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Eleven cities interested by the 1st Olympic Games of Jeunesse(été) in 2010

GENEVA Eleven cities were proposed by their respective Olympic National Committee (CNO) to accomodate the 1st Olympic Games of Youth (be) in 2010, announced to Monday the Olympic International Committee (CIO). The cities, quoted alphabetically, are as follows: Algiers (Algeria), Athens (Greece), Bangkok (Thailand), Belgrade (Republic of Serbia), Ciudad Guatemala (Guatemala), Debrecen (Hungary), Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Moscow (Federation of Russia), Poznan (Poland), Singapore (Singapore) and Turin (Italy), announces the CIO in an official statement
The CNO had until August 31, 2007 at midnight to inform the CIO which a city under their jurisdiction was interested to go candidate to accomodate this event, the CIO affirms. The eleven candidates cities for the Olympic Games of Youth (be) have now until next 26 October to prepare and present their candidates’ file while answering the questionnaire of the CIO. After analysis of the files by a group of experts of the Olympic Movement, a list of the cities selected to accomodate the Olympic Games of Youth will be drawn up and given for examination to the commission of evaluation of the CIO.