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*** YOG 2010 Competition Qualifications ***

IOC News -- 12/10/2008



The Youth Olympic Summer Games in Singapore 2010
is for BMX athletes between the ages of 14 and 18.- NEWS:
YOG Sports Competitions Programme Qualification Systems
Also Make Note Of 2010 Youth Olympic Games Information


Photo - The Olympic flag. Mixed teams will be an innovative feature of
the first Youth Summer Olympic Games in Singapore in 2010 it was
announced on Wednesday by the International Olympic Committee
(IOC) on the opening day of their Executive Board meeting.

Sports Competitions Programme Qualification Systems 1st YOG 2010

The Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)
approved today the sports competitions programme for the 1st Summer
Youth Olympic Games (YOG) to be held in Singapore in 2010, as well as
the qualification system for each event.

Some 3,594 athletes will compete in Singapore in 26 sports comprising
201 events. The number of sports in the programme is identical to the
London 2012 programme. Each event has its own age group* competing,
either 15-16 (27 events), 16-17 (111 events) or 17-18 (63 events).

The events differ significantly in order to match the age groups and
interests of the young athletes. Basketball will for example be played
according to the FIBA 33 formula, with teams of three playing against
each other on one half-court. The most important particularity of the
YOG is however the numerous mixed–gender or National Olympic
Committees (NOCs) – team events in archery, athletics (medley relay),
cycling (combined BMX-mountain bike-road event), equestrian, fencing,
judo, modern pentathlon (relay), swimming (relay), table tennis, tennis
and triathlon (relay).

The participation of all 205 NOCs is the key factor in ensuring the
universality of the YOG. In each individual sport, a specific number
of places for NOCs (referred to as “Universality Places”) will be reserved
to ensure that at least four athletes per NOC have the possibility to
participate in the YOG.

The qualification system for each sport and discipline, which was
prepared in close collaboration with each International Federation (IF),
strives to guarantee participation of the best athletes in their age
category and to respect the principle of universality by allowing
NOCs to benefit from the “Universality Places”.

For all disciplines, competitions such as Junior World Championships,
Continental Championships or official junior ranking lists will allow
athletes to attempt to qualify for the YOG.

The four team sport** tournaments (football, handball, hockey and
volleyball) will consist of one national team per continent as well as
a sixth team which will either represent the NOC of the host country
or be proposed by the IFs for IOC approval. An NOC will be allowed
to have no more than one boys’ and one girls’ team competing for
all four team sports.

In addition, and irrespective of the number of athletes qualified,
an NOC delegation may include no more than 70 athletes in
individual sports.

Besides the sports competitions programme, the YOG will feature an
extensive Cultural and Educational Programme (CEP), which aims to
introduce, in a fun and festive spirit, the young athletes to Olympism
and the Olympic values, and to raise awareness on important issues
such as the benefits of a healthy lifestyle, the fight against doping and
their role as sports ambassadors in their communities. As a result of
close collaboration between the IOC and the Singapore Youth Olympic
Games Organising Committee (SYOGOC), an innovative and attractive
CEP has been developed, with SYOGOC looking to finalise it shortly and
start implementation at the beginning of next year.

The Executive Board was also updated by IOC Coordination Commission
Chairman Sergey Bubka on the general progress of preparations by
SYOGOC for the YOG, which are on time and moving ahead steadily.

* The age being the athlete’s age on 31 December in the year of the YOG.
** For qualification purposes, basketball is considered as an individual sport.

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http://www.olympic.org/uk/news/olympic_news/full_story_uk.asp?id=2477
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http://www.genesbmx.com/2008-bmx-olympics.html#2010-youth-games
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