Youth Olympic Games is a sports event specially set up for young people, which softens the contents of sports, education and culture, and will promote the development of these fields together with the Olympic Games.
Like the Olympic Games, the Youth Olympic Games is held every four years. The Summer Youth Olympic Games will last for 12 days, and will be held in midsummer.
200 1 IOC president Jacques? Rogge put forward the idea of hosting the Youth Olympic Games.
On July 5, 2007, at the119th plenary session of the International Olympic Committee held in Guatemala City, the IOC unanimously agreed to establish the Youth Olympic Games.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC), headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland, announced on the 3rd that the national Olympic Committees of China, Indonesia, Morocco, Mexico, Poland and Turkey have submitted their applications to the IOC for hosting the Second Youth Summer Olympic Games in 20 14.
According to the International Olympic Committee, among the six countries, Nanjing, China, Jakarta and Poznan have announced their bid to host the Youth Summer Olympic Games, while the Olympic committees of the other three countries have not yet decided which city to bid for, requiring more time to study and decide. The international Olympic Committee has proposed that the list of bidding cities must be submitted before April this year 1
According to the bidding procedures announced by the International Olympic Committee, all bidding cities must submit official bidding reports before September 4 this year. The Executive Committee of the International Olympic Committee will announce the final candidate cities in June+February, 5438, and the final selected cities will be announced at the122nd plenary session of the International Olympic Committee held in Vancouver, Canada in 20 10.
The122nd plenary session of the International Olympic Committee decided in Vancouver on February 1 1 to award the right to host the 2nd Summer Youth Olympic Games in 20 14 to Nanjing, China.
[Edit this paragraph] Youth Olympic Games objectives
The objectives of the Youth Olympic Games include:
1. Gather young athletes from all over the world to celebrate for them.
Promote the Olympic spirit in a unique and powerful way.
3. Stimulate education and discussion on the Olympic spirit and social challenges in an innovative way.
4. Share the cultures around the world in a festive and harmonious atmosphere.
Promote the Olympic spirit to different youth groups all over the world.
6. Promote young people's sports awareness and participation.
7. Become an innovation platform in the Olympic development movement.
8. Become one of the events that can represent the highest international sports level.
[Edit this paragraph] Nanjing Youth Olympic Games
201February 1 1 in the early morning, the IOC held its122nd plenary session in Vancouver, Canada, and voted for the host city of the 2nd Youth Olympic Games in 20 14. IOC President jacques rogge announced that the host city of the 2nd Summer Youth Olympic Games is Nanjing. Nanjing defeated Poznan of Poland with 47 votes (42 votes) and successfully won the right to host the Games.
In March 2009, Nanjing officially launched the bid for the 2nd Youth Olympic Games on 20 14. With the strong support of the State Sports General Administration and other relevant departments in the State Council, and with the enthusiastic guidance and active assistance of the Chinese Olympic Committee, the bid committee for Nanjing 20 14 Youth Olympic Games has completed the work of submitting the bid report, answering the questionnaire of the IOC, holding a video conference with the IOC and making a bid presentation to the122nd plenary session of the IOC in strict accordance with the regulations of the IOC.
This exciting news first reached Nanjing.
Maybe I already know that Nanjing will win. On the night of February 10, a heavy snow made Nanjing city extraordinarily beautiful. At 9: 00 am on June 5438+0 1, nearly 1,000 students, Olympic torchbearers, citizens' representatives and government workers from Nanjing took part in activities to celebrate Nanjing's successful bid to host the 20 14 Youth Olympic Games in Baima Park next to Zijin Mountain. A wonderful sports dance performance was held at the celebration.
Holding the Beijing Olympic torch and wearing the costume of Olympic torchbearer, Liu stood out among the celebrators. He told reporters that as a Nanjing native, he was very excited to see his city win the right to host the Youth Olympic Games. "The Youth Olympic Games is a gathering of young people and a matter for middle-aged and elderly people. I will be a good host and actively serve the Youth Olympic Games, "Liu said.
Liu Jing, a senior two student in Nanjing No.34 Middle School, said, "I am very happy now. Before that, I participated in many activities to promote the Youth Olympic Games. In the future, I will try my best to be a volunteer of the Youth Olympic Games. "
Nanjing Mayor Ji Jianye attended the celebration. He said: "We will keep all our promises to the International Olympic Committee and make the 20 14 Youth Olympic Games a complete, successful, friendly and wonderful Olympic Games in the next few years."
[Edit this paragraph] "Grow up with YOG * * *! (grow up with YOG! )"
"young chinese, Bless the Youth Olympic Games" 2 1 was held in Nanjing in the evening. Wang Yonghong, Vice Mayor of Nanjing, announced at the party that after more than two months of solicitation, the Nanjing 20 14 Youth Olympic Games Bid Committee * * received 1785 entries from all over the country. The jury unanimously agreed to "grow with the Youth Olympic Games!" This slogan is unpretentious and profound, including the growth of the Youth Olympic Games itself, the growth of teenagers and the Youth Olympic Games, the growth of cities and the Youth Olympic Games, and the growth of the world and the Youth Olympic Games. The idea of being elected as Nanjing's bid to host the 20 14 Youth Olympic Games.