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2018 Youth Olympic Games – Buenos Aires, Argentina
October 8, 2018 - October 18, 2018
The Youth Olympic Games is the world’s largest multi-sport event for high-performance young athletes, that aims at inspiring athletes to embrace the Olympic values of RESPECT, FRIENDSHIP, AND EXCELLENCE. This will be the first time Kiteboarding has been included in the Youth Olympic Games
The event, promoted by the the International Olympic Committee (COI), gathers young athletes aged between 15 and 18. It is held every four years; it has two editions, winter and summer, which are held every two years alternately.
Sailing, is the only sport in the Youth Olympic Games, has been granted an addition medal to allow for gender separate competitions in kiteboarding TwinTip Racing Class for boys and girls. In total, 12 boys and 12 girls will be able to compete in Buenos Aires:
- One participant of each gender from each continent
- Africa
- Asia
- Europe
- North America
- Oceania
- South America
- plus the best 4 competitors drawn from the 2018 World Championships
- plus one competitor from Argentina
- plus one tri-partite participant selected by the IOC
More information including the qualification system, equipment limitations and formats can be found at https://twintipracing.com/yog