Adam Hagara after his free routine at the Youth Olympics in Gangwon, South Korea, on January 29, 2024. (source: SITA)
Slovak figure skater Adam Hagara won a silver medal at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Gangwon, South Korea, on Monday. The 17-year-old athlete scored 216.23 points in total.
Only 0.5 points held him off from capturing gold.
The young talent performed a flawless free skate to Aerosmith's Dream On with two triple axles and six more triple jumps.
"I’m very happy and satisfied. I did everything I could in my free routine," Hagara told olympic.sk.
Korean Hyungyeom Kim became the winner. Yanhao Li from New Zealand came third.
Hagara achieved the best result of the Slovak team at this year's Youth Olympic Games. He is the third Slovak medalist after biathlete Markus Sklenárik and skier Andrej Barnáš, who won the bronze.
The ambition of the young Slovak is to reach the Olympics in Milan in 2026.
“That's one of the main goals I want to achieve. I've been dreaming about the Olympics for a long time," he said.
