{"id":59298,"date":"2018-10-23T07:56:42","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T07:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=59298"},"modified":"2018-10-23T07:56:42","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T07:56:42","slug":"youth-olympic-games-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/youth-olympic-games-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth Olympic Games-2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Question: Which of the following country hosted the 3<sup>rd<\/sup> Summer Youth Olympic Games?<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>(a)Argentina<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>(b)Chile<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>(c)Brazil<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>(d)South Korea<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Answer: (a)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Related facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Third summer Youth Olympic Games (YOG) were held in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6<sup>th<\/sup> to 18<sup>th<\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Total 3,997 athletes have taken part from 206 countries in the games. A total of 241 events were held under 32 sports.<\/li>\n<li>Mascot of the 2018 Youth Olympic Games was <strong>#Pandi.<\/strong> The logo of the Games was <strong>\u2018live the future\u2019<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- ssgc-in-link-res --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7086827700842303\" data-ad-slot=\"2092339075\" data-ad-format=\"link\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Russia finishes with first rank on medal tally with a total of 59 medals (29 gold, 18silver, 12bronze).China and Japan bagged the consecutive second and third spot respectively.<\/li>\n<li>India finishes with 16<sup>th<\/sup> rank on the medal standings. A total of 13 medals were clinched comprised of 3 gold, 9 silver and 1 bronze medal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- CM_SSGCP_Responsive_Link --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7086827700842303\" data-ad-slot=\"4276316581\" data-ad-format=\"link\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Indian weightlifter Jeremy Lalrinnunga grabbed the first ever gold medal in weightlifting battling under the men&#8217;s 62 kg weight category.<\/li>\n<li>India shooters Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary had won the gold medal under 10 m air pistol category in their individual events.<\/li>\n<li>Akash Malik became the first Indian archer to grab medal in Youth Olympic Games.He bagged silver medal to mark this history.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>About Youth Olympic Games:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Youth Olympic Games (YOG) is a multi-sport event held every 4 years.For the first time it was held in Singapore in year 2010. Next summer YOG will be held in <strong>Dakar, Senegal.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The concept of Youth Olympic Games (YOG) was coined by Austrian industrial manager Johann Rosenzopf in 1998 to make youth active and healthy.<\/li>\n<li>Till date total, 3 summers and 2 winter youth Olympics have been held.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>List of summer and winter youth Olympics to date-<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1<sup>st<\/sup> summer -Singapore, 2010<\/li>\n<li>1<sup>st<\/sup> winter- Innsbruck, Austria, 2012<\/li>\n<li>2<sup>nd<\/sup> summer- Nanjing, China, 2014<\/li>\n<li>2<sup>nd<\/sup> winter-Lillehammer, Norway, 2016<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Youth_Olympic_Games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Youth_Olympic_Games<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympic.org\/youth-olympic-games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>https:\/\/www.olympic.org\/youth-olympic-games<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Which of the following country hosted the 3rd Summer Youth Olympic Games? (a)Argentina (b)Chile (c)Brazil (d)South Korea Answer: (a) Related facts: Third summer Youth Olympic Games (YOG) were held in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6th to 18th Total 3,997 athletes have taken part from 206 countries in the games. 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