Cyprus at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Cyprus at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC code	CYP
NOC	Cyprus Olympic Committee
Website	http://www.olympic.org.cy/
in Buenos Aires, Argentina 6 – 18 October 2018
Competitors	6 in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Kalia Antoniou
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Youth Olympics appearances
2010 2014 2018

Cyprus participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018.

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Boys

Field events

Athlete	Event	Stage 1		Stage 2		Total
		Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank	Total	Rank
Nikolaos Kesidis	Hammer throw	63.59	15	66.62	13	130.21	13

Dancesport

Main article: Dancesport at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Cyprus qualified one dancer based on its performance at the 2018 World Youth Breaking Championship.^[1]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BB
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Irene Tanou (Ivy)	B-Girls'	Ella (AUT) 2–0	Matina (RUS) 2–0	Lexy (ITA) 2–0	2 Q	Yell (KOR) L 0–4	did not advance		6
Ivy (CYP)  D-Matt (CAN)	Mixed team	Ram (JPN)  B4 (VIE) 0–2	Ella (AUT)  Bumblebee (RUS) 0–2	Lexy (ITA)  Broly (ARG) 0–2	12	did not advance

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Rhythmic

Cyprus qualified one rhythmic gymnast based on its performance at the European qualification event.^[2]

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Anastasia Pingou	All-around	10.350	12.800	13.075	11.650	47.875	28	did not advance

Multidiscipline

Team	Athlete	Acrobatic	Artistic	Rhythmic	Trampoline	Total points	Rank
Yevgeny Marchenko (Brown)	Daniela González (PUR)  Adriel González (PUR)	36	—			430	10
	Byun Seong-won (KOR)	—	45	—
	Lay Giannini (ITA)		55
	Víctor Betancourt (VEN)		54
	Kate Sayer (AUS)		36
	Elvira Katsali (GRE)		89
	Valeriia Sotskova (ISR)	—		26	—
	Anastasia Pingou (CYP)			20
	Ekaterina Fetisova (UZB)			39
	Fu Fantao (CHN)	—			8
	Alyssa Oh (USA)				12

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Rep 1	Rep 2	Rep 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Georgios Balarjishvili	Boys' -66 kg	Nazarov (UZB) L 00s1–10	did not advance		Jashari (MKD) L 00s2–01	did not advance			13

Team

Athletes	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Team Los Angeles  Soniya Bhatta (NEP)  Ariel Shulman (ISR)  Nahomys Acosta Batte (CUB)  Turpal Djoukaev (FIN)  Saskia Brothers (AUS)  Georgios Balarjishvili (CYP)  Raffaela Igl (GER)  Alin Bagrin (MDA)	Mixed team	Team Seoul (MIX) W 5–3	Team Athens (MIX) L 3–5	did not advance		5

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Girls

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kalia Antoniou	50 m freestyle	25.86	7 Q	25.95	12	did not advance
	100 m freestyle	56.76	12 Q	56.63	10	did not advance
	50 m backstroke	29.91	19	did not advance
Alexandra Schegoleva	50 m butterfly	27.85 (27.94*)	=16 (18*)	did not advance
	100 m butterfly	1:03.55	27	did not advance

*Alexandra Schegoleva's heat time was tied with 2 other swimmers in 16th place, which led to a swim-off for the last qualification spot. She finished third, therefore 18th overall. ^[3]

References

1. "The Winners Are..." World DanceSport Federation. 20 May 2018. Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
2. "18 nations secure Youth Olympic participation in Rhythmic Gymnastics". European Gymnastics Federation. 16 February 2018. Archived from the original on 20 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
3. "Women's 50m Butterfly Heats Swim-Off 1". Archived from the original on 2018-10-18. Retrieved 2018-10-17.