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I Summer Youth Olympic Games

Official logo
Host city
Singapore
Nations participating
170 (estimated)
Athletes participating
3,500 (estimated)
Events
184 in 26 sports
Opening ceremony
August 14
Closing ceremony
August 26
Stadium
The Float at Marina Bay
The 2010 Summer Youth Olympic Games (officially known as 1st Summer Youth Olympic Games) is the inaugural Youth Olympic Games, a major international sports and cultural festival to be celebrated in the tradition of the Summer Olympic Games from August 14 to August 26, 2010, during the XXIX Olympiad. The Games will be held in Singapore, in a decision announced on 21 February 2008 after mail voting by 105 IOC members[1]
Contents[hide]
1 Bid process
2 Bid details
2.1 Accommodations
2.2 Transportation and infrastructure
3 Preparation
3.1 Organization
3.2 Youth Olympic Village
4 Financing
5 Marketing
6 Sports
7 Calendar
8 Venues
9 References
10 External links
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[edit] Bid process
Main article: 2010 Youth Olympics bids
Eleven cities expressed interest in hosting the Games, nine of which ultimately applied. Five cities were selected to the short list: Athens (Greece), Bangkok (Thailand), Moscow (Russia), Singapore, and Turin (Italy). The list was further shortened to two finalists: Singapore and Moscow. Singapore won the right to host the Games on 21 February 2008 after a televised announcement in Lausanne, Switzerland by IOC President Jacques Rogge[1]
2010 Youth Olympic Games bidding results
City
NOC Name
Postal votes
Singapore
Singapore
53
Moscow
Russia
44

[edit] Bid details

The central business district of Singapore
Host of the 117th IOC Session, Singapore made its first formal bid to host a multi-disciplinary sporting event of this magnitude. Positive factors in its bid included its high connectivity with the world, its youthfulness as an independent country, and its reputation for excellence and multi-racial harmony. The city-state rolled out a high-publicity campaign which included being amongst the first to launch its official website, bid logo (despite IOC rules against bid logos) and a bid tagline "Blazing the Trail" on 16 October 2007[2] and getting the local populace to support its bid, including an effort by students to collect 1 million signatures in support of the games.[3] The Logo Competition for the Singapore Olympics has officialy begun, with over 1,500 enteries submitted.
Singapore originally planned to use the National University of Singapore’s University Town for a high tech Youth Olympic Village. However the rapid increase in construction costs in 2008 resulted in the shifting of the Youth Olympic Village to the National Institute of Education in Nanyang Technological University in Jurong West.[4] Jurong West Sports and Recreation Centre will also feature prominently in the games.
There were concerns that the plan contained two new venues - the Olympic Village and equestrian complex. With concerns over delivering in time for the games, a construction expert reported the $423 million Olympic Village plan at the University was feasible. (There is a backup plan as well.) Similarly, the expert believed the equestrian venue could be delivered on time.[5]
The budget is $75.5 million and has strong government support. The plan is also attractive because of its compactness in the Singapore city-state.[5]

[edit] Accommodations
The Bid Committee has secured 4,310 guaranteed rooms in 36 hotels. The IOC Hotel will be The Ritz-Carlton Millenia Singapore. Media accommodation and the MMC will be at The Marina Bay Sands.

[edit] Transportation and infrastructure
All Singapore 2010 competition and non-competition venues will be within 30 minutes of the Youth Olympic Village (YOV), the Main Media Centre (MMC) and the Olympic Family hotels (OFH).
An Event Transport Operations Centre (ETOC) will manage all transport-related matters specific to the YOG, providing real-time travel information. A shuttle service will link all YOG venues for all accredited persons, as well as receiving complimentary travel on public buses and subways. Olympic Lanes will be designated along key routes for faster access to all YOG venues.
Singapore Changi Airport is well connected to more than 130 airports worldwide and 80 international airlines operate scheduled services via Singapore The airport has presently three main terminals, and a budget terminal.

[edit] Preparation
Singapore has received some international support for the game's preparations. The People's Republic of China, host of the 2008 Summer Olympics, expressed its desire to assist Singapore in its preparations[6]. Lord Sebastian Coe, Chairman of the London Organising Committee for the 2012 Summer Olympics, informed that members of his organising team would plan to attend the event, including coaches and administrators[7].

