There is now a Youth Olympic Games in Singapore, which is held from 14th to 26th August 2010. It was the first Olympic Games ever in Singapore. The purpose of having this game is to bring together talented young athletes from around the world. There were up to 3,600 athletes between 14 and 18 years of age competing in 26 sports. Yuka Sato, a 18 years old Japanese girl achieved the first gold medal in triathlete on 15 August 2010. Sinapore the host country's first medal was a bronze from winning in taekondo for 17 years old Daryl Tan. Singapore did not achieve any gold medals, the highest medals they got were silvers by swimming and table tennis singles events. From the result, China was the one who achieved most of the gold medals; 30 gold medals, 16 silver medals, and 5 bronze medals. Then followed by Russia and South Korean. Singapore the host nation was at 62th rank. I think this kind of games is good for the youths to participats because it is another way to show your talent which might lead you to be a professionnal athlete in the future.
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