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Lele, also known as Nanjing Lele, is the official mascot of the Nanjing 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.After a competition, the stone was chosen to represent the games. [1] The word ‘lele’ represents the sound of stones colliding together and is pronounced like the Chinese word meaning happiness or joy. [2]
Athletics has featured as a sport at the Youth Olympic Summer Games since its first edition in 2010. The Youth Olympic Games are multi-sport event and the games are held every four years just like the Olympic Games. Athletes under the age of 18 can participate in the Games. This age group corresponds with the youth category of athletics ...
Sailing has featured as a sport at the Youth Olympic Summer Games since its first edition in 2010. The Youth Olympic Games are multi-sport event and the games are held every four years just like the Olympic Games. With sailing limited to four events sailing has chosen to feature athlete under 16 in two disciplines.
Originally, Peters inquired about internship opportunities, but she was also encouraged to apply for the Summer Youth Program. The ambitious 19-year-old was accepted into both programs.
The YOG is also a successor to the discontinued World Youth Games. The Summer Youth Olympic Games of Singapore in 2010 and Nanjing in 2014 each played host to 3600 athletes and lasted 13 days, whereas the Winter YOG of Innsbruck in 2012 had 1059 athletes and Lillehammer in 2016 had 1100 athletes and lasted 10 days.
The following is a list of bids for the Summer Youth Olympics, sorted by year. It consists of the year the games were held or scheduled to be held, the date the decision was made, the city and country which issued the bid, and the result of the bid parties. The bid listed first for each games is the one selected by the IOC.
Team 2010 2014 2018 2026 Andorra 17th: 19th Argentina 7th: 3rd: 1st Belgium 2nd Brazil 7th: 7th Central African Republic 15th-- China 12th: 12th Croatia 2nd-- Egypt 13th-- Estonia 9th
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