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The first-ever Youth Olympic Games are scheduled to be held in
Singapore August 14-26, 2010. Approved in July 2007 by the International Olympic Committee, the new global event will
have teenage athletes - 14 to 18 years old - compete in the same sports as those at the "Professional" Olympic
Games. The inaugural 2010 Summer Youth Olympic Games (YOG) will be followed by the 2012 Winter YOG,
2014 Summer YOG, 2016 Winter YOG ... and so on ... in alternate years to the "Professional" Olympic Games.
Wait a minute, not so fast. The creation of the Youth
Olympic Games obviously gives the IOC and broadcasters a youth product to sell. But, is anyone concerned about the
young lives that run up against the commercial machine of the most powerful brand in the world? God Bless Nodar Kumaritashvili.
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Friday, June 26, 2009
U.S. House of Representatives Passes Climate Change Legislation
 Today the U.S. House of Representatives passed sweeping legislation that calls for the nation's first limits on pollution
linked to global warming and aims to usher in a new era of cleaner, yet more costly energy. The legislation would require the U.S. to reduce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas
emissions by 17 percent from 2005 levels by 2020 and by about 80 percent by mid-century. Source:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090627/ap_on_go_co/us_climate_bill
Monday, June 22, 2009
Why is the IOC Keeping Quiet About the New Youth Olympic Games?
 The first-ever Youth Olympic Games are just over a year away, but the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has not yet made
public announcement of their new global event. What worries are they hiding? Are there concerns of public
realization that the new Youth Olympic Games are not in the best interests of youth, but instead in the best interests of
global companies selling to the valuable youth demographic?
Friday, June 19, 2009
Asian Youth Games in Singapore June 29 - July 7, 2009
The 1st Asian Youth Games Singapore
2009 competition schedule is now on the official website: www.ayg2009.sg.
The opening ceremony will take place on Monday, June 29, and the first batch of gold medals from the 90 on offer
will be decided the following day.
The closing ceremony will be held on Tuesday, July 7, bringing the curtain down
on Asia's first Youth Games for athletes aged from 14 to 17. The competition dates for the nine sports, with the number
of gold medals available that day, are:
Aquatics: Diving: June 30 (2 gold), July 1 (2).
Aquatics: Swimming: July 2 (4), July 3 (7), July 4 (7), July 5 (7), July 6 (7).
Athletics:
June 30 (6), July 1 (3), July 2 (7), July 3 (12).
FIBA 33 (3-on-3 basketball): July 1,
July 2, July 3, July 4 (2).
Beach Volleyball: July 1, July 2, July 3, July 4, July 5 (2).
Bowling: July 1 (2), July 2 (2), July 3, July 4 (2), July 5, July 6 (2).
Football:
June 20, 22, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, July 1, 2, 4, 6 (1).
Sailing: June 30, July 1, July 2, July
3 (reserve day), July 4, July 5, July 6 (5).
Shooting: July 1 (1), July 2 (1), July 3 (1), July
4 (1).
Table Tennis: July 1, July 2, July 3, July 4 (1), July 5, July 6 (3).
Source: http://www.ocasia.org/News/IndexNewsRM.aspx?redirect=384
Monday, June 15, 2009
Judo: Elite athletic youth know about the chance to train for next summer's Youth Olympic Games - Why not All Youth?
Judo prospect guts out her Olympic dream
June 13,
2009 - Less than 12 months ago, Jessica Irons could have been just considered lucky. A talented judo competitor, the
soon-to-be Yorkville High School freshman was asked to prep Olympic hopeful Carrie Chandler in Chandler's bid to make the
2008 United States team that traveled to Beijing, China. Irons held dreams of one day competing in her own Olympic
Trials, and Chandler had taken her under her wing. But in the long interim between Olympic Games, and considering her
young age, could Irons continue along that path? She has -- the now 15-year-old is headed off to Georgia for a new
USA Judo event in the Presidents Cup this weekend. "There have been a lot of baby steps and a lot of improvements
that I've made and a lot of hard work I've put into it," Irons said of her progress since last year's Trials. "I'm
fighting women now and not girls my age. They're all older and you've got to build strength and (do) all that hard work." According
to the USA Judo Web site, president Lance Nading said the event has been created to provide an "additional needed point
tournament opportunity to assist in the growth and development of our athletes." The Presidents Cup, followed by
a USA Judo training session in Boston and a U.S. Junior Open and Junior Olympics in Florida will help prepare Irons for the
biggest test of her summer in the inaugural Cadet World Championships in Budapest, Hungary in early August. She will
be a part of the USA team in Hungary as the No. 1 ranked competitor in the 15- to 16-year-old 52-kilogram (114-pound) division. Irons
learned of her invitation last week. "It's another big milestone I'm so happy to be able to accomplish," Irons
said. "It's another step closer to my dream." And if Irons medals in that competition she will receive in
invitation to the first ever Youth Olympic Games, which will be held in Singapore in 2010. "She wants to be an
Olympian," said Irons' coach Bob Corwin, who owns the Yorkville Judo Club. "To do that, you have to win a lot of
tournaments because you have to build points (and) the selections for the Trials are by point holders. "She's
doing what she has to do to get to the level she wants to be at."  Yorkville resident Jessica Irons, 15, has been practicing judo for eight years. Irons is ranked No. 1 in the nation in
her age group, and she hopes to compete in the 2010 Summer Olympics. Source: http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/beaconnews/sports/1620859,2_2_AU13_JUDO_S1-090613.articleNote: Curious - The text describing the above picture does not refer to the 2010
Youth Olympic Games, but instead to the 2010 Summer Olympics.
