Process
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Cities interested in hosting the games had to have their applications confirmed by their respective National Olympic Committees and submitted to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) by August 31, 2007. On September 3, nine cities were confirmed as official applicants by the Committee. They were later acknowledged as completing the questionnaire due October 26, 2007. A shortlist of five cities was announced on November 19.
Although it was planned to have an evaluation committee visit the shortlisted cities in December, eventually each city presented a video conference on December 13. As the IOC predicted, they further eliminated some of the cities before the final stage.
The IOC has stressed that the main goal of these games is not competition, but education based on Olympic values. The host city, therefore, should not have to build new venues for the occasion, but rather use existing infrastructure for the games. Still, the games would include an Olympic village and protocols which would prepare young athletes for future Olympic competition.
The risks of quickly preparing for the first edition of the event was a major factor in selection of the final candidates. There will only be two-and-a-half years to organize the Games, but Games with longer lead times may allow some of the non-selected cities to bid for future Games.
An evaluation committee viewed a video conference presentation from each city in December 2007. In January, the short list was reduced from five to two, Moscow and Singapore.
When the result of the final postal tally was revealed, Singapore won the right to host the Games over Moscow in a tally of 53-44.
| 2010 Youth Olympic Games bidding results | |||||
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| City | NOC Name | Postal votes | |||
| Singapore | Singapore | 53 | |||
| Moscow | Russia | 44 | |||
Read more about this topic: Bids For The 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
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