The Candidate File submission comes ahead of the deadline on Monday (October 15), with Glasgow set to submit its bid for the event alongside Buenos Aires, Medellín, Glasgow, Guadalajara and Rotterdam.

This strong show of support for Glasgow's bid to continue the UK's Olympic journey comes as Glasgow 2018's young champions Mahad Ahmed (pictured top, left) and Jasmine Main (pictured top, right) flew to Lausanne to hand the Candidate File to the IOC.

The duo were waved off at Glasgow Airport by Olympic athlete and Commonwealth medallist Lee McConnell (pictured top, centre), Leader of Glasgow City Council Gordon Matheson, Scottish Government Minister for External Affairs and International Development Humza Yousaf, and British Olympic Association (BOA) chairman Colin Moynihan.

"Glasgow is a special place to compete in as an athlete so it is very exciting to think that the world's best young athletes could get their first taste of the special nature of competing in an Olympic-styled event right here in front of such amazing crowds," said McConnell

"To be bidding for the Youth Olympic Games after the wonderful scenes everybody enjoyed at London 2012 is a real opportunity for the UK to continue its Olympic journey and concentrate on the young people we all hope to inspire."

The poll also revealed that 62 per cent of those asked supported Glasgow's bid, with that figure rising to 68 per cent in Scotland.

A large number of senior figures gathered at Glasgow Airport to see off the 2018 Youth Olympic Games bid

Glasgow 2018's key aim is to capitalise on the opportunities created by the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, as well as the city's on-going international sporting events programme.

The city says the Youth Olympics would be a tangible legacy for these major events, and a powerful catalyst for the next phase in the UK's journey with the Olympic Movement by empowering young people to become champions in their own lives.

"The Glasgow 2018 bid committee understands that sport has the unique power to inspire young people to pursue their dreams, and to unite the youth of the world in a shared commitment to values that have never been more important than they are today," said Moynihan.

"These principles are at the heart of the Candidature File that is being submitted today, and the British Olympic Association extends its congratulations to our partners at Glasgow 2018."

The poll published today comes after more than 5,000 secondary school pupils pledged their support for the bid so far during the Be a Champion in Your Life road show.

The two-month tour of Glasgow's 29 secondary schools and the city's Gaelic School will see the 2018 bid team reach around 30,000 young people by mid-November.

Meanwhile, following the unveiling of the 2018 Youth Olympic Games shortlist in February, the IOC will elect the host city at its meeting in Lausanne on July 4, 2013.

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