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Wednesday, April 29, 2009 Singapore, the host for the Summer Youth Olympic Games The Olympic Games symbol... Innsbruck, the host for the Winter Youth Olympic Games   The Summer Youth Olympic Games will be held here in Singapore in 2010, whereas the Winter Youth Olympic Games will be held in Innsbruck in 2012,which is the capital city of the federal state of Tyrol in western Austria... The Youth Olympic Games (YOG) are planned to be an international multi-sport event held every four years in staggered summer and winter events complementing the current Olympic Games,and will feature athletes between the ages of 14 and 18.The idea for such an event was envisioned in 2001 by International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge.On July 6, 2007, IOC members at the 119th IOC session in Guatemala City approved the creation of a youth version of the Olympic Games. The summer version will last at most twelve days, with the first edition taking place in mid-summer of 2010; the winter version will last a maximum of nine days, with the first edition taking place in early 2012.The IOC will allow a maximum of 3,500 athletes and 875 officials to participate at the summer games, while 970 athletes and 580 officials are expected at the winter games. Several other Olympic events for youth, like the European Youth Olympic Festival held every other year with summer and winter versions, and the Australian Youth Olympic Festival, have proven successful; the Youth Games would most likely be modeled after these.The YOG are a successor to the discontinued World Youth Games. The sports contested at these games will be the same as those scheduled for the traditional Games,but with a limited number of disciplines and events.Of the 26 sports, the IOC plans, for example, not to include the water polo and synchronized swimming disciplines of aquatics, as well as the slalom discipline of canoeing on the schedule of events.The basketball competition may be “streetball”, in which games are held outside and sometimes with fewer players. The cycling disciplines are mountain bike and BMX, and road and track cycling were left off the schedule.Baseball and softball were also not included on the list of sports.Other youth-driven sports may eventually be contested if backed by international sports federations.In November 2007, it was revealed that pentathlon will be included, as well as sailing, giving an edge to applicants near water. The Winter edition will contest seven sports. Luge and bobsled are possible casualties considering the small number of worldwide venues and restrictions in building new venues.In the bidding for the first edition, one bid city was nevertheless planning to construct a bobsled/sleigh run (Harbin), while another was not offering bobsled as an event (Kuopio). Another difference is that no national flags or anthems will be utilized. During medal ceremonies, only the Olympic flag and the Olympic anthem will be seen and heard in order to deemphasize international competition. In early November 2007, Athens, Bangkok, Singapore, Moscow, and Turin were selected by the International Olympic Committee as the five candidate cities among which the host city will be elected for the Inaugural Games. In January 2008, the candidates were further pared down to just Moscow and Singapore. Finally, on 21 February 2008, Singapore was declared host of the inaugural Youth Olympic Games 2010 via live telecast from Lausanne, Switzerland, winning by a tally of 53 votes to 44 for Moscow. Adapted from Wikipedia I hope that's enough... I'll be posting some images of the Games here... LiTtLe_GaArA froze in time on 3:29 PM
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