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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, October 30, 2009
16 European Countries Qualify for the 2010 Youth Olympic Games
As reported on www.triatholon.org on September 28, 2009:
France, Czech Republic, Austria, Portugal, Ukraine, Germany, Spain, Great Britain, Belgium,
Italy, Sweden, Hungary, Israel, Slovenia, Russia and Croatia qualified for the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games in San Javier,
Spain following a weekend of intense racing. The athletes who participated were born between 1 January 1992 and 31 December
1993 with nine places available for European male and female competitors hoping to take a spot on the Youth Olympic Games
start pontoon next summer. Both Germany and Great Britain were successful in qualifying both a man and a woman. In the
women’s race there was a convincing win for Marlene Gómez-Isslinger from Germany as took victory by fifth seconds
ahead of Valentina Brambilla from Italy, who narrowly beat Great Britain’s Elinor Thorogood. Jérémy Obozil from France took men’s race honours by just eleven seconds, ahead of Lukas Kocar from the Czech Republic. Austria’s Alois Knabl took third. The organizers were the Spanish Triathlon Federation, the Region of Murcia Triathlon Federation and the
Region of Murcia Autonomous Community in collaboration with the City of San Javier. The Youth Olympic Games will take
place in Singapore next August, featuring young athletes from across the world giving them an experience of competing on the
world stage and allowing them to realise their Olympic aspirations.
link: http://www.triathlon.org/news/article/16_european_countries_qualify_for_2010_youth_olympic_games/
Monday, October 26, 2009
Why hasn't the International Olympic Committee Publicly Announced the Youth Olympic Games?
If kids don't even know about the Youth Olympic Games, they won't have opportunity to train to
compete at the 2010 Singapore event.
Those that hear about the Youth Olympic Games too late can always
watch it on TV - giving the IOC and Olympic sponsors a boost in valuable television youth demographics.
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Friday, October 23, 2009
So Where can Youth Find Out About How to Qualify for the Youth Olympic Games?
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Monday, October 19, 2009
A Few Quick Facts about the Earth's Changing Climate
Reported on the United Nations Website:
- One
of the most dramatic consequences of global warming is sea-level rise. Sea levels rose by around 17 centimetres during the
course of the 20th century.
- Arctic sea ice has been shrinking on average by 2.7 per cent
per decade.
- Over the past 100 years, the Earth’s average surface temperature rose by around
0.74°C. If atmospheric concentrations of the dominant greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, were to double compared to pre-industrial
level, this would lead to an average warming of around 3°C.
- A further warming of about 0.2°C
per decade is projected for each of the next two decades decades for a range of scenarios that do not include deliberate reductions
in greenhouse gas emissions. The amount of warming that would occur afterwards will depend on the amount of greenhouse gases
emitted to the atmosphere.
link: http://www.un.org/wcm/content/site/climatechange/cache/offonce/lang/en/pages/gateway/the-science/the-earths-changing-climate;jsessionid=D04AC0B74FEB13B6D025E74125BA98B1
Friday, October 16, 2009
Future Youth Olympic Games Swimming Events to be held up North? Report Projects Artic to be Ice-Free Within 10 Years
 The message - It is just not worth the risk to future generations that the International Olympic Committee start
up the Youth Olympic Games in 2010 - at this uncertain time in the fight against climate change.
Would Jacques Rogge, International Olympic Committee President, reasonably consider starting up
the Youth Olympic Games after about 10 years - after humanity has more certain data about the effects of climate
change?
Catlin Arctic Survey Report: Ice-free summer Arctic 'within 10 years'New data, released (October
14, 2009) by the Catlin Arctic Survey and WWF, provides further evidence that the Arctic Ocean sea ice is thinning, supporting
the emerging thinking that the Ocean will be largely ice-free during summer within a decade.
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Full article: http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/163842/1/
WWF: http://www.panda.org/?176661/Rapid-ice-loss-found-in-survey-supports-trend-to-summer-ice-free-Arctic-within-decade
Monday, October 12, 2009
Commercial Importance Established: Article Reveals Youth Olympic Games to be Broadcast to Millions of Viewers Around the World
 THE opening and closing ceremonies of the inaugural Youth Olympic Games (YOG) next year will showcase Singapore's multiracial
character and how the country has made its mark on the world stage.
