Tag: Peter Bayer
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IYOGOC, Youth Olympic Torch Relay kicks off!
IYOGOC Innsbruck, Austria, Dec 27, 2011: At 7:45 (CET) this morning, the Youth Olympic Torch Relay kicked off in Innsbruck’s Maria-Theresien-Straße. Mayor Christine Oppitz-Plörer lit the Youth Olympic Torch in the cauldron in front of the Annasäule monument in Innsbruck city centre and then passed it to Vice Provincial Governor Hannes Gschwentner. Peter Bayer, today’s first…
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Youth Olympic flame lights up for Innsbruck 2012
Athens, Greece (International Olympic Committee), Dec 18, 2011: Innsbruck 2012, The flame for the first Winter Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck, Austria, was lit today in Athens, marking the first time in modern Olympic history the flame has been lit for three Olympic events taking place in the same city. In addition to hosting the…
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Medals for 1st Winter Youth Olympic Games unveiled
Vienna, IYOGOC News Dec 06, 2011: 1st Winter Youth Olympic Games medals unveiled, Austrian Olympic champion Fritz Strobl today unveiled the medals for the 1st Winter Youth Olympic Games which will take place in Innsbruck in January 2012. 1,059 young athletes from 67 nations will compete for a total of 372 medals during 9 days…