Friday, June 12, 2009
Youths have Voice to Stop New Carbon Emissions Before They Start
Youth have direct power to address global warming by saying "Not now" to the 2010 Youth Olympic
Games.
Fri, June 12, 2009 | link
Monday, June 8, 2009
Judo Cadet Worlds August 6 - 9 in Budapest is a Direct Qualifier for the First Youth Olympic Games
Briefs: Yorkville teen in judo world championships
June 5, 2009 - Jessica Irons, a 15-year-old Yorkville resident, will
represent the United States at the first Cadet World Championships in Judo. The event is for athletes younger than 17, and
Irons is ranked No. 1 in the United States in the 15-16 year old 52-kilogram (114-pound) division. She has a total of 35 points,
which is more than any athlete -- male or female -- in the U.S. in any 15-16 year old division. The Cadet Worlds will
be Aug. 6 to 9 in Budapest, Hungary, and is a direct qualifier for the first Youth Olympic Games, which will be held in Singapore
in summer 2010. The International Judo Federation has announced that invitations will be extended to athletes at the Cadet
World Championships who win a medal in any weight division. Irons trains at the Yorkville Judo Club, studying under
coach and owner Bob Corwin.
Source: http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/beaconnews/sports/1608465,2_2_AU05_LOCALBRIEFS_S1-090605.article
Friday, June 5, 2009
Boxing: Why does the IOC inform only parents of elite athletic youth about the chance to train for next summer's Youth Olympic
Games?
The American Boxing Confederation website www.americanbc.org announces the Youth Olympic Games opportunity to youth already involved in boxing:
 Boxing is one of the sports to take part in the first Youth Olympic Games. These Games have been instituted by the International
Olympic Committee and its first version will be presented in the summer of 2010 in Singapore.
The
International Boxing Federation (AIBA) office recently released the requirements for classifications boxers who might
participate in these games. Only athletes competing in the 2010 World Championship will be entitled to participate.
This
will give an extraordinary importance to the world youth championship, and that all athletes wishing to participate in first
youth Olympic Games and be part of history.
Athlete Eligibility
· Boxers born between 1 January 1992 and 31
December 1993.
· Only boxers who have competed
at the AIBA Youth World Championships are eligible to compete at the Youth Olympic Games
· Boxers who satisfy the nationality and medical requirements to
compete according to the AIBA Technical and Competition rules.
Qualification timeline
February 17, 2009 AIBA announcement of host city for AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships April 2-11, 2010 YOG qualification event: AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships
Monday, June 1, 2009
Basketball: Why does the IOC inform only parents of elite athletic youth about the chance to train for next summer's Youth
Olympic Games?
 FIBA 33 APPROVED FOR YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES Posted on FIBA.com February 21, 2008
LAUSANNE, Switzerland - The Executive Board of the
International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Wednesday approved the sports competitions program for the 1st Summer Youth Olympic
Games (YOG) to be held in Singapore in 2010, as well as the qualification system for each event.
Some 3,594 athletes
will compete in Singapore in 26 sports comprising 201 events. The number of sports in the program is identical to the London
2012 program. Each event has its own age group* competing, either 15-16 (27 events), 16-17 (111 events) or 17-18 (63 events).
The events differ significantly in order to match the age groups and interests of the young athletes. Basketball will,
for example, be played according to the FIBA 33 formula, with teams of three playing against each other on one half-court.
The qualification system for each sport and discipline, which was prepared in close collaboration with each International
Federation (IF), strives to guarantee participation of the best athletes in their age category and to respect the principle
of universality by allowing National Organizing Committees to benefit from “Universality Places.”
For all disciplines, competitions such as Junior World Championships, Continental Championships or official junior ranking
lists will allow athletes to attempt to qualify for the YOG.
The four team sport** tournaments (football, handball,
hockey and volleyball) will consist of one national team per continent as well as a sixth team which will either represent
the NOC of the host country or be proposed by the IFs for IOC approval. An NOC will be allowed to have no more than one boys
and one girls team competing for all four team sports.
* The age being the athlete’s age on Dec. 31 in the
year of the YOG.
** For qualification purposes, basketball is considered as an individual sport.
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