| II Summer Youth Olympic Games | |
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Nanjing 2014 Olympic logo. |
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| Host city | Nanjing |
| Nations participating | 209 (estimated) |
| Athletes participating | 3,600 (estimated) |
| Events | 184 in 26 sports |
| Opening ceremony | August 16 |
| Closing ceremony | August 28 |
| Stadium | Stadium of the Nanjing Olympic Sports Center |
The 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games (officially known as II Summer Youth Olympic Games) is the second of the Summer Youth Olympics, a major international sports and cultural festival to be celebrated in the tradition of the Summer Olympic Games from 16 to 28 August 2014, during the XXX Olympiad. The Games will be held in Nanjing, China in a decision announced on 10 February 2010 after voting by IOC members at the 122nd IOC Session in Vancouver, Canada.
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Usually, each international event has its own emblem[3], so does the Youth Olympics. The emblem of Nanjing Youth Olympic Game is meaningful. It aonsists of three parts. The colourful "NANJING" reflects the image of the gate of Nanjing and the features of some Jiangnan houses.There are various of colours transferring youths energetic spiritual situation. Then beneath the colourful picture is the time for the event. The Youth Olympis games will be held in 2014. And it also contains the Olympic flg and the abbreviation of the name.And the dialog box around the letters refers to dialogue, communication, exchange and commitment. The whole image displays the philosophy of International style, the Olympic spirit, youthful, Nanjing Culture.
The 2014 host city was elected during the 2010 IOC session in Vancouver, prior to the 2010 Winter Olympics.
This was the first election of a Youth Olympic Games host city held in an IOC Session. The elections for the host cities of the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics and 2012 Winter Youth Olympics were done through postal votes by IOC members.
| 2014 Youth Olympic Games bidding results | |||||
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| City | NOC Name | Votes | |||
| Nanjing | China | 47 | |||
| Poznań | Poland | 42 | |||
China bid for the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics with the city of Nanjing.[1] Nanjing is located in East Central China along the Yangtze River. The IOC noted Nanjing had "the least risk" of the applicant cities.
Poznań bid for the inaugural Youth Olympic Games which went to Singapore.[4]
On January 8, 2010, the International Olympic Committee released their report on the Evaluation Commission for the Second Youth Olympic Games.[5]
Guadalajara was chosen over Monterrey by the Mexican Olympic Committee (Comité Olímpico Mexicano) as the national applicant city for the 2014 Youth Olympics. Guadalajara will host the 2011 Pan American Games.[1] Guadalajara officially withdrew the bid on 22 January 2010,[2] two weeks after the release of the IOC evaluation commission's report [6] and less than three weeks before the final vote in Vancouver.
Belgrade showed initial interest in bidding for the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, going so far to attend the initial workshop in Lausanne, Switzerland at the IOC headquarters. However, the city withdrew, declaring an intention to bid for the second edition instead.[7]
Jakarta had been confirmed, but ultimately did not bid.[8]
Moscow was the finalist along with eventual winner Singapore in the contest for the 2010 YOG. Moscow declared it would bid for future editions,[9] but did not bid for this edition.
Rabat the capital of Morocco is planning to bid for the youth Olympic games 2014
Citing the experience it will have gained in hosting the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games in Pune, and the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, Indian Olympic Association president Suresh Kalmadi has declared the intention to bid for the 2014 Games, as well as possibly the 2020 edition of the regular Games.[10]
Three French cities had expressed interest in bidding for the Games. The French NOC decided in October 2008 to bid for the 2018 Winter Olympics with Annecy instead.[11]
Students of the universities of Monterrey supported hosting the Games. The MOC passed over Monterrey in favor of Guadalajara, which will have valuable infrastructure from hosting the 2011 Pan American Games. The Monterrey 2014 Foundation declared it would bid for 2018 if Guadalajara loses this bid.[12]
This is a tentative list of the sports programme taken from the general presentation of the 2nd Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2014.[13]
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| Preceded by Singapore |
Summer Youth Olympic Games Host City 2014 |
Succeeded by TBD |
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