Latvia at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Latvia at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC code	LAT
NOC	Latvian Olympic Committee
Website	http://www.olimpiade.lv/
in Buenos Aires, Argentina 6 – 18 October 2018
Competitors	19
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Youth Olympics appearances
2010 2014 2018

Latvia 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

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Latvia qualified a boys' team based on the U18 3x3 National Federation Ranking.^[1]

• Boys' tournament - 1 team of 4 athletes

Event	Group stage					Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Boys' tournament	Belgium L 16–18	Kazakhstan W 19–16	Kyrgyzstan W 15–12	Italy L 10–19	3	did not advance

Dunk contest

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Semifinal				Final
		Round 1	Round 2	Total	Rank	Round 1	Round 2	Total	Rank	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Total	Rank
Niks Salenieks	Dunk contest	22	24	46	5	did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Latvia qualified a mixed BMX racing team based on its ranking in the Youth Olympic Games BMX Junior Nation Rankings. They also qualified one athlete in BMX freestyle based on its performance at the 2018 Urban Cycling World Championship.^[2]

• Mixed BMX racing team - 1 team of 2 athletes
• Mixed BMX freestyle - 1 boy

Dancesport

Main article: Dancesport at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Latvia qualified one dancer based on its performance at the 2018 World Youth Breaking Championship.^[3]

• B-Girls - Anastasia

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Artistic

Latvia qualified one gymnast based on its performance at the 2018 European Junior Championship.^[4]

• Boys' artistic individual all-around - 1 quota

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Oļegs Ivanovs	Qualification	11.566	11.433	13.100	14.100	12.900	12.733	75.832	13
	All-around	13.066	11.500	12.600	13.900	12.900	12.733	76.699	11
	Horizontal bar	—					12.566	12.566	7
	Rings	—		11.525	—			11.525	7

Multidiscipline

Team	Athlete	Acrobatic	Artistic	Rhythmic	Trampoline	Total points	Rank
Team Marina Chernova (Light Green)	Arina Yulusheva (UZB)  Nikolay Evdokimov (UZB)	30	—			492	12
	Nguyễn Văn Khánh Phong (VIE)	—	48	—
	Vlada Raković (SRB)		61
	Oļegs Ivanovs (LAT)		55
	Lisa Conradie (RSA)		59
	Olivia Araujo (ARG)		18
	Emma Slevin (IRL)		33
	Lee So-yun (KOR)	—		57	—
	Jennifer Rivera (COL)			86
	Antonella Genuzio (BOL)			20
	Ivan Litvinovich (BLR)	—			2
	Thalia Loveira (NAM)				23

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

• Boys' 10m Air Pistol - 1 quota

Individual

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Rihards Zorge	Boys' 10 m air pistol	569-17	5	110.2	8

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Points	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Giulia Campostrini (ITA)  Rihards Zorge (LAT)	Mixed 10 metre air pistol	746-12	8	Haristiade (ROU)  Solari (SUI) W 10-6	Ibarra Miranda (MEX)  Honta (UKR) L 8-10	did not advance

References

1. "33 countries to compete at 2018 Youth Olympic Games". www.fiba.basketball/. International Basketball Federation (FIBA). 5 April 2018. Archived from the original on 10 February 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
2. "Countries that will participate in the 2018 Youth Olympics" (PDF). UCI. 1 June 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 August 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
3. "The Winners Are..." World DanceSport Federation. 20 May 2018. Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
4. "2018 Youth Olympic Games Gymnastics Qualifiers". FIG. 25 June 2018. Archived from the original on 27 June 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2018.