Bids For The 2012 Winter Youth Olympics
The 2012 Winter Youth Olympics (YOG) is a planned international youth multi-sport event featuring winter events which complements the current Olympic Games. It will feature athletes between the ages of 14 and 18.
Four cities entered bids to host the games: Harbin (China), Innsbruck (Austria), Kuopio (Finland), and Lillehammer (Norway). All four cities were selected for the shortlist. As with the selection process for the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, this list was further pared to two finalists one month prior to the selection date, Innsbruck and Kuopio. It was finally revealed on December 12, 2008, that Innsbruck won the rights to host the Games by a margin of 84 votes to 15.
Read more about Bids For The 2012 Winter Youth Olympics: Result, Games Expectations, Bid Process, Host City Overview, Finalist City Overview, Non-selected Short List Cities, Indicated Interest
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