Brief summary on Olympic Games and YOG 2010
` In the year of 2010 , Singapore will be hosting the inaugural Youth Olympic Games ( YOG )
from 14 – 26 August 2010 . In total , Singapore will have a total number of 5,000 athletes coming to take part in this YOG 2010 . The athletes , aged 14 and 18 years old will be competing in the different 26 sports .and taking part in the Culture and Education Programme . This Olympic Games ( YOG ) means to aim inspire youth to show their talents
in their sports . It is also to embrace , elevate the sporting culture locally and regionally .
For your information , these are the sports they are taking part in ;
1 . Aquatics
2. Archery
3. Athletics
4. Badminton
5. Basketball
6. Boxing
7. Canoe-kayak
8. Cycling
9. Equestrian
10. fencing
11.. Football
12. Gymnastics
13. Handball
14. Hockey
15. Judo
16. Modern pentathlon
17. Rowing
18. Sailing
19. Shooting
20. Table Tennis
21.. Taekwondo
22. Tennis
23. Triathlon
24. Volleyball
25. Weightlifting
26 . Wrestling .
Among these sports , I chose BADMINTON . This is because I find badminton is an easy and fun sport to play with . The only thing we can do is aim and surf. Okay , these are some pictures I got from the internet . (:
This is a short video of a badminton player , Taufik Hidayat .http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vAhUljTmjU
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