The first ever Youth Olympic Games (YOG) will be held in Singapore between 14 and 26 August 2010. That’s 3,600 athletes between 14 and 18 years of age from 205 National Olympic Committees.
Only 1 male and 1 female athlete will compete for each country in individual disciplines.
All 26 sports on the London 2012 Olympic Games programme will be hosted.
Today Nanjing, China was elected to host the second YOG in 2014.
We can be certain that Nanjing event will be massive, China still high on the success of the Beijing Games.
Obviously critics will be vocal that this new event will push young athletes too soon. It flies in the face of Bruno Grandi’s efforts to raise the minimum age of gymnasts competing at World’s and Olympic Championships.
Personally, I’m really looking forward to YOG. If successful, Olympic sports will get a media boost every two years, rather than every four.
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