Sporting event delegation
Great Britain participated in the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics , the inaugural Youth Olympic Games , held in Singapore .
The British squad consisted of 40 athletes competing in 16 sports: aquatics (diving and swimming), archery, athletics, badminton, boxing, canoeing, equestrian, fencing, gymnastics, modern pentathlon, rowing, sailing, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, and triathlon.[ 2]
On 13 July 2010, the British Olympic Association announced their YOG squad with many well known names, including Tom Daley who competed for Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing , China and also won a world championship gold in Rome. Another well known name was Oliver Golding who reached the semi-finals of The Championships, Wimbledon in the boys singles of 2010.
Individual medallists
Archery
Boys
Athlete
Event
Ranking Round
Round of 32
Round of 16
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
Score
Seed
Opposition Score
Opposition Score
Opposition Score
Opposition Score
Opposition Score
Rank
Mark Nesbitt
Boys’ individual
638
3
Harikul (THA ) W 7 –3
Jaffar (SIN ) L 4 –6
Did not advance
9
Mixed Team
Athletics
Boys
Track and Road Events
Field Events
Girls
Track and Road Events
Field Events
Badminton
Girls
Athlete
Event
Group Stage
Knock-Out Stage
Match 1
Match 2
Match 3
Rank
Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Final
Rank
Sarah Milne
Girls’ Singles
Palermo (FRA )
W 2 –0 (21 –11, 21 –18)
Ketpura (USA )
W 2 –0 (21 –19, 21 –19)
Mathis (AUT )
W 2 –0 (21 –11, 21 –10)
1 Q
Wentholt (NED )
W 2 –0 (21 –15, 21 –8)
Deng (CHN )
L 0 –2 (12 –21, 12 –21)
Third Place Match Vu (VIE )
L 0 –2 (15 –21, 20 –22)
4
Boxing
Boys
Canoeing
Boys
Diving
Boys
Girls
Equestrian
Fencing
Group Stage
Knock-Out Stage
Gymnastics
Artistic gymnastics
Boys
Athlete
Event
Floor
Pommel horse
Rings
Vault
Parallel bars
Horizontal bar
Total
Score
Rank
Score
Rank
Score
Rank
Score
Rank
Score
Rank
Score
Rank
Score
Rank
Sam Oldham
Boys' qualification
14.350
4 Q
14.300
2 Q
13.900
10
15.600
10
14.250
4 Q
14.450
1 Q
86.850
2 Q
Boys' individual all-around
13.500
13
13.950
1
14.000
3
15.800
2
14.250
3
13.150
15
84.650
5
Girls
Trampoline
Modern pentathlon
Athlete
Event
Fencing (Épée one touch)
Swimming (200m freestyle)
Running & shooting (3000m, laser pistol)
Total points
Final rank
Results
Rank
Points
Time
Rank
Points
Time
Rank
Points
Greg Longden
Boys' individual
7 –16
21
640
2:09.99
12
1244
11:28.57
9
2248
4132
16
Alice Lencova (CZE ) Greg Longden (GBR )
Mixed relay
39 –53
19
750
2:04.66
10
1304
17:19.72
23
1924
3978
23
Rowing
Sailing
Windsurfing
Swimming
Table tennis
individual
Athlete
Event
Round 1
Round 2
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
Rank
Group matches
Rank
Group matches
Rank
Alice Loveridge
Girls' singles
Li (SIN ) L 0 –3 (12 –14, 1 –11, 3 –11)
3 qB
Laid (ALG ) W 3 –0 (11 –8, 11 –8, 12 –10)
1
Did not advance
17
Wu (NZL ) W 3 –0 (13 –11, 11 –9, 11 –7)
Cordero (PUR ) W 3 –1 (8 –11, 11 –9, 11 –7, 15 –13)
Tanioka (JPN ) L 1 –3 (11 –9, 6 –11, 4 –11, 2 –11)
Giardi (SMR ) W 3 –0 (11 –6, 11 –5, 11 –8)
Team
Taekwondo
Tennis
Singles
Doubles
Triathlon
Girls
Triathlete
Event
Swimming
Transit 1
Cycling
Transit 2
Running
Total time
Rank
Elinor Thorogood
Individual
9:57
0:33
31:48
0:28
21:08
1:03:54.08
13
Men's
Athlete
Event
Swim (1.5 km)
Trans 1
Bike (40 km)
Trans 2
Run (10 km)
Total
Rank
Andrew Hood
Individual
9:06
0:32
29:36
0:23
17:40
57:17.54
15
Mixed
TV coverage
The BBC will cover the youth olympic games with highlights on the red button updated at 8am and 3pm and the highlights will also be on the BBC iPlayer . CBBC programmes Newsround and Blue Peter will also be reporting from Singapore, while the BBC News and the BBC Sport websites will be covering all the big stories from each day.
See also
References
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