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singaporewin-youtholympics2.pngYesterday, we hear a wonderful news that the inaugural 2010 Youth Olympics Games will be hosted in Singapore. We won against a very experienced city, Moscow! Now all preparations from all sectors are taking place to make this historic sporting event a successful one.

SINGAPORE - Singapore erupted in celebration on Thursday after winning the right to host the inaugural Youth Olympics in 2010, with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong calling it a new era for Southeast Asian sport.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) awarded the Games to the city-state ahead of Moscow. It will be the first time that Singapore has hosted a multi-disciplinary sporting event of such a magnitude.

“Friends and fellow Singaporeans, congratulations to all of us,” said Mr Lee in front of thousands of cheering supporters wearing red and white, the colours of the national flag.”

“It is a great honour and privilege for all of us. It will be the first time that the Olympic flame will be in Southeast Asia and in Singapore.”

“We will be the focus of a new era for sporting development for Southeast Asia and Singapore.”
“We worked very hard, it was a national effort, but more than that it was a people effort.”

The brainchild of IOC chief Jacques Rogge, the Youth Olympics will feature traditional sports such as athletics and swimming, but also some innovative events such as beach-wrestling and BMX bike riding.

Rogge made the announcement himself from the IOC headquarters in Lausanne.
The Games will see 3,500 athletes aged between 14 and 18 competing in 26 sports.
Singapore is proposing 24 venues, with four being built as temporary facilities, including one large cluster of 13 in its Marina-Kallang area.

The Youth Olympic Village would be located at a new student residential complex at the National University of Singapore, slated for completion months before the event. The Games will run from August 14-16. - AFP/ir
Source: ChannelNewsAsia.com

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