Date:
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Time:
6:16 AM
Title:
Youth Olympic Games:
Starting in 2010, the Olympic Games will be complemented by Youth Games, where athletes between the ages of 14 and 18 will compete. The Youth Olympic Games were conceived by IOC president
Jacques Rogge in 2001 and approved during the 119th Congress of the IOC.
The
first Summer Youth Games will be in Singapore in 2010, while the
inaugural Winter Games will be hosted in
Innsbruck, Austria, two years later.
These Games will be shorter than the senior Games; the summer version will last twelve days, while the winter version will last nine days.
The IOC will allow 3,500 athletes and 875 officials to participate at the Summer Youth Games, and 970 athletes and 580 officials at the Winter Youth Games.
The sports to be contested will coincide with those scheduled for the traditional senior Games, however there will be a reduced number of disciplines and events.
I feel happy for Singapore as it is the first country that is hosting the first summer
youth games.This will bring publicity to Singapore and then there will be more tourists.And Singapore will be more popular.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Games#Youth_Games