Singapore YOG Flame Light Up

Here are some photographs obtained from a local Singapore TV showing the Singapore YOG Flame Light Up at the Opening Ceremony of the Singapore Youth Olympic Games on 14 August 2010.

If you missed the 'live' broadcast of the world's first Youth Olympic Games Flame Lighting Ceremony, here are some scenes of Singapore YOG Flame Light Up.

A lot of resources and effort have been invested into making the YOG Flame Light Up a success and to wow spectators from around the world.

Singapore YOG Flame Light Up Photograph 1

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What a spectacular lighting up of the Olympic Flame at the Opening Ceremony of the first Youth Olympic Games in Singapore!

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YOG Flame Lighting Ceremony

YOG Flame Lighting Ceremony will begin today 23 July 2010 at 4pm Singapore local time.

YOG Flame Lighting Ceremony marks the start of the Youth Olympic Games torch in Olympia Greece.

Schedule of YOG Flame Lighting Ceremony:

4pm Singapore time

YOG Flame Lighting Ceremony begins, national anthems of Singapore and Greece.

Address by VIPs including IOC president Jacques Rogge and YOG organising committee chairman Ng Ser Miang

4.30pm

The light ritual at the Temple of Hera led by high priestess Ino Menegaki

High prietess and prietesses enter the Ancient Olympic Stadium with the Olympic Flame

The flame is handed over to a Greek torch-bearer who passes it to Singapore swimmer Amanda Lim

The flame is passed on to Singapore hockey player Silas Abdul Razak and then to another Greek torch-bearer.

The flame is passed on to Hellenic Olympic Committee president Spyros Capralos who hands it over to Ng

5pm

End of YOG Flame Lighting Ceremony.

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Be a YOG Torchbearer

Call for YOG Torch Bearers from Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee:

Torchbearers are the ambassadors of the Olympic Flame - expressing the spirit of Olympism and inspiring others to embrace this ideal. A torchbearer for the Singapore 2010 JYOF must embrace, embody and express the Olympic values of Excellence, Friendship and Respect.

From 12 March to 15 April 2010, Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents aged 12 years old and above (born on or before 1 January 1999) may apply to SYOGOC to be a Singapore 2010 JYOF torchbearer. They have to complete an online form at the Million Deeds Challenge website (www.milliondeeds.sg), and share how they live the Olympic values through deeds of Excellence, Friendship and Respect in their life.

About 560 torchbearers will be selected by random ballot through this channel, and SYOGOC will inform the selected torchbearers in June 2010.

In addition, SYOGOC is working with various communities in Singapore to select other torchbearers such as students and national servicemen. In all, about 85% of the torchbearers will be the public, both as individuals and members of the various communities.

Volunteer to be a YOG torch bearer now: I want to be a torch bearer!


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Singapore Youth Olympic Games: Youth Olympic Flame

Have you heard about the Youth Olympic Flame? What is the Youth Olympic Flame?

In the prelude to the world's first ever Youth Olympic Games that will be held in Singapore from 14 August 2010 to 26 August 2010, a torch will be lit and carried around the world to draw attention to the Youth Olympic Games starting in July 2010.

The Youth Olympic Flame will travel across the world to one city on the continents of Europe, Africa, the Americas, Oceania and Asia. The Youth Olympic Flame will start in Greece, the birth place of the Olympic Games and fly to Berlin (Germany), Dakar (Senegal), Mexico City (Mexico), Auckland (New Zealand) and Seoul (Republic of Korea).

The Youth Olympic Flame will arrive in Singapore for a six-day round-island torch relay before it reaches the cauldron at the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games (Singapore 2010) Opening Ceremony, to herald the start of the world's first Youth Olympic Games.

This travel of the Youth Olympic Flame will connect the people of the world to the Olympic Movement. It is a celebration of the spirit of Olympism that allows Singapore as the host city of the world's first Youth Olympic Games to reach out to a global audience to come to Singapore to experience the YOG excitement.

Are you ready to witness the Youth Olympic Flame?

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Singapore YOG Olympic Torch Relay

For the world's first-ever Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games (SYOG), the Olympic Flame will make a journey starting from Greece and cross five continents before landing in Singapore for a round-the-island SYOG Olympic Torch relay.

This YOG Olympic Torch relay may be the final round-the-world relay of its kind as the International Olympic Committee had already decided to stop its relay practice in response to feedback.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board (EB) approved a proposal by the Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee for the Olympic Flame for the YOG to be lit in Greece and travel to one city each in Africa, America, Asia, Europe and Oceania before arriving in Singapore.

At each city, the YOG Olympic Flame will be welcomed in a single city celebration that will focus on youth and the power of the Olympic values to make the world a better place.

Athletes and youth on that continent will be invited to witness the lighting of the cauldron and join in the city YOG celebration.

In Singapore, the YOG Olympic Flame will travel across all parts of Singapore in a traditional torch relay run, where youths from ASEAN will also be invited to participate.

According to Mr Ng Ser Miang, Chairman of the SYOGOC, "it will be a unique opportunity and experience for people around the world to connect to the first Youth Olympic Games."

Youths of Singapore and the world, get ready to welcome the YOG Olympic Torch Relay for the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games.

Details of the YOG Olympic Torch design have not been released. I predict the YOG Olympic Torch is likely be shaped and weighted differently for the smaller-sized grip of youths age 14 to 18.

Perhaps a "Design the YOG Olympic Torch" competition will be held later. Perhaps a "Who can hold the torch for the longest duration" competition will be held to choose some lucky individuals for a trip to Singapore and join the YOG Olympic Torch Relay team.

Get ready too, youths in Singapore and Asean, to step forward (and do some upper limb weight training) for your chance to hold the YOG Olympic Torch during the YOG Olympic Torch Relay in Singapore in the year 2010!