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
Sailing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics however four of them were unused and were reallocated to the next best nation from the respective World Championship. The remaining places shall be decided by qualification events, namely the six continental qualification tournaments and the World Championships for each boat. Boats qualified in the World Championships are prioritised over the continental events. To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2003. Sailing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Sailing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 7 to 13 October at the Club Náutico