Youth Olympic Games crowns trampoline champions
23/08/2010 Young trampoline athletes could get more of an opportunity to compete on an international level as more countries have expressed an interest in hosting the Youth Olympic Games.
Participants are now halfway through the inaugural event in Singapore, where more than 3,600 young athletes are competing across a range of disciplines.
The trampoline finals were held on Friday August 20th with Yu Dong from China coming first in the women's event and Oleksandr Satin from Ukraine taking gold in the men's.
More than 160 broadcasters across the world are providing coverage of the Youth Olympics and the Games' YouTube channel already has more views that that received by the Vancouver Winter Olympics channel.
President of the International Olympic Committee Jacques Rogge said: "Athletes and spectators alike have really taken to the new sport formats... We're very pleased with the way in which the International Federations have embraced the Youth Olympic Games."
The games mark the first time that athletes have competed in mixed events, with men and women, and people of different nationalities competing on the same teams.
Participants are now halfway through the inaugural event in Singapore, where more than 3,600 young athletes are competing across a range of disciplines.
The trampoline finals were held on Friday August 20th with Yu Dong from China coming first in the women's event and Oleksandr Satin from Ukraine taking gold in the men's.
More than 160 broadcasters across the world are providing coverage of the Youth Olympics and the Games' YouTube channel already has more views that that received by the Vancouver Winter Olympics channel.
President of the International Olympic Committee Jacques Rogge said: "Athletes and spectators alike have really taken to the new sport formats... We're very pleased with the way in which the International Federations have embraced the Youth Olympic Games."
The games mark the first time that athletes have competed in mixed events, with men and women, and people of different nationalities competing on the same teams.
