Youth Games

The Youth Olympic Games (YOG), were conceived by IOC president Jacques Rogge in 2001,and approved by the IOC at the 119th IOC session in Guatemala City in July 2007.The Youth Games will be shorter: the summer version will last at most twelve days; the winter version will last a maximum of nine days. The IOC will allow no more than 3,500 athletes and 875 officials to participate at the summer games, and 970 athletes and 580 official at the winter games. The sports contested at these games will be the same as those scheduled for the traditional Games, but with a limited number of disciplines and events. The estimated cost for the games is $30 million for the summer and $15–$20 million for the winter games.The first host city will be Singapore in 2010; the bidding for the first winter edition in 2012 is underway....