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
Rowing at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Youth Olympic Games Organizing Committee. Rowing at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Rowing at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 17 to 20 August at the Nanjing Rowing-Canoeing School in Nanjing, China. Four qualification events were held to determine the representation for the 2014 Youth Olympics, the 2013 World Junior Championships and three continental qualifiers. Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 2 boats, 1 per each gender. Should China not qualify any boats they would be given a boat in single sculls for each gender. The host quota was not used as they qualified