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
Karate at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics two qualification tournaments. Furthermore all continents are guaranteed at least one athlete representation. To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 2001 and 31 December 2002. Karate at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Karate at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 17 to 18 October at Europa Pavilion in Buenos Aires, Argentina. This marked the debut of Karate at the Youth Olympics. Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 6 competitors, 3 per each gender and one per each event. As hosts, Argentina was given 4