# 2018 Nordic Junior World Ski Championships

The FIS Nordic Junior and U23 World Ski Championships 2018 took place in Kandersteg and Goms, Switzerland from 27 January to 4 February 2018. This was the 41st Junior World Championships and the 13th Under-23 World Championships in nordic skiing.

## Schedule

All times are local (UTC+1).
| Date | Time | Event |
| 28 January | 12:30 | Men's junior sprint Ladies' junior sprint |
| 29 January | 12:30 | Men's under-23 sprint Ladies' under-23 sprint |
| 30 January | 10:30 | Ladies' junior 5 km classic |
| 30 January | 12:30 | Men's junior 10 km classic |
| 31 January | 10:30 | Ladies' under-23 10 km classic |
| 31 January | 12:30 | Men's under-23 15 km classic |
| 1 February | 10:30 | Ladies' junior 2x5 km skiathlon |
| 1 February | 12:30 | Men's junior 2x10 km skiathlon |
| 2 February | 10:30 | Ladies' under-23 2x7.5 km skiathlon |
| 2 February | 12:30 | Men's under-23 2x15 km skiathlon |
| 3 February | 10:30 | Ladies' junior 4×3.33 km relay |
| 3 February | 12:30 | Men's junior 4×5 km relay |
| Date | Time | Event |
| 30 January | 10:00 14:00 | HS106 / 10 km |
| 1 February | 10:00 14:00 | Team HS106 / 4x5 km |
| 3 February | 10:00 14:00 | HS106 / 5 km |
| Date | Time | Event |
| 1 February | 19:15 | Men's HS106 |
| 2 February | 16:00 | Ladies' HS106 |
| 3 February | 16:00 | Ladies' team HS106 |
| 3 February | 19:00 | Men's team HS106 |
| 4 February | 11:00 | Mixed team HS106 |

## Medal summary
### Junior events
#### Cross-country skiing

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Men's Junior Events |||||||
| Men's junior sprint free | Tom Mancini France | 2:59.77 | Jørgen Lippert Norway | 2:59.87 | Valerio Grond Switzerland | 3:05.34 |
| Men's junior 10 kilometre classic | Jon Rolf Skamo Hope Norway | 24:58.8 | Sergey Ardashev Russia | 25:07.8 | Jørgen Lippert Norway | 25:26.7 |
| Men's junior 20 kilometre skiathlon | Harald Østberg Amundsen Norway | 58:45.7 | Jon Rolf Skamo Hope Norway | 59:20.4 | Jørgen Lippert Norway | 59:45.8 |
| Men's junior 4 × 5 kilometre relay | Norway Harald Østberg Amundsen Jon Rolf Skamo Hope Håvard Moseby Jørgen Lippert | 50:04.2 | United States Luke Jager Ben Ogden Hunter Wonders Gus Schumacher | 50:06.4 | Russia Kirill Kilivnyuk Sergey Ardashev Yaroslav Rybochkin Alexander Terentyev | 50:09.7 |
| Ladies' Junior Events |||||||
| Ladies' junior sprint free | Moa Lundgren Sweden | 2:52.55 | Kristine Stavås Skistad Norway | 2:54.44 | Frida Karlsson Sweden | 2:54.91 |
| Ladies' junior 5 kilometre classic | Polina Nekrasova Russia | 13:58.7 | Hailey Swirbul United States | 14:13.1 | Anita Korva Finland | 14:24.1 |
| Ladies' junior 10 kilometre skiathlon | Frida Karlsson Sweden | 32:55.7 | Lone Johansen Norway | 33:31.2 | Hailey Swirbul United States | 33:31.9 |
| Ladies' junior 4 × 3.33 kilometre relay | Germany Alexandra Danner Celine Mayer Lisa Lohmann Anna-Maria Dietze | 39:17.4 | Russia Polina Nekrasova Hristina Matsokina Nina Dubotolkina Maya Yakunina | 39:26.0 | Sweden Tua Dahlgren Frida Karlsson Alicia Persson Johanna Hagström | 40:04.9 |

