The 2010 YOG’s Organizing Committee launches the 99-day-to-go celebrations.
We are only 100 days far from the opening ceremony of the first Youth Olympic Games, kicking-off the 14th of August 2010 in Singapore!
Celebrating this milestone of the inaugural Youth Olympic Games, Singapore 2010’s Organizing Committee will launch tomorrow the 99-days-to-go countdown celebrations. The 2010 YOG’s Organizing Committee invites all the sport enthusiast to take part in the celebrations: check the YOG’s countdown facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=116794561671621&index=1
The first edition of the Youth Olympic Games will take place in Singapore from 14 to 26 August 2010. 3200 athletes aging between 14 and 18 will compete in 26 different sports in this historic inaugural edition. Eighty shooters will compete in four events, Air Rifle and Air Pistol, Men and Women, at the first Youth Olympics edition. YOG Quota Places for shooting sport were assigned between 2009 and 2010 at the Oceania Championship in Sydney (AUS), at the Asian Championship in Doha (QAT), at the European Championship in Meraker (NOR), at the Africa Youth Qualification Championship in Tipaza (ALG) and at the Confederation of the Americas Championships in Guatemala City (GUA).