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- The scale of the Youth Olympic Games is smaller than that of the Olympics, which is intentional and allows for smaller cities to host an Olympic event. Potential host cities are required to keep all events within the same city and no new sports venues should be built.
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Hosts are encouraged to develop engagement and legacy programmes targeting young people and their families in the lead-up to, during and after the YOG. These cover a wide range of activities such as sports initiations, school activities, concerts, art performances and mass events.
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The Youth Olympic Games (YOG) are an elite sporting event...
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Host city requirements. The scale of the Youth Olympic Games is smaller than that of the Olympics, which is intentional and allows for smaller cities to host an Olympic event. Potential host cities are required to keep all events within the same city and no new sports venues should be built. [11]
Hosting the YOG enables a host city, host region and host country to gain valuable event delivery experience, by improving local skills and setting the ground for other future successes.
The Youth Olympic Games (YOG) are an elite sporting event for young people aged from 15 to 18 from all over the world. The sports programme is mainly based on that of the Olympic Games.
Hosting a European Youth Olympic Festival is a unique opportunity for cities to demonstrate a leading position as a European sports city, with a special emphasis on young people. Key legacies of sport and social development may be accompanied with improvements in sporting infrastructure.
initiated or accelerated by hosting YOG for people, cities/territories and the Olympic Movement.
Under the new approach to electing Olympic hosts, cities and regions can reach out to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at any time to discuss hosting a future edition of the Olympic Games, the Olympic Winter Games, or the Youth Olympic Games.