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BEIJING 2008:Who will host the 2012 Youth Olympic Games?

/noticias.info/ Four cities have recently submitted applications to host the first ever 2012 Youth Winter Olympic Games: Harbin, China; Innsbruck, Austria; Kuopio, Finland; and Lillehammer, Norway.

Jacque Rogge, president of the International Olympic Committee, expressed his pleasure of having four candidates eager to host the historic event.

According to IOC regulations, cities that hope to host the Games must answer 99 questions in detail on the formal applications. After these are submitted, the IOC appoints to a group of experts to analyze the applications; they in turn generate a report of what they have read. The IOC executive board then uses these reports to select finalists. In November, a voting process will take place to determine the city that most experts believe is best suited to host the Games. In December, the winner will be publicly announced.

About 1,000 youth between 14 and 18 years of age will be competing in seven Olympic events: skiing, ice hockey, biathlon, curling, bobsled, luge and figure skating.

A cultural program is also planned for the participants, which will promote the Olympic ideals of excellence, friendship, and respect. notas_de_prensa_archivo