Lausanne 2020 President Virginie Faivre believes last year's Winter Youth Olympic Games exceeded the expectations of the Organising Committee.

Olympic Games executive director Christophe Dubi has said Lausanne 2020 provided an opportunity to educate and empower young people, as the one-year anniversary of the Winter Youth Olympic Games was marked.

Organisers of the Lausanne 2020 Winter Youth Olympics have been sharing their operations expertise with their counterparts at Lucerne 2021, who are preparing to host the next Winter World University Games.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) have claimed that Lausanne 2020 received record digital coverage compared to the previous two editions of the Winter Youth Olympics.

Virginie Faivre claimed dreams had "come true" at the Winter Youth Olympic Games and hoped Patrick Baumann would be proud of Lausanne 2020 as the event concluded here today.

Ryoma Kimata and Hinari Asanuma ensured snowboarding competition at Lausanne 2020 ended with further Japanese success, as the pair were crowned Big Air champions at the Leysin Park and Pipe venue.

Norway brushed aside their rivals in the Lausanne 2020 Nordic combined mixed team competition, as a dominant performance ended in a clear victory at the Les Tuffes Nordic Centre.

Short track speed skating competition concluded at Lausanne 2020, as athletes from various nations came together to compete in a mixed team relay competition at the Lausanne Skating Arena.

Japan cliched gold in the Winter Youth Olympic Games women’s ice hockey competition at Lausanne 2020 after coming from behind to beat Sweden in the final at the Lausanne Vaudoise Arena.

Ruka Hirano triumphed in the men's snowboard halfpipe final at Lausanne 2020, as Japan celebrated a one-two finish for the second successive day at the Leysin Park and Pipe venue.

Sweden's Maerta Rosenberg completed her Lausanne 2020 medal collection by triumphing in the women's five-kilometre event at the Vallée de Joux Cross-Country Centre, which denied Switzerland's Siri Wigger a clean sweep of titles.

Andrew Longino improved in every round of the men's freeski halfpipe final, securing Canada's first gold medal of the Lausanne 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games.