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The 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, officially known as the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games (YOG), were an international multi-sport event held in Singapore from 14 to 26 August 2010. The event was the inaugural Youth Olympic Games, and it saw 3,531 athletes between 14 and 18 years of age competing in 201 events in 26 sports.
Medals and Mascots of the 2018 Youth Olympic Games, delivered during Victory ceremonies to medal winners. An all-time medal table for all Youth Olympic Games (YOG) from 2010 to 2020 is tabulated below. This is a summary of medal tables published by IOC on every YOG edition.
The 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, the inaugural event of its kind, were celebrated in Singapore from 14 to 26 August 2010. A total of 3,531 athletes between 14 and 18 years of age from 204 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated at the Games in 201 events in 26 sports.
The torch relay in the northeast of Singapore on 10 August 2010. Plans for the Youth Olympic torch relay, dubbed the Journey of the Youth Olympic Flame (JYOF), were unveiled on 26 January 2010. The torch used was 60 cm (24 in) high, 5 to 8 centimetres (2.0 to 3.1 in) wide, and weighed 0.74 kg (1.6 lb). [27]
The United States participated in the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore.. The U.S. Team consisted of 82 athletes competing in 18 sports: aquatics (swimming and diving), archery, badminton, basketball, boxing, equestrian, fencing, gymnastics, judo, modern pentathlon, sailing, table tennis, taekwondo, track & field, triathlon, volleyball, weightlifting and wrestling.
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.
On 16 August 2010, Daryl Tan secured Singapore's first medal at the YOG, winning bronze in the Boys' Under-55 kg taekwondo event at the Suntec International Convention Centre. Kaveh Rezaei of Iran, the World Junior champion, won 12 – 0.
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