Buenos Aires elected as Host City for 2018 Youth Olympic Games
Buenos Aires elected as Host City for 2018 Youth Olympic Games
The 3rd Summer Youth Olympic Games will be hosted by the city of Buenos Aires in 2018, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge announced today following a vote by the IOC members at an Extraordinary IOC Session in Lausanne.
Buenos Aires (Argentina) was elected ahead of Glasgow (Great Britain) and Medellín (Colombia). For full results of the vote, please see below.
Prior to the vote, the Candidate Cities each had 15 minutes to give a presentation to the Session, followed by questions. Evaluation Commission Chair Claudia Bokel addressed the Session on behalf of the Commission.
“We had three excellent candidates from which to choose a host city today, each with the capability of staging memorable Youth Olympic Games in 2018,” said IOC President Rogge. “I would like to congratulate Buenos Aires and their bid team for their dedication to and enthusiasm for the Youth Olympic Games project. I have no doubt they will build on the successes of Singapore 2010 and Nanjing 2014 to provide a platform on which the best young athletes from around the world can compete and learn about the Olympic values.”
The announcement was the culmination of a bidding process launched in September 2011, which originally included six Candidate Cities - the three other cities were Guadalajara (Mexico), Poznan (Poland) and Rotterdam (Netherlands).
After a thorough review of the Candidature Files and other relevant documentation submitted by five of the Candidate Cities (Poznan withdrew from the bidding process), the IOC Working Group, led by Claudia Bokel, presented a report to the IOC Executive Board (EB). Based on this report, the EB announced Buenos Aires, Glasgow and Medellín as shortlisted candidates at a meeting in Lausanne in February 2013.
The 2nd Summer Youth Olympic Games will be held in Nanjing, China, from 16 to 28 August 2014.
Results of the vote
Voting Round 1:
Buenos Aires – 40
Glasgow – 13
Medellín – 32
Voting Round 2:
Buenos Aires – 49
Medellín – 39
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Rio 2016™ congratulates 2018 Youth Olympic Games
Hosts Buenos Aires
Hosts Buenos Aires
Lausanne, Switzerland: 4 July 2013: The city of Buenos Aires was announced today as the host city for the third summer Youth Olympic Games in 2018.
The capital of Argentina was elected following a vote by the IOC Members in Lausanne, Switzerland, ahead of fellow candidate cities Glasgow (Scotland) and Medellin (Colombia).
Rio 2016™ President Carlos Nuzman said:
"We are delighted to congratulate Buenos Aires on their selection as hosts for the 2018 Youth Olympic Games.
It is an important achievement for South America to be chosen by the International Olympic Committee to host both the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, and now the 2018 Youth Olympic Games.
I am sure Buenos Aires will host excellent Youth Olympics, and we look forward to sharing our knowledge and experience from the Rio 2016™ Games with our neighbours. We also congratulate Medellin and Glasgow for their excellent bids."
About the Rio 2016™ Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games
The capital of Argentina was elected following a vote by the IOC Members in Lausanne, Switzerland, ahead of fellow candidate cities Glasgow (Scotland) and Medellin (Colombia).
Rio 2016™ President Carlos Nuzman said:
"We are delighted to congratulate Buenos Aires on their selection as hosts for the 2018 Youth Olympic Games.
It is an important achievement for South America to be chosen by the International Olympic Committee to host both the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, and now the 2018 Youth Olympic Games.
I am sure Buenos Aires will host excellent Youth Olympics, and we look forward to sharing our knowledge and experience from the Rio 2016™ Games with our neighbours. We also congratulate Medellin and Glasgow for their excellent bids."
About the Rio 2016™ Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games
The Rio 2016™ Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games is a private not-for-profit sports organisation established by Brazilian Olympic Confederations, the Brazilian Olympic Committee and the Brazilian Paralympic Committee. Its mission is to promote, organise and deliver the Rio 2016™ Olympic and Paralympic Games, in accordance with the guidelines laid out by the Host City Contract, the International Olympic Committee, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), the World Anti-Doping Agency, and under the Brazilian Law, the Olympic Charter and the IPC Handbook.
The Worldwide Olympic Partners who support the Rio 2016™ Olympic Games and the National Olympic Committees around the world are Coca-Cola, Atos, Dow, GE, McDonald’s, Omega, Panasonic, Procter and Gamble, Samsung and Visa.
The Rio 2016™ Olympic Games has five tier one partners (official sponsors) – Bradesco, Bradesco Seguros, Claro, Embratel and Nissan. There are three tier two supporters – EY, Sadia and Batavo. There is one tier three supplier – Nike.
The Rio 2016™ Paralympic Games has seven tier one partners (official sponsors) – Atos, Bradesco, Bradesco Seguros, Claro, Embratel, Nissan and Omega. There is one tier two supporter – Sadia.
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