History was made as Africa was selected to host the 4th Summer Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in 2022. Senegal will be the host city and this will mark the first Olympic event in history to be held on the African continent.
Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) recently said that the Time for Africa is now and is the home to many successful and prominent Olympic athletes.
The United Nations (UN) stated that Africa will have over 4.5 billion in habitants by the year 2100. Mognard added that “It is now up to international sports federations to focus on Africa. The competition between the sports will be fierce and first to come will certainly be the first served; a key factor being a significant increase in the number of participants and their income from sponsorship and television broadcasting rights,” he says.
The 2022 Summer Youth Olympic Games will be the fourth edition of the Summer Youth Olympic Games and the seventh edition of the Youth Olympic Games.
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