Lillehammer bid for the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics Lillehammer bid for the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics Lillehammer 2016 was the successful bid by the city of Lillehammer and the Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports for the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics. Lillehammer was the only bidder for the games and were awarded the games on December 7, 2011. Lillehammer launched its bid in 2010 following discussion over a possible bid earlier that year. Bids were due by December 2010. Upon the deadline, the IOC confirmed Lillehammer as the only bid for the games. The city bid for the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics but failed to
Fencing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics qualified overall across all genders will also qualify, with a maximum one per event per NOC (2 from Oceania and 1 from the other four continents). As hosts, Argentina is able to enter athletes in all six events and a further three wildcards were awarded per gender. These were awarded to: Costa Rica, Lebanon, Togo, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Senegal. To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 2001 and 31 December 2003. Fencing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Fencing events at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics were held from