Rogge instituted at separate Youth Olympic Games, first held in Singapore in 2010, in an attempt to rejuvenate the organization's appeal.

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Its commercial focus is looking ahead two years to the Winter Games in the Russian city of Sochi and the Youth Olympic Games in China's Nanjing and two years after that to the Rio 2016 Olympics.

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"I have lost to that doubles pairing three times before so it was really nice to come away with a win and go home with a gold medal from the Youth Olympic Games - I never expected that, " said Golding.

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"Scotland has a growing reputation for staging successful world-class events and securing the 2018 Youth Olympic Games would be a fantastic opportunity to build on the experience and skills developed through delivering an outstanding Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in 2014, " he said.

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In line with the 2010 International Year of Youth: Dialogue and Mutual Understanding, young people, notably participants in the first Youth Olympic Games (YOG) held in Singapore last August, will have the opportunity to share their ideas and experiences throughout the event.

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On Sunday, Mr. Rogge said that "the Youth Games will definitely be something very important for the Olympic movement, " adding that some 90 former Youth Games athletes won medals in London.

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For despite winning the 1995 FIFA World Youth Cup and the 2008 Olympic Games with Argentina, Messi has yet to go past the quarterfinals of the World Cup -- and many commentators believe he needs to win that trophy if he is to lay claim to being the greatest footballer the world has ever seen.

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