Sergey Bubka to Chair Coordination Commission for the First Summer Youth Olympic Game

28 February 2008 -- A few days after naming Singapore as the host city of the first Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2010, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) today announced the composition of the Coordination Commission, the group of representatives from the IOC and the Olympic Movement who will be monitoring the Youth Olympic Games preparations and guiding the Singapore Organising Committee over the next two years.

The composition is as follows:

Sergey Bubka - Chairman
Syed Shahid Ali - IOC member
Nat Indrapana - IOC member
Raja Randhir Singh - IOC member
Frank Fredericks - IOC member - Athlete representative
Guido de Bondt - NOC representative
Andrew Ryan - IF representative
Gilbert Felli - IOC Olympic Games Executive Director

IOC President Jacques Rogge and Sergey Bubka will visit Singapore beginning of April. Meanwhile, teams in Lausanne and Singapore will start working together as every minute counts in the two years leading to the staging of the first Youth Olympic Games.

Source: IOC

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