Great Britain at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
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| IOC code | GBR | ||||||||
| NOC | British Olympic Association | ||||||||
| Website | www |
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| Competitors | 39 in 16 sports | ||||||||
| Flag bearer | David Bolarinwa | ||||||||
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Medals Ranked 17th |
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Great Britain will participate in the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Games (YOG) in Singapore.
The British squad will consist of 40 athletes competing in 16 sports: aquatics (diving and swimming), archery, athletics, badminton, boxing, canoeing, equestrian, fencing, gymnastics, modern pentathlon, rowing, sailing, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, and triathlon.
On 13 July 2010, the British Olympic Association announced their YOG squad with many well known names, including Tom Daley who competed for Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China and also won a world championship gold in Rome. Another well known name was Oliver Golding who reached the semi-finals of The Championships, Wimbledon in the boys singles of 2010.
Boys
Mixed Team
W 2–0
(21–11, 21–18)
W 2–0
(21–19, 21–19)
W 2–0
(21–11, 21–10)
W 2–0
(21–15, 21–8)
L 0–2
(12–21, 12–21)
L 0–2
(15–21, 20–22)
The BBC will cover the youth olympic games with highlights on the red button updated at 8am and 3pm and the highlights will also be on the BBC iPlayer. CBBC programmes Newsround and Blue Peter will also be reporting from Singapore, while the BBC News and the BBC Sport websites will be covering all the big stories from each day.
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