Composer and Cultural Medallion recipient Iskandar
Ismail will provide music and sound for the shows, which will cost millions of dollars to stage. The Singapore Armed
Forces (SAF) has also been roped in. (They) have the task of coordinating the shows, which will take place next
August before 30,000 spectators and millions more viewers around the world.
- Highlights from an article
published in Singapore's The Straits Times on October 12.
Link to full article: http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_441185.html
Friday, October 9, 2009
Why is the IOC "Keeping a Lid" on the 2010 Singapore Youth Olympic Games?
I was on the Singapore
2010 Youth Olympic Games website earlier, and I didn't see any information that explains how the athletes will qualify or
be chosen. Will there be a trial meet, like there was for the 2008 Beijing Olympics or will there be a different method??
Also, will the United States be involved in this event, to my knowledge it is quite cloudy if they are even interested... Yea... How do we exacly
qualified for this event? Lots of people are trying to know, if you guys get the information please post it ASAP on the website
or on this wall. Thank you... I am pretty sure for
track its just like world youth, you just have to declare for them, meet the standars and be top 2 in the contry for your
event. why wouldnt the US be
interested? the standards are different
from country to country. arent they the same
for every country?
because the iaaf's gives out the official standard for every youth athlete? a
question how much is the minimum for pole vault ??? The qualification
is very different than any otheryouth or junior world event. For the Youth Olympics there are only 16 spots for each track
and field event, thats it, doesnt matter what the standard is. Those 16 spots will be divided between continents (Canada,
US and Mexico will be together). The number of spots per continent is based on performance history at the last three World
Youth championships. So, if a country has been dominent at the last threee worl youths in a given event, their continent may
be able to send 3 athletes. They are calling for a championship qualifying meet. That meet will probably have standards to
get in to it. If you get invited to that meet and perform well enough you may be invited to compete at the Youth Olympics. i wanna know which
are the standards by event
??????? david he have the
reason because i do the standard by bressanonne but my country had another mark. But which meets is
it? When is it? Where is it?
Athletics Canada haven't said a word about YOG yet, & im super anxious to inform myself.
And it doesn't even give you any information on the YOG website. I know it's going to be a continental competition, but is
it going to be? We need more information on how to qualify... On the meanwhile i'ill be working my ass off to make sure I
qualify, because this is a life time experience that millions would like to be apart of, & i want to make sure I'm in
that group... All i can tell you
is what I have heard based on the track and field. My son does discus and shot. It is my understanding that there will be
standards, much like World Youths. Anyone who achieves the standard should be invited to a meet (I have been told either North
Carolina or California will host it) and the top 3 or 4 will then be asked to attend the YOG in August. The meet should be
last week of july or first week of August. Expect it wioll also have price tag of about $4000 if you are accepted.
Facebook link: http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=10338747574&topic=9862
Monday, October 5, 2009
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Friday, October 2, 2009
Today the IOC will announce Host City for the 2016 Olympics - The 2016 "Professional" Olympic Games
Whether Chicago, Tokyo, Madrid or Rio de Janeiro is chosen as host city for the 2016 Olympics,
wouldn't it be great if the 2016 "Professional-athlete Olympic Games" were returned to "amateur-athlete-only"
qualifying status?
Remember what the Olympic Games used to stand for? Remember the Olympic Dream?
The Olympic Dream: the inspirational beauty from the excellence and the innocence of amateur-only athletes reaching
the pinnacle of their sport. The once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for amateur athletes to win Olympic medals,
perchance lauching new careers as professional athletes.
Whether Chicago, Toyko, Madrid or Rio de Janeiro
is chosen as host city for the 2016 Olympics, returning the "Professional-athlete Olympic Games" to amateur-only
status would return the tangible inspirational love of the Olympic Dream to athletes and TV viewers alike.
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Searching in vain - even Facebook groups find no clear answers on how to qualify for the upcoming
Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games:
