Cindy-Marie Leicester, our Consultant covering APAC, is currently in Nanjing, China, at the 2ndSummer Youth Olympic Games.  Here are some behind-the-scