged by the Canadian police

the Canadian capital that competes in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey

woman of sexual assault in June 2018 during a gathering at a bar following a charity event attended by hockey

It is worth noting that the troubles for the Canadian Hockey Federation began in May 2022 when allegations

 Instead of cooperating and reporting the incident, the country's hockey authorities tried to keep

Elsa Taenglander and Kajsa Johansson in the women's competition and Federico Pozzi in the men's secured gold, silver and bronze in the most exciting events on Day 10 of the Winter Youth Olympic Games in Gangwon. Korea triumphed in figure skating with a spectacular performance by Kim Hiyugyeon.

/PJeBgvRowz— The Olympic Games (@Olympics) January 29, 2024There were also round-robin games in ice hockey

 Group C: Turkey - Japan (5-9), New Zealand - Latvia (4-9) and Brazil - China (3-10).Ice hockey

which includes Olympic gold, senior and junior world titles, world indoor championship gold and the FIH Hockey

period 2-1, but it was too late to overturn the Dutch lead.The Netherlands continue to add to their hockey

legend by winning the Hockey 5s.

because at the moment we're concentrating more on Hockey5s and indoor, and it's a small group that plays hockey

Charlie Beatty in freestyle skiing and Eli Bouchard in snowboarding secured two gold medals for the Canadian team on day nine at Gangwon 2024. They dominated Sunday's events. Italy tops the medal table with 10 golds after Flora Tabanelli's second win.

wTFN9rnO1I— The Olympic Games (@Olympics) January 28, 2024The excitement continued on Sunday with ice hockey

In women's ice hockey, Japan beat Norway 5-1 in Group A and Germany was much better than France 4-0 in

In men's ice hockey, the Czech Republic won 3-2 in Group A and Finland beat Korea 3-1 in Group B.

 Canada is the world's biggest hockey power and always has high ambitions going into any tournament

"We want nothing less than the gold medal," said Canadian men's hockey player Liam Ruck, as quoted by

Thanks to the initiative of International Hockey Federation (FIH) President Tayyab Ikram, the second

national associations were represented and discussed key strategic issues for the continued development of hockey

As an example, Hockey Australia Vice President Pat Hall explained how Hockey Australia has developed

a strategy to grow hockey in the country ahead of the 2032 Olympic Games in Brisbane.

To achieve this, the global hockey community needs to work as one… "One Hockey"!

 FIH President Tayyab Ikram has a strong focus on hockey development.

Day eight of the Winter Youth Olympic Games in Gangwon produced just six medals, all in freestyle skiing, with the USA the most decorated country and Korea's Yoon Seung Lee the main star.

with some disciplines and sports that already finished and others just starting, such as the 6x6 ice hockey

On the sixth day of competition at the Gangwon 2024 Olympic Games, Italy, the leaders on the medal table, didn't win any gold. Great Britain's Zak Carrick-Smith made history by winning adding a silver medal to his historic gold in the combined slalom. South Korea also had a successful day with one gold and two silvers.

They led the way with a gold medal in snowboarding and two silvers in ice hockey and speed skating.

 The Gangneung Hockey Centre was the venue for the ice hockey finals.

second gold medal in alpine slalom, while Korea falls in curling but secures a place in the women's ice hockey

fissnowboard | #Gangwon2024 pic.twitter.com/6gdkO04Ehb— The Olympic Games (@Olympics) January 24, 2024In ice hockey

Following last week's pre-Olympic hockey tournaments in Spain, India and Oman, the groups have been drawn

With the completion of the FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers, all teams that will participate in the Paris

2024 Olympic hockey tournaments are now known.Congratulations to all teams that have won their ticket

I wish each and every athlete who will… pic.twitter.com/635sB6sHHf— International Hockey Federation (

Australia, Argentina, Great Britain, the USA, Spain and South Africa.The pools for the Paris 2024 Olympic hockey

 The teams have been precisely distributed according to their position in the International Hockey

A spectacular comeback in the combined slalom saw Carrick-Smith, who is coached by his mother, four-time Olympian Enma Carrick-Anderson, claim Britain's first medal at Gangwon. Hosts Korea narrowly missed out on gold in speedskating.

 In the men's ice hockey the results were as follows: Spain - Austria (3-4).

Just two more tickets to Paris were up for grabs on the final day of the FIH Hockey 2024 Olympic Qualifiers

Both matches produced some exciting and compelling hockey, with all four teams going all out for their

After a heavy snowfall on the opening day, the second day of the Youth Olympic Winter Games in Gangwon saw Italy level with France at the top of the medals table with four gold medals each.

GETTY IMAGESThe day also saw the ice hockey qualifying rounds, with Poland, Latvia, Austria and Denmark

The four national teams secured their qualification by winning the semi-finals of the FIH 2024 Olympic Qualifiers. The semi-finals took place last Thursday in Ranchi and Valencia. Japan, Ireland, India and Great Britain still have one more chance to qualify for Paris 2024.

Ranchi on Friday and Spain will take on Belgium in Valencia on Saturday.Meanwhile, at the FIH Men's Hockey

Germany in the final, with the top spot on the podium still… pic.twitter.com/yGHPn5QGUI— International Hockey

successfully secured their places in #Paris2024 by winning their respective semi-finals at the FIH Hockey

#EnRouteToParisFull story 👇— International Hockey Federation (@FIH_Hockey) January 18, 2024An euphoric

like to congratulate the Irish team and wish them luck - they were incredible, they play really good hockey