[edit] Organization
A selection process to determine the members of the games' organising committee commenced soon after the bid result announcement. Plans were made to have the committee to visit the IOC to obtain greater details on organising the event.[8] Members of the 23-member Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee (SYOGOC) was announced on 24 March 2008 as follows:
Singapore Youth Olympic Games Advisory Committee Members[9]
Position
Member
Portfolio
Chairman
Ng Ser Miang
International Olympic Committee Executive Board member in Singapore
Deputy Chairman
Niam Chiang Meng
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports
Advisor
Kelly Fairweather
Chief Executive Officer, Sport Performance Institute, Stellenbosch University and former Director (Sports), International Olympic Committee
Chief Executive Officer
Brigadier-General(NS) Goh Kee Nguan
Member
Alex Chan
Chairman, Singapore Sports Council
Member
Chris Chan
Secretary-General, Singapore National Olympic Council
Member
Chang Hwee Nee
Deputy Secretary (Policy), Ministry of Education
Member
Patrick Daniel
Editor-in-Chief, Singapore Press Holdings Ltd
Member
Kenny Eng
Business Development Manager, Nyee Phoe Group and Director, Gardenasia
Member
Noel Hon
Chairman, Singapore Kindness Movement
Member
Koh Seng Leong
Olympic sailor
Member
Kwek Leng Joo
Managing Director, City Developments Limited and Vice Chairman, Singapore Business Federation
Member
Asst. Prof C Kunalan
Secretary, Singapore National Olympic Council Anti-Doping in Sports Commission
Member
Low Teo Ping
President, Singapore Sailing Federation and Vice-President, Singapore National Olympic Council
Member
Oon Jin Teik
Chief Executive Officer, Singapore Sports Council
Member
Michael Palmer
Member of Parliament (Pasir Ris-Punggol Group Representation Constituency) and Partner, Harry Elias Partnership
Member
Annabel Pennefather
President, Singapore Hockey Federation and Vice-President, Singapore National Olympic Council
Member
Shaun Seow
Deputy CEO (News, Radio, Print), MediaCorp
Member
Sim Gim Guan
Deputy Secretary (Information & Corporate Management), Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts
Member
Dr Benedict Tan
Chairman, Singapore National Olympic Council Athletes’ Commission
Member
Dr Tan Eng Liang
Vice-President, Singapore National Olympic Council
Member
Josephine Teo Li Min
Member of Parliament (Bishan-Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency) and Assistant Secretary-General and Director (Youth Development), National Trades Union Congress
Member
Zainudin Nordin
Member of Parliament (Bishan-Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency) and Mayor, Central Singapore District
The SYOGOC would be aided by a Panel of Advisors, composed of:
Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports and Second Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts.
Teo Chee Hean, Minister for Defence and president of the Singapore National Olympic Council
Teo Ser Luck, Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports
Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Minister for Finance
Ng Eng Hen, Minister for Education[10]
In addition, an Inter-Ministry Committee was established with Niam Chiang Meng, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports as its chairman[11]. Comprising five sub-committees on Sports, Culture and Education, Community Outreach, Youth Engagement and Business and Marketing, its members would be announced at a later date.

[edit] Youth Olympic Village
The Youth Olympic Village will be located at the National Institute of Education in Nanyang Technological University. [12].

[edit] Financing
Singapore won the bid with a budget of $75.5 million, which will be derived from corporate sponsorship and the remainder topped up by guaranteed government funding. The organisers hope to raise S$40 million to S$50 million in sponsorship[13].

[edit] Marketing
The organising committee launched an international logo design competition on 29 July 2008 through 29 August 2008 via the official website[14], requiring that the logo incorporate the three themes of the Singapore identity, the Olympic ideals, and a youthful spirit[13].

[edit] Sports
A total of 26 sports will be featured, for a total of 31 disciplines. This includes two disciplines under the IOC classification of aquatics (diving and swimming), two disciplines for Cycling (BMX and Mountain Bike), three for Gymnastics (Artistic, Rhythmic and Trampoline) and two for Volleyball (Indoor and Beach).
Archery
Athletics
Badminton
Basketball
Boxing
Canoeing
Cycling
Diving
Equestrian
Fencing
Football/Soccer
Gymnastics
Handball
Hockey
Judo
Modern pentathlon
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Swimming
Table tennis
Taekwondo
Tennis
Triathlon
Volleyball
Weightlifting
Wrestling

[edit] Calendar
The following calendar was published in the official Singapore YOG Bid Candidature File. Each blue box represents an event competition, such as a qualification round, on that day. The yellow boxes represent a medal-awarding final for a sport. The number in each box represents the number of finals that will be contested on that day.[15]

Opening ceremony

Event competitions

Event finals

Closing ceremony
August
14th
15th
16th
17th
18th
19th
20th
21st
22nd
23rd
24th
25th
26th
TotalGoldMedals
Ceremonies


