Tag: Youth Olympic Torch Relay
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Bids for 2022 Winter Games, YOG 2020
Lausanne, June 06, 2013: BIDS, The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today opened the bidding processes for the XXIV Olympic Winter Games in 2022 and the 3rd Winter Youth Olympic Games in 2020. The bidding process for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games will feature two phases – the candidature acceptance procedure and the candidature procedure –…
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Torchbearers carrying Youth Olympic Flame span 30 countries and seven decades!
Innsbruck, Austria, IYOGOC Press Release, Dec 21, 2011: With exactly one week to go until the start of the Youth Olympic Flame, Youth Olympic Torch Relay, the names of all 2012 Torchbearers – with the exception of the final runners who will carry the Torch into Bergisel Stadium at the Opening Ceremony on 13 January 2012 – have…
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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…