17 Cities To Bid For Youth Olympic Games
The first ever Youth Olympic Games in Singapore appears to be a huge success as the IOC has revealed that up to 17 countries have expressed an interest in hosting the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games.
The United States and countries from Africa have confirmed their interest in hosting the Games.??
IOC executive director for the Olympic Games Gilbert Felli confirmed discussions have taken place: ‘We have had discussions with the USOC (United States Olympic Committee) and some cities in the United States who have the idea for the winter or summer Games.’??
The first ever Summer Youth Games are taking place in Singapore and IOC President Jacques Rogge stated that the Games have been a success: ‘So far everything is going smoothly and we’ve been very pleased with the organisation, the competition and the non-sport activities.’??
‘While it is impossible to provide a full assessment of the Games until after they’re over, so far we are very satisfied,’ he added.
The Games have proved popular on the internet following a social media campaign and the Games’ YouTube channel has already had three million hits.?
The inaugural Winter Youth Olympic Games will be held in Innsbruck, Austria, in 2012 with the next Summer Youth Olympics taking place in Nanjing, China in 2014.
