Youth Olympics Games (YOG)

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Updated On : 09 Oct, 2020

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Youth Olympics Games (YOG)

Type
international

Location
Worldwide

Disabled
No

Conducted
Once in 4 years

Gender
Both

Trivia

The Youth Olympic Games are a successor to the World Youth Games, which are no longer held.
The sports programme of YOG is based majorly on the Olympic Games. But it also includes new exciting sports, formats and disciplines such as sport climbing, 3 x 3 basketball, 3 x 3 ice hockey, breaking and mixed gender and mixed National Olympic Committee events.

The Youth Olympic Games (YOG) is a major international multi-sport event, which aims to bring together talented young athletes between the age of 15 and 18 from all over the world. The games are held every four years in summers and winters staggered according to the current format of the Olympic Games, albeit in reverse order with the Winter Games being held on leap years rather than the Summer Games.

Austria's Johann Rosenzopf presented the idea for such an event in 1998. On July 6, 2007, members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) approved the creation of a youth version of the Olympic Games, intending to share the costs of hosting the event between the IOC and the host city, while the IOC to bear the travel costs of the athletes and coaches. These Games also includes cultural exchange programs and opportunities for participants to meet Olympians. The first summer edition of YOG was held in Singapore from 14 to 26 August 2010, and the first YOG winter edition was held in Innsbruck, Austria, from 13 to 22 January 2012.

Significance / Memorable Moments

YOG is a sporting event for youth around the world. Although, this is a bit different from other youth sports competitions, as it includes a range of educational activities with three areas: protecting athletes, working on performance and assisting athletes outside of sports.
Away from the sporting area, the education program uses a variety of fun and interactive activities, workshops and team-building exercises to help participating athletes learn about Olympic values, explore other cultures, and improve their training methods and performance.
The most recent summer edition, Buenos Aires' 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games involved 4,000 athletes. The recent winter YOG took place in Lausanne in 2020 and featured 1,872 athletes.
The IOC has chosen Dakar, Senegal in West Africa to host the 2026 Summer Youth Olympics while Gangwon, South Korea will host the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics.

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