Seychelles at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Seychelles at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Seychelles competed at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, the inaugural Youth Olympic Games, held in Singapore from August 14 to August 26, 2010. The nation was represented by the Seychelles Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association, which sent a total of four athletes to compete in four sports. The flagbearer at the opening ceremony for the nation was badminton player Kervin Ghislain. Seychelles' Olympic team was one of the 106 that did not win a single medal at the Games. Sole competitor for the nation in athletics Marie-Michell Athanase, competing in the girls' 200
2024 Winter Youth Olympics Sofia was going to bid for the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics but did not submit a bid citing that they did not fill the requirements set by the IOC. The Bulgarian Olympic Committee was also interested in the city potentially bidding for the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics but eventually declined. Before the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics, held in Buenos Aires, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach visited Ushuaia and talked about the possibility of holding the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics here. By the end of the games, Bach said: "We were very impressed with the facilities in Ushuaia and in