Exclusive: More cities will bid for Winter Youth Olympics because of our model claims Innsbruck 2012 chief
By Tom Degun at the Global Sports Forum Barcelona
March 9 - Innsbruck 2012 chief executive Peter Bayer (pictured) has predicted that many more cities will come forward to bid for the Winter Youth Olympic Games after the Austrian city successfully staged the inaugural event in January this year at a relatively low cost.
March 9 - Innsbruck 2012 chief executive Peter Bayer (pictured) has predicted that many more cities will come forward to bid for the Winter Youth Olympic Games after the Austrian city successfully staged the inaugural event in January this year at a relatively low cost.
February 18 - Ski halfpipe prospect Katie Summerhayes (pictured) has said that competing at the Winter Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck this month was "the greatest experience" and something she will "never forget".
February 4 - India have claimed victory in the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) World Mile video contest, a key initiative of the Culture and Education Programme featured at the inaugural Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck last month.
February 1 - Russia's deputy Sports Minister Yury Nagornykh has said the Youth Olympics should get wider television coverage than the competition currently receives.
January 30 - A descendant of Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the Modern Olympics, believes that his illustrious relation would approve highly of the current International Olympic Committee (IOC) President, Jacques Rogge, and his innovation of Summer and Winter Youth Olympics.
January 23 - Innsbruck 2012 chief executive Peter Bayer (pictured) has revealed that the financial model in place for the inaugural edition of the Winter Youth Olympic Games, which closed here last night, was not based on making a profit from the event.
January 22 - An outstanding silver medal for female British bobsleighers Mica McNeill and Jazmin Sawyers ensured that Team GB finished the first Youth Winter Olympic Games here on a high.
January 22 - International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge has paid tribute to the Organising Committee of the inaugural Winter Youth Olympic Games here by claiming the event "has exceeded all expectations".
January 22 - In keeping with the theme of the inaugural Winter Youth Olympic Games, an unspectacular yet charming and vibrant Closing Ceremony bought proceedings to a close at Innsbruck 2012 as an enthusiastic crowd of 4,000 gathered in the city centre at the Maria-Theresien-Strasse for the climax of the successful ten-day competition.
January 21 - Short track speed skaters Jack Burrows and Aydin Djemal have made history as the duo became the first ever British athletes to win medals at the Winter Youth Olympic Games.
January 21 - The sporting schedule for the Winter Youth Olympics here has been disrupted after heavy snowfall in a 24 hour period covered the region for the second time this month.
January 19 - The Winter Youth Olympics were briefly plunged into chaos here with the daily Victory Ceremony postponed and the scheduled concert cancelled after a bomb was discovered in Innsbruck city centre.
January 18 - Gilbert Felli (pictured), the International Olympic Committee (IOC) executive director, has claimed that there are no concerns over the future of the Winter Youth Olympic Games despite Lillehammer being awarded the 2016 competition after coming forward as the only bidder.
January 15 - Austrian starlet Elisabeth Gram made history by winning the host country's first gold medal of the inaugural Winter Youth Olympic Games in ski halfpipe here before dedicating the victory to her late mother.
January 14 - After a monumental wait, women's ski jumping appeared for the first time ever at an Olympics as the event took place here on day one of the inaugural Winter Youth Olympic Games.