Aquatics (Diving)
2
2
4
Aquatics (Swimming)
2
4
4
4
4
18
Archery
1
1
1
3
Athletics
2
4
4
4
4
4
22
Badminton
2
2
Basketball (Olympic)1
2
2
Basketball (Street)1
2
2
Boxing
4
4
8
Canoeing (Flatwater)
1
1
2
Cycling (BMX)
1
1
2
Cycling (Mountain Bike)
1
1
2
Equestrian (Jumping)
1
2
3
Fencing
2
2
2
6
Hockey
2
2
Football/Soccer
1
1
2
Gymnastics (Artistic)
2
5
5
12
Gymnastics (Rhythmic)
1
1
2
Gymnastics (Trampoline)
2
2
Handball
2
2
Judo
4
4
8
Modern Pentathlon
2
1
3
Rowing
4
4
Sailing
4
4
Shooting
2
2
4
Table tennis
2
2
Taekwondo
5
5
5
5
20
Tennis
2
2
4
Triathlon
2
2
Volleyball (Beach)1
2
2
Volleyball (Indoor)1
1
1
2
Weightlifting
2
3
3
3
11
Wrestling (Beach)
2
2
4
Wrestling (Indoor)
7
7
14
Total Gold Medals
4
6
8
20
20
12
25
22
13
24
22
8
184
Notes
Note 1: Only one discipline each for Basketball and Volleyball will eventually be held under IOC direction.

[edit] Venues
A total of 19 competition venues has been earmarked for the games, spread in five main clusters around the island with all venues within a 30-minute travel time from the Youth Olympic Village. 11 of these venues do not require permanent works, three require permanent works, one, the Singapore Turf Club Riding School is being built as a permanent facility for the Singapore Turf Club, and four would be completely temporary fixtures located in existing open spaces or waterways. All of these venues except the Singapore Turf Club Riding School and the Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre are government-owned.
Seven venues has been earmarked for training purposes, in particular the existing sports facilities within the National University of Singapore (NUS) which is adjacent to the Youth Olympic Village, the later of which will occupy the NUS University Town[16]. Construction of the University Town commenced on 31 January 2008[17], and was speeded up upon confirmation of Singapore as the YOG host[18]. Other main venues include the The Float at Marina Bay, which will stage the opening and closing ceremonies, The Marina Bay Sands, site of the Main Media Centre, and The Ritz-Carlton Millenia Singapore, which will be the Olympic Family hotel with 500 rooms already secured by the organisers.
However, on 2 August 2008, it was announced that the venue for Youth Olympic Village will be located at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) campus instead of the National University of Singapore University Town.[19]
Official venues of the 2010 Youth Summer Olympics[15]
Venue
Usage
Sports
Seating Capacity
Standing Capacity
Temporary works(US$ 2007)
Permanent works(US$ 2007)
Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)
Training
Badminton; Football/Soccer
-
-
-
-
Bishan Sports Hall
Competition (Existing)
Gymnastics
2,000
50
466,699
457,516
Bishan Stadium
Competition (Existing)
Athletics; Football/Soccer (finals)
10,000
500 (Athletics)100 (Football/Soccer)
842,353
196,078
Catholic High School
Training
Gymnastics
-
-
-
-
Choa Chu Kang Stadium
Competition (Existing)
Football/Soccer (Preliminaries)
4,000
200
50,686
-
East Coast Park
Competition (Temporary)
Triathlon
Open Venue
Open Venue
97,418
-
Jurong West Stadium
Competition (Existing)
Football/Soccer (Preliminaries)
4,000
200
50,686
-
Kallang Cricket Field
Competition (Temporary)
Archery
500
100
202,222
-
Kallang Netball Centre
Competition (Existing)
Basketball (Street)
3,000
100
302,337
-
Kallang Tennis Centre
Competition (Existing)
Tennis
2,000
100
244,003
-
The Float at Marina Bay
Ceremonies
-
30,000
-
-
-
Marina Reservoir
Competition (Temporary)
Canoeing; Rowing
1,000
Open Venue
480,915
-
Nanyang Technological University
Training
Field hockey
-
-
-
-
Nanyang Technological University
Youth Olympic Village
-
-
-
2,420,000
400,000,0001
National Hockey Centre
Competition (Existing)
Field hockey
1,200
100
67,680
-
National Sailing Centre
Competition (Existing)
Sailing
Open Venue
Open Venue
85,719
-
National University of Singapore
Training
Aquatics (Swimming); Athletics; Basketball;Boxing; Handball; Judo; Taekwondo;Tennis; Volleyball (Indoor); Wrestling (Indoor)
-
-
-
-
Raffles Institution
Training
Gymnastics
-
-
-
-
SAFRA Yishun Country Club
Training
Shooting
-
-
-
-
Siloso Beach
Competition (Temporary)
Volleyball (Beach); Wrestling (Beach)
3,000 (Volleyball)1,000 (Wrestling)
100
426,438
-
Singapore Indoor Stadium
Competition (Existing)
Badminton
8,000
100
11,373
-
Singapore Indoor Stadium
Competition (Existing)
Basketball (Olympic)
8,000
100
11,373
-
Singapore Polytechnic
Training
Football/Soccer; Table tennis
-
-
-
-
Singapore Sports School
Competition (Existing)
Aquatics (Swimming)
2,700
200
220,784
-
Singapore Sports School
Competition (Existing)
Modern Pentathlon
Variable
Variable
36,471
-
Singapore Sports School
Competition (Existing)
Volleyball (Indoor)
1,500
50
121,569
-
Singapore Sports School
Competition (Existing)
Weightlifting
1,000
100
118,301
-
Singapore Turf Club Riding School
Competition (U/C)
Shooting
1,500
150
241,176
7,843,0002
SICEC
Competition (Existing)
Boxing
1,500
50
133,812
-
SICEC
Competition (Existing)
Fencing
1,700
50
150,152
-
SICEC
Competition (Existing)
Handball
1,500
50
150,152
-
SICEC
Competition (Existing)
Judo
1,000
50
130,544
-
SICEC
Competition (Existing)
Taekwondo
1,000
50
130,544
-
SICEC
Competition (Existing)
Wrestling (Indoor)
1,000
50
130,544
-
Tampines Bike Park
Competition (Existing)
Cycling
2,000
200 (BMX)Open Venue (Mountain Bike)
233,595
490,196
The Marina Bay Sands
Main Media Centre
-
-
-
-
-
The Ritz-Carlton Millenia Singapore
IOC Hotel
-
-
-
-
-
Toa Payoh Sports Hall
Competition (Existing)
Shooting
500
50
69,133
-
Toa Payoh Sports Hall
Competition (Existing)
Table tennis
2,000
50
32,549
-
Toa Payoh Swimming Complex
Competition (Existing)
Aquatics (Diving)
1,500
100
490,784
-
Notes
Note 1: Expenditure is part of existing plans for the National University of Singapore University Town and was not built solely for the YOG.
Note 2: Expenditure is under Singapore Turf Club accounts and not built solely for the YOG.

