2018 Summer Youth Olympics
The 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games officially known as the III Summer Youth Olympic Games, and commonly known as Buenos Aires 2018, is a forthcoming international sports, cultural, and educational festival for teenagers that will be hosted in Buenos Aires, Argentina between 6 and 18 October 2018.
It will be the first Summer Youth Olympic Games to be held outside of Asia and the first Youth Games for either summer or winter to be held outside Eurasia.
The Youth Olympic Games (YOG) is an international multi-sport event organized by the International Olympic Committee.
The games are held every four years in staggered summer and winter events consistent with the current Olympic Games format, though in reverse order with Winter Games held in leap years instead of Summer Games.
The first summer version was held in Singapore from 14 to 26 August 2010 while the first winter version was held in Innsbruck, Austria from 13 to 22 January 2012
The age limitation of the athletes is 14 to 18.
the idea of such an event was introduced by Johann Rosenzopf from Austria in 1998.
On 6 July 2007, International Olympic Committee (IOC) members at the 119th IOC session in Guatemala City approved the creation of a youth version of the Olympic Games, with the intention of sharing the costs of hosting the event between the IOC and the host city, whereas the traveling costs of athletes and coaches were to be paid by the IOC.
These Games will also feature cultural exchange programs and opportunities for participants to meet Olympic athletes.
Several other Olympic events for youth, like the European Youth Olympic Festival held every other year with summer and winter versions, and the Australian Youth Olympic Festival, have proven successful.
The Youth Games are modelled after these sporting events.
The YOG are also a successor to the discontinued World Youth Games.
The 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games officially known as the III Summer Youth Olympic Games, and commonly known as Buenos Aires 2018, is a forthcoming international sports, cultural, and educational festival for teenagers that will be hosted in Buenos Aires, Argentina between 6 and 18 October 2018.
It will be the first Summer Youth Olympic Games to be held outside of Asia and the first Youth Games for either summer or winter to be held outside Eurasia.
The Youth Olympic Games (YOG) is an international multi-sport event organized by the International Olympic Committee.
The games are held every four years in staggered summer and winter events consistent with the current Olympic Games format, though in reverse order with Winter Games held in leap years instead of Summer Games.
The first summer version was held in Singapore from 14 to 26 August 2010 while the first winter version was held in Innsbruck, Austria from 13 to 22 January 2012
The age limitation of the athletes is 14 to 18.
the idea of such an event was introduced by Johann Rosenzopf from Austria in 1998.
On 6 July 2007, International Olympic Committee (IOC) members at the 119th IOC session in Guatemala City approved the creation of a youth version of the Olympic Games, with the intention of sharing the costs of hosting the event between the IOC and the host city, whereas the traveling costs of athletes and coaches were to be paid by the IOC.
These Games will also feature cultural exchange programs and opportunities for participants to meet Olympic athletes.
Several other Olympic events for youth, like the European Youth Olympic Festival held every other year with summer and winter versions, and the Australian Youth Olympic Festival, have proven successful.
The Youth Games are modelled after these sporting events.
The YOG are also a successor to the discontinued World Youth Games.