Gears up for Youth Olympic Games

Singapore gears up for 2010 Youth Olympic Games

In 2008, Singapore sports made news globally, by staging the world's first Formula One night race and winning the country's first Olympic medal in almost half a century.

Moreover, in 2009, Singapore made sports history hosting the inaugural Asian Youth Games. Competitively, Singapore did well - collecting 30 medals, 9 of which were gold. And swimmer Quah Ting Wen bagged the title of Most Valuable Female athlete of the Games.

A test run for the 2010 Youth Olympic Games, Singapore was also given the thumbs up for organising a great event.

For the YOG, a count-down clock was unveiled at City Hall, and more may be seen around the island.

"We believe that the presence of the countdown clock is important all over the city, so we are thinking of plans to do that - whether that is a possibility to make countdown clocks to be visible across different parts of the city," said Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Community Development, Youth and Sports, Teo Ser Luck.

-News courtesy of Channel Newsasia-