#### Nordic combined

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Individual normal hill/10 km | Ondřej Pažout Czech Republic | 22:58.3 | Einar Lurås Oftebro Norway | 23:00.6 | Ben Loomis United States | 23:06.6 |
| Individual normal hill/5 km | Vid Vrhovnik Slovenia | 11:28.8 | Dominik Terzer Austria | 11:33.7 | Jan Vytrval Czech Republic | 11:34.2 |
| Team normal hill/4 × 5 km | Austria Johannes Lamparter Florian Dagn Dominik Terzer Mika Vermeulen | 56:33.0 | Germany Tim Kopp Luis Lehnert Constantin Schnurr Julian Schmid | 57:20.8 | Norway Jens Lurås Oftebro Simen Kvarstad Andreas Skoglund Einar Lurås Oftebro | 58:26.2 |

#### Ski jumping

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Men's Junior Events |||||||
| Men's individual normal hill | Marius Lindvik Norway | 291.4 | Constantin Schmid Germany | 282.1 | Clemens Leitner Austria | 267.1 |
| Men's team normal hill | Germany Philipp Raimund Justin Lisso Cedrik Weigel Constantin Schmid | 1068.5 | Austria Mika Schwann Jan Hörl Maximilian Lienher Clemens Leitner | 1063.7 | Norway Fredrik Villumstad Jesper Ødegård Thomas Aasen Markeng Marius Lindvik | 1037.0 |
| Ladies' Junior Events |||||||
| Ladies' individual normal hill | Nika Križnar Slovenia | 262.6 | Ema Klinec Slovenia | 248.3 | Anna Odine Strøm Norway | 231.7 |
| Ladies' team normal hill | Slovenia Jerneja Brecl Nika Križnar Katra Komar Ema Klinec | 733.1 | Russia Ksenia Kablukova Alexandra Kustova Lidiia Iakovleva Sofia Tikhonova | 622.7 | France Océane Paillard Joséphine Pagnier Romane Dieu Lucile Morat | 571.2 |
| Mixed Junior Events |||||||
| Mixed team normal hill | Norway Silje Opseth Fredrik Villumstad Anna Odine Strøm Marius Lindvik | 869.3 | Germany Luisa Görlich Justin Lisso Gianina Ernst Constantin Schmid | 855.0 | Austria Claudia Purker Jan Hörl Sophie Mair Clemens Leitner | 775.8 |

### Under-23 events
#### Cross-country skiing

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Men's Under-23 Events |||||||
| Men's under-23 sprint free | Erik Valnes Norway | 2:56.38 | Jan Thomas Jenssen Norway | 2:56.62 | Even Northug Norway | 3:02.72 |
| Men's under-23 15 kilometre classic | Mattis Stenshagen Norway | 36:28.3 | Denis Spitsov Russia | 36:33.1 | Ivan Yakimushkin Russia | 37:03.5 |
| Men's under-23 30 kilometre skiathlon | Denis Spitsov Russia | 1:18:14.9 | Jules Lapierre France | 1:18:17.8 | Ole Jørgen Bruvoll Norway | 1:18:36.4 |
| Ladies' Under-23 Events |||||||
| Ladies' under-23 sprint free | Tiril Udnes Weng Norway | 2:50.24 | Nadine Fähndrich Switzerland | 2:50.32 | Natalya Nepryayeva Russia | 2:55.02 |
| Ladies' under-23 10 kilometre classic | Yana Kirpichenko Russia | 27:46.1 | Anna Zherebyateva Russia | 28:00.0 | Nadine Fähndrich Switzerland | 28:15.7 |
| Ladies' under-23 15 kilometre skiathlon | Anastasia Sedova Russia | 44:03.6 | Natalya Nepryayeva Russia | 44:14.3 | Yana Kirpichenko Russia | 44:40.8 |

### Medal table

* Host nation (Switzerland)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Norway (NOR) | 8 | 6 | 7 | 21 |
| 2 | Russia (RUS) | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 |
| 3 | Slovenia (SLO) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Germany (GER) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | Sweden (SWE) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | United States (USA) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | Switzerland (SUI)* | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (11 entries) | Totals (11 entries) | 22 | 22 | 22 | 66 |