Greenberg Wins Bronze at Youth Olympic Games
Tabor Greenberg of Green Mountain Valley School (GMVS) took home the first cross country medal at the 2024 Youth Olympic Games, with a bronze medal in yesterday's skate sprint.
Greenberg, who is representing the United States of America in Gangwon, South Korea, is making quite the impression in the first cross country competition of the Youth Olympic Games.
Vermont native, Greenberg is a three-time Junior National Champion and is ranked among the top U18 and U20 skiers in the country.
During the 2022-23 season, Greenberg qualified to represent Team USA at the World Junior Championships, Nordic Nations Cup (U18) and Youth Olympic Games, ultimately taking the Youth Olympic Games route.
In the Youth Olympic Games skate sprint, Greenberg skied the qualification round, posting the 13th fastest time of the day, easily qualifying within the top-30 to advance through to the heats. Into the heats, where an athlete has to be within the top two of their heat to advance, or one of two lucky losers, Greenberg handidly won his quarterfinal heat alongside Maans Ravald of Sweden.
On the semifinal start line, he again needed to be within the top two, or third fastest time, to advance to the sprint finals. Onto the course, Greenberg skied a strong race on the Gangwon course. Into the finish, he crossed the line third, putting up a fast enough time to advance through as lucky loser.
As the young American stood on the final start line of the day, he was joined by Germany, Switzerland, Sweden and Italy. Greenberg ultimately finished the day in third, right behind Jakob Elias Moch of Germany and Federico Pozzi of Italy. This is Greenberg's first Youth Olympic Games medal and the first cross country medal won by Team USA in the cross country discipline.
USA's Landon Wyatt and Ben Barbier also qualified through to the heats, both ending their day within the top 30, with Wyatt in 25th and Barbier in 26th. For the women, there were three in the world's top 30, including Neve Gerard in 17th, Rose Horning 18th and Sydney Drevlow in 26th.
Next, the cross country team will race the 7.5k classic individual start on Jan. 30th.
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