The inaugural Winter Youth Olympic Games (YOG) are ended.
Like the first Summer YOG, they’ve been called a great success. Here’s the IOC wrap-up post:
… The athletes helped to make Olympic history by participating in a number of events that appeared for the first time on an Olympic programme in Innsbruck ahead of their inclusion in the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games. These included women’s ski jumping, ski halfpipe and snowboard slopestyle. The Games also featured innovative new formats such as the mixed country doubles competition in curling; the mixed sport event cross-country/biathlon; mixed gender luge and ice hockey skills challenge. …
Another hit at the Games was the innovative, interactive USB key known as the Yogger, which was given to every athlete and official. In addition to providing the athletes with essential information in a paperless format, the Yogger acted as a virtual business card, allowing users to share information such as names and email addresses simply by touching their keys together. Swiping the keys against the various CEP booths allowed the athletes to collect electronic material about the activities. …
The next edition of the Winter Youth Olympic Games will be held in Lillehammer, Norway, while the second Summer Youth Olympic Games will take place in Nanjing, China in 2014.
IOC – Innsbruck 2012, the First Ever Winter Youth Olympic Games Exceed Expectations
Innsbruck, Austria – January 12, 2012: Free Style Skiing athlete Beau-James Wells (NZL) at his training session in Kuhtai, Austria, Jan 12, 2012.
Photo by Xu Liang/Xinhua/IOC
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