2014 Summer Youth Olympics 2014 Summer Youth Olympics The 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games (), officially known as II Summer Youth Olympic Games, were the second Summer Youth Olympic Games, an international sports, education and cultural festival for teenagers, held from 16 to 28 August 2014 in Nanjing, China. These were the second Olympic Games held in China after the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The International Olympic Committee established the Youth Olympic Games in July 2007. The 2014 host city was elected on 10 February 2010, during the 2010 IOC Session in Vancouver. This was the first election of a Youth Olympic Games
Canoeing at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Canoeing at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Canoeing at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics is scheduled to be held between August 23 to August 27. The events will take place at the Nanjing Rowing-Canoeing School in Nanjing, China. There are four events in sprint and slalom each (K1 and C1 for both genders). All athletes qualifying for an event must compete in the same event in the other discipline (slalom or sprint) or risk disqualification. There were two events: the 2013 Junior Sprint World Championships in Welland, Ontario and the 2013 Junior slalom championship in Liptovsky Mikulas, Slovakia were quotas