Tag: Youth Olympic Games
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Lindsey Vonn takes on Youth Olympic Games role for Lillehammer 2016
Sept 30, 2014: With 500 days to go to the second Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lillehammer, Norway, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced today that Olympic champion Lindsey Vonn will reprise her role as Ambassador for the Games, which will take place in February 2016. The American Alpine skier has a wealth of experience…
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FAN Zhendong Not Just Looking for Youth Olympic Games Gold
Lausanne, August 17: Fresh from reading the Olympic oath on behalf of the Youth Olympic Games athletes, FAN Zhendong (CHN) has announced that winning Youth Olympic Games gold is not the 17 year old’s only goal. The senior world number three stated today, on the first day of the table tennis event here in Wutaishan…
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Joint Communique from the International Olympic Committee and the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Organizing Committee
Lausanne, August 15: Our thoughts are firstly with those who have been touched by the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa and the suffering of those affected and their families. With regard to ensuring the safety of all those participating in the Youth Olympic Games and the people of the city of Nanjing we have…
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IJF Youth Olympics Training Camp
Fiesch, Switzerland, July 28th, 2014: Youth Olympics, The finest young judoka in the world are primed for the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games in August after completing a week long IJF Training Camp in Fiesch, Switzerland. More than 350 athletes and coaches from 70 nations participated in the second edition of the IJF Youth Training…
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Lucie Decosse to Mentor Athletes at Nanjing
Lausanne, Mar 30, 2014: Mentor, Recently the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced the list of 37 Athlete Role Models (ARMs) who will attend the second Summer Youth Olympic Games from 16 to 28 August in Nanjing, China. Lucie Decosse, Olympic and World Champion, was designated as the ARM for Judo. In Nanjing, she will play…
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IOC President shares ideas with athletes
Lausanne, March 6, 2013: ideas with athletes, During the final hours of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games, IOC President Thomas Bach already had one eye on the next event on the Olympic horizon: the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games. Looking to make the YOG an event “by young people, for young people”, he took…
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Lillehammer making impressive progress
Lausanne, June 13, 2013: The International Olympic Committee’s Coordination Commission for the Lillehammer 2016 Youth Olympic Games (YOG) concluded their second successful visit today impressed with the Organizing Committee’s (LYOGOC) progress on building the foundations for an “unforgettable” event. During two days of informative meetings held in Gjovik, which will host the short track events…
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Buenos Aires hosts Olympic Day celebrations
Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA, July 04, 2012: Olympic Day celebrations, The Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games Bid has hosted an open air event to celebrate 2012 Olympic Day. Held annually around the world, Olympic Day celebrates the anniversary of the founding of the International Olympic Committee [IOC]. 2012 is the 26th year that Olympic Day has…