Moscow and Singapore have been shortlisted for the right to host the inaugural 2010 Summer Youth Olympics by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board. IOC President Jacques Rogge will announce the successful city in a live web cast on www.olympic.org provisionally scheduled for 21 February.
The Youth Olympic Games aim to bring together talented athletes between age 14 to 18 from around the world to participate in high-level competitions, alongside the sports however there will be educational programmes promoting Olympic values, the benefits of sport for a healthy lifestyle, the social values sport can deliver and on the dangers of doping and of training to excess and/or of inactivity.
The first Summer Youth Olympic Games will consist of approximately 3,200 athletes and 800 officials and programme will encompass all sports on the programme of the 2012 Summer Games but with a limited number of disciplines and events.
Louise Hudson, Sportsister
The Women’s Sports Magazine
