More than 4 thousand young people from 206 countries from around the world will meet, from 6 to 18 October, at the most important multi-sport gala in Argentina

Everything is ready to officially raise the curtain of the III Olympic Youth Games, an event promoted by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which will be held in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 6 to 18 October.

This will be the first time that the multidisciplinary competition takes place outside the Asian continent, after the disputes of Singapore 2010 and China 2014. It is the first time that Argentina hosts a youth sports activity of such great magnitude. Before, in regard to galas of this type, the southern nation received the Pan American Games (1951) and the South American Games (2006).

There is less than a month left until the start of the long-awaited appointment and in LatinAmerican Post we tell you all the details regarding the fair that will bring together the greatest portents of sport.

Participants

Although the organizing committee has not yet released the exact number of participating nations and athletes, the portal 4rentargentina.com detailed that the presence of 206 countries on five continents is expected with more than 4000 young people between the ages of 15 and 18. years. Nations like Russia, the United States, France, Japan, Germany, Brazil and China, last champion due to its emergence and tradition, are called to fight head-on for the top of the medal table.

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Scenarios

Bella Vista (Party of San Miguel), Villa Martelli (Party of Vicente Lopez) and San Isidro, were the cities designated by the organizing committee to distribute the sports complexes of these Olympics, which remodeled some scenarios and built others.

For example, according to the portal Buenosaires2018.com (official website of the event), the Youth Olympic Village that was built in the Villa Soldati neighborhood. It occupies 3.5 hectares and has 31 buildings of up to eight floors, with 1,200 homes in a total of 2 and 3 main rooms, and totally ideal areas for the enjoyment of all delegations.

Similarly, the appointment will have the Olympic Youth Center, located in the Argentine capital and which will serve as the setting for 13 of the 32 sports of the competition program, including swimming, judo, wrestling, gymnastics, boxing, and taekwondo.

Disciplines

As a review of Buenosaires2018.com, the Games will host 32 sports and 36 disciplines and will mark the official debut of sports such as karate, sport climbing, breaking, speed skating on wheels, futsal, kiteboarding, beach handball, and BMX Freestyle. Also, the fair will serve 286 adrenaline high test sessions and will distribute 1250 medals distributed in gold, silver, and bronze.

Pet

Pandi is named after the mascot of the Olympics and is inspired by the yaguareté, feline animal declared National Natural Monument for being at risk of extinction. #Pandi, as it is named by the official website with an initial "hashtag" to show its strong digital profile, is inspired by the young athletes who will embrace the sport during the two weeks of competition. In addition to the strength of the yaguataré, for these days stalked by the persecution of poachers.

News

Many are the novelties proposed by Buenos Aires for these Games. First, highlight among them that the tickets will be completely free and will be given "pass", a bracelet that will provide fans with the full experience of all the disciplines they wish to attend.

According to the organizing committee on its website, the goal is to promote the appointment to the maximum and to overflow IGNORE INTO a hobby, an objective that apparently will be fulfilled, because to the joy of the organizing committee, "the fans of Olympism have turned to the local Samsung assigned to remove their bracelets. Since its distribution began just 6 days ago, 35,000 Passes were delivered to the general public and it is expected that many more will be distributed during the next few days. "

On the other hand and as a great final innovation, Buenos Aires 2018 will promote "sustainability" as an essential value of the fair, all this in order to maintain the balance between the environmental, social and economic aspects of the activity, advising on this process both nationally and internationally.

LatinAmerican Post | Freddy González

Translated from: 'Buenos Aires: Ya está todo listo para los Juegos Olímpicos de la Juventud'