[edit] References
^ a b "Singapore to host the 1st Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2010". IOC. 2008-02-21. http://www.olympic.org/uk/news/olympic_news/full_story_uk.asp?id=2491. Retrieved on 2008-02-21.
^ Patwant Singh (2007-10-16). "Singapore's Youth Olympic Games Committee launches logo, website". Channel NewsAsia. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/305988/1/.html. Retrieved on 2007-10-16.
^ "Youth Olympic athletes to stay at NTU campus". AsiaOne. http://news.asiaone.com/News/Education/Story/A1Story20080803-80282.html. Retrieved on 2008-08-12.
^ Margaret Perry (2007-10-28). "Jurong West to host Youth Olympic events if S'pore wins bid". Channel NewsAsia. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/specialreport/news/308278_61/1/.html. Retrieved on 2007-10-28.
^ a b Youth Olympic Games Evaluation Report Has Focus on Short Timeframe
^ Hasnita Majid (2008-02-28). "Minister Yeo says S'pore-China relations more multi-faceted". Channel NewsAsia. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/specialreport/news/331768_61/1/.html. Retrieved on 2008-02-28.
^ Valerie Tan (2008-02-28). "London Olympics team expected to be in S'pore for Youth Olympic Games". Channel NewsAsia. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/specialreport/news/331751_61/1/.html. Retrieved on 2008-02-28.
^ Wong Mun Wai (2008-03-11). "Organising committee to visit IOC to learn finer details of YOG". Channel NewsAsia. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/334233/1/.html. Retrieved on 2008-03-11.
^ [http://www.singapore2010.sg/media/annex_a_240308.doc "Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee (SYOGOC) Board Members"]. http://www.singapore2010.sg/media/annex_a_240308.doc. Retrieved on 2008-01-12.
^ YOG organisers hoping for US$38m sponsorship deals
^ Channelnewsasia.com - Special Reports
^ Youth.SG :: Singapore - Youth Olympic Village goes to NTU
^ a b Channelnewsasia.com
^ Singapore 2010 Logo Design Competition - Home
^ a b "Singapore Candidature File Volume 1". BOCOG. http://www.singapore2010.sg/pdf/Can_File_Vol1.pdf. Retrieved on 2008-03-02.
^ Nus Utown
^ Channelnewsasia.com - Special Reports
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^ Wong Siew Ying (2008-08-02). "Youth Olympic Village to be located at NTU, not NUS". Channel NewsAsia. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/364499/1/.html. Retrieved on 2008-08-02.

[edit] External links
Singapore 2010 Official site
2010 Youth Olympic Games host city announcement ceremony (video)
Unofficial Community Support Site
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