Former pole vaulter champion Sergey Bubka will head down to Singapore to lead the Youth Olympic Games preparation. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Bubka is now appointed the chairman of an eight-man coordination commission.
In case you don’t know what is the purpose of coordination commissions do in Olympic Games, they are formed shortly after the election of a host city so as to help them oversee and assist the Organizing Committee to work towards making the Olympic Games happened. You can read more about the coordination commission from Olympic Site http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/commissions/ogcc/index_uk.asp
The Youth Olympic Games would cost around $30 million, with 3200 participating athletes, aged 14-18. It will be the first Youth Olympics ever in 2010.
At ESPN Website, http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/apphoto/photo?photoId=1832724&sportId=3000, you can see this flag being hanged by a fellow eager Singaporean! It looks it’s at one of the HDB flats in Singapore. If you have see this flag hanging before, let us know.
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To end off with, we would like to show you seconds before Singapore was announced the winner of the bid.
If you are wondering what are the sports Singapore Youth Olympic Games are hosting, according to Summer Olympics, below are the various sports categories…
Aquatics
Archery
Athletics
Badminton
Basketball
Boxing
Canoe/kayak
Cycling
Equestrianism
Fencing
Football (soccer)
Gymnastics
Handball
Hockey
Judo
Modern pentathlon
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Table tennis
Taekwondo
Tennis
Triathlon
Volleyball
Weightlifting
Wrestling
Singapore won the Youth Olympic bid because of it’s ability to turn weaknesses into strengths. Weaknesses like small becomes compact, able to travel from one place to another. Without the biggest stadium but have the right sized facilities. And Singapore may not have the opportunity to hold the gigantic Olympic international event, and that is why Singapore have the chance to hold Youth Olympic.
But who knows.. they may change their mind after Singapore show the world in the Youth Olympic and we might stand a chance after all.
