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August 16, 2010 |
Singapore 2010 Youth Olympics
On Saturday, Singapore welcomed young athletes from around the world in a ceremony opening the inaugural Youth Olympic Games. This is the first ever Summer Youth Olympics, an event designed to be celebrated in the same tradition of the Olympic Games - the major difference being that the competitors are all between 14 and 18 years of age. This year, 3,500 athletes from more than 200 countries are competing in 184 events in 26 sports. Collected here are some photographs of the inaugural Youth Olympic Games, which will run until its closing ceremony on August 26th. (37 photos total)

Song Jong Hun of the Republic of Korea (left) competes with Leonardo Affede of Italy during the Cadet Male Individual Sabre final at the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore on August 15, 2010. Song Jong Hun won the gold medal after defeating Leonardo Affede of Italy by 15-8. (SYOGOC/AFP/Getty Images) #

Iran's Soghra Farmani (left) and Fatemeh Khalaji warm up before their match against Turkey during the Girl's Group A Youth Olympic Games soccer match in Singapore August 12, 2010. The Iranian girls' team had earlier been banned from taking part in the competition because of a FIFA ban on Islamic head scarves. The team was reinstated to the tournament after Iran reached a compromise with FIFA which would allow the team's members to wear modified hats instead of head scarves. (REUTERS/Vivek Prakash) #

Silver medalist Iulia Leorda of Moldova, gold medalist Yu Miyahara of Japan and bronze medalist Petra Olli of Finland (from left) stand on the podium during the medals ceremony of the women's freestyle 46kg wrestling competition at the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore on August 16, 2010. (REUTERS/Pablo Sanchez) #

Silver medalist Nikolaus Bodoczi of Germany (left), gold medalist Marco Fichera of Italy (center) and bronze medalist Alexandre Lyssov of Canada stand on the podium during the medals ceremony after the men's epee final at the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore on August 16, 2010. (REUTERS/Pablo Sanchez) #
More links and information
Singapore 2010 Youth Olympics - Official site
2010 Summer Youth Olympics - Wikipedia entry