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Some Facts & Figures
Country of host city: Singapore

Opening date: 14 August 2010
Closing date: 26 August 2010

3,600* young athletes between 14 and 18 years of age
800* officials
205 National Olympic Committees
800* media representatives
20,000* local and international volunteers
500,000* spectators

26 sports and culture & education programmes




Sporting Events in YOG

There will be 26 sporting events held during YOG in 2010
(Updated in December 2008)









Information on the Competition Venues

There are many venues used to hold the events.
Let's introduce 2 venues closer to our school.



Sport
Triathlon

Location
Less than one-kilometre away from the National Sailing Centre on the south-eastern part of Singapore, the venue for triathlon is situated along the East Coast Park, Singapore’s largest and most popular public beach and park. The area offers a wide range of facilities – food, recreation, entertainment and sports.

History
East Coast Park has been the location for the Osim Singapore Triathlon, an international Olympic-distance triathlon event that has grown steadily from 500 participants in 2002 to 3,800 participants in 2007.

Participants will swim in the open sea, then switch to the scenic and tropical green setting of the East Coast Park road for the cycle and run segments.

Featuring a 7.5-kilometre sandy beach, the East Coast Park offers a diversity of flora and fauna, nature and recreation. It has large open spaces, lagoons, fitness areas, barbeque pits and a 12-kilometre cycling, roller-blading and jogging track.


Sport
Cycling - BMX and Mountain Bike

Location
Tampines Bike Park is located in the eastern part of Singapore, in the Tampines Regional Centre. Just one-kilometre away from Tampines Mall, the entrance of the park and the parking lot are located along Tampines Avenue 9 at the junction of Tampines Avenue 7.

History
Situated on a 60-hectare site, the current Mountain Bike trail is seven-kilometre long and offers several climbs as well as a challenging downhill ride. The trail hosted the Phat Tyre Sunday Mountain Bike Race in 2007, involving more than 260 participants from Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore.

The trail is being upgraded to make it even more technically challenging.

The BMX portion of the park is currently used for stunt practice by BMX enthusiasts. It is being developed into a full-scaled BMX race track for local community use and to host major international events.

The start and finish areas of the mountain bike and BMX courses in the bike park are adjacent to one another, allowing the spectators the best possible view of both events.