Abuja bid for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
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Abuja 2018 is a bid by the Nigerian city of Abuja
to host the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
.
is yet to organize an Olympic Game. If the bid is successful the city could bid for the 2022 Commonwealth Games
. Hosting the Youth Olympics would be at a minimal cost or perhaps at no cost to government at all. Abuja has never made an Olympic bid before. Abuja bid for the 2014 Commonwealth Games
but lost to Glasgow
.
Abuja
Abuja is the capital city of Nigeria. It is located in the centre of Nigeria, within the Federal Capital Territory . Abuja is a planned city, and was built mainly in the 1980s. It officially became Nigeria's capital on 12 December 1991, replacing Lagos...
to host the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
2018 Summer Youth Olympics
The 2018 Summer Youth Olympics will be the third Summer Youth Olympic Games, a major international multi-sport event and cultural festival to be celebrated in the tradition of the Olympic Games, in 2018 during the XXXI Olympiad. It will be the fifth Youth Olympic Games overall, with the Winter...
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History
I was announced on November 29, 2011 by Oloye Olajumoke Akinjide who is the FCT Minister of State that Abuja would bid for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. AfricaAfrica
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
is yet to organize an Olympic Game. If the bid is successful the city could bid for the 2022 Commonwealth Games
2022 Commonwealth Games
The 2022 Commonwealth Games will feature 71 countries from the Commonwealth. A host will be decided in future years.-Possible bids: Durban, South Africa Abuja,Nigeria Christchurch, New ZealandThe winning of the of the 2018 games by Gold Coast, Australia presents a huge problem for Christchurch or...
. Hosting the Youth Olympics would be at a minimal cost or perhaps at no cost to government at all. Abuja has never made an Olympic bid before. Abuja bid for the 2014 Commonwealth Games
2014 Commonwealth Games
The 20th Commonwealth Games in 2014 will be held in Glasgow, the largest city in Scotland. The winning city was announced by the Commonwealth Games Federation on 9 November 2007 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The Games will run over 11 days of competition from 24 July to 3 August 2014...
but lost to Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
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See also
- Buenos Aires bid for the 2018 Summer Youth OlympicsBuenos Aires bid for the 2018 Summer Youth OlympicsBuenos Aires 2018 is a bid by the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina and the Argentine Olympic Committee to bring the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics to Buenos Aires. The International Olympic Committee will elect the host city in mid-2013 in Lausanne. -History:...
- Monterrey bid for the 2018 Summer Youth OlympicsMonterrey bid for the 2018 Summer Youth OlympicsMonterrey 2018 is a bid by the city of Monterrey to host the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.-History:Monterrey was the first city to bid for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. Monterrey has never bid for an Olympic Game prior to their effort to bid for the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics. The city did host...
- Medellin bid for the 2018 Summer Youth OlympicsMedellin bid for the 2018 Summer Youth OlympicsMedellin 2018 is a bid by the city of Medellin to host the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. -History:Medellin will bid after successfully hosting the 2010 South American Games and having all the venues alreay built in the complex Atanasio Girardot....