Bids for the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics 2014 host city was elected during the 2010 IOC session in Vancouver, prior to the 2010 Winter Olympics. This was the first election of a Youth Olympic Games host city held in an IOC Session. The elections for the host cities of the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics and 2012 Winter Youth Olympics were done through postal votes by IOC members. China bid for the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics with the city of Nanjing. Nanjing is located in East Central China along the Yangtze River. The IOC noted Nanjing had "the least risk" of the applicant cities. Poznań bid for the
Philippines at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Youth Olympic Games. The Philippines qualified one boat based on its performance at the Asian and Oceania IKA Twin Tip Racing Qualifiers. The Philippines qualified one athlete based on its performance at the "Road to Buenos Aires – Oceania" qualifier held in Rarotonga in the Cook Islands. Philippines at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics The Philippines participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics, in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018. Kiteboarder Christian Tio won a silver medal men’s kiteboarding IKA Twin Tip racing event; the first medal of any color credited to the National Olympic Committee