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Gangwon 2024 launches recruitment programme for the Winter Youth Olympic Games volunteers
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“A sparkling future” wins the medal design competition for the Winter Youth Olympic Games Gangwon 2024
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IOC EB hears updates on Paris 2024, Milano Cortina 2026 and Gangwon 2024
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Gangwon 2024 celebrates 300 days to go with new Ambassadors and mascot poses
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Record-breaking 3,000 designs submitted for the Winter Youth Olympic Games Gangwon 2024 medal design competition
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Gangwon 2024 Organising Committee appoints two Olympic champions as Co-Presidents
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Gangwon 2024 Coordination Commission meeting highlights major achievements as YOG plans enter final stretch
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IOC launches Gangwon 2024 Medal Design Competition
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Dates for Dakar 2026 approved by IOC Executive Board
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Youth Olympic Games Dakar 2026 plans on track with four years to go
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Gangwon 2024 youth launch slogan at special event
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Gangwon 2024 unveils new “Grow together, shine forever” slogan at the 500-days-to-go mark
The Youth Olympic Games (YOG) are an elite sporting event for young people from all over the world.
But an event distinct from other youth sports competitions, as they also include a series of educational activities with three areas of focus: protecting the athletes, working on performance, and assisting the athletes outside sport.
The sports programme is mainly based on that of the Olympic Games. In addition, it includes exciting new sports, disciplines and formats, such as breaking, sport climbing, 3-x-3 basketball, 3-x-3 ice hockey and mixed gender and mixed National Olympic Committee (NOC) events.
Away from the field of play, the education programme uses a variety of fun and interactive activities, workshops and team-building exercises to give the participating athletes the opportunity to learn about the Olympic values, explore other cultures, develop the skills to become true ambassadors of their sport, and improve their training methods and performance.
The Youth Olympic Games are aimed at bringing together talented young athletes aged from 15 to 18 from around the world.
The most recent Summer YOG in Buenos Aires in 2018 featured 4,000 athletes and achieved gender equality for the first time. The latest Winter YOG took place in Lausanne in 2020 and featured 1,872 athletes.
Non-athlete participants, namely the Young Reporters, YOG Ambassadors and Athlete Role Models, are also an integral part of the YOG experience.
Gangwon 2024
The fourth edition of the Winter Youth Olympic Games 2024 will be held in Gangwon province in the cities of Pyeongchang and Gangneung (Republic of Korea), home to the Olympic Winter Games 2018.
Dakar 2026
The fourth edition of the Summer Youth Olympic Games 2026 (YOG) will be held in Dakar, Senegal. This is the first time the Youth Olympic Games will be organised in Africa. Dakar 2022 presented a visionary, ambitious and technically sound YOG project that addresses the long-term aims of the country.
IOC President Thomas Bach said: “Africa is united behind Senegal to host the Youth Olympic Games. With a young population and a passion for sport, it is time for Africa, it is time for Senegal.”
Past Youth Olympic Games
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YOG Education Programme at Youth Sporting Events
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