Bids for the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics
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The 2012 Winter Youth Olympics (YOG)[1] were an international youth multi-sport event featuring winter events that was planned to complement the Olympic Games.[2] It featured athletes between the ages of 14 and 18.[3]
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I Winter Youth Olympic Games | |
Winner: Innsbruck Runner-up: Kuopio Shortlist: Harbin · Lillehammer | |
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Committee | IOC |
Election venue | Lausanne |
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Location of the bidding cities | |
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Bid | June 19, 2008 |
Shortlist | August 2008 |
Decision | December 12, 2008 |
Decision | |
Winner | Innsbruck (84 votes) |
Runner-up | Kuopio (15 votes) |
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Four cities entered bids to host the games: Harbin (China), Innsbruck (Austria), Kuopio (Finland), and Lillehammer (Norway). All four cities were selected for the shortlist. As with the selection process for the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, this list was further pared to two finalists one month prior to the selection date, Innsbruck and Kuopio. It was finally revealed on December 12, 2008, that Innsbruck won the rights to host the Games by a margin of 84 votes to 15.[4]