IOC’s Bubka to head Singapore Youth Games inspection

ATHENS – International Olympic Committee member Sergey Bubka will head the coordination commission which will monitor preparations for the inaugural 2010 Youth Olympics in Singapore, the IOC said yesterday.

Bubka, a former Olympic pole vault champion and a member of the IOC’s disciplinary commission, will lead an eight-member commission which includes IOC members, an international federations representative and an athletes’ representative. The IOC’s Olympic Games executive director Gilbert Felli is also a member of the commission.The IOC last week awarded the first Youth Olympics to Singapore which beat Russian capital Moscow in a postal vote.The Youth Olympics are aimed at shoring up lagging support for the Games and the wider Olympic movement among teenagers and at battling growing obesity among youths.The Games will have about 3 200 athletes, aged 14-18, competing in 26 sports and will cost around $30 million.IOC President Jacques Rogge and Sergey Bubka will visit Singapore in early April, the IOC said in a statement.Nampa-ReutersThe IOC’s Olympic Games executive director Gilbert Felli is also a member of the commission.The IOC last week awarded the first Youth Olympics to Singapore which beat Russian capital Moscow in a postal vote.The Youth Olympics are aimed at shoring up lagging support for the Games and the wider Olympic movement among teenagers and at battling growing obesity among youths.The Games will have about 3 200 athletes, aged 14-18, competing in 26 sports and will cost around $30 million.IOC President Jacques Rogge and Sergey Bubka will visit Singapore in early April, the IOC said in a statement.Nampa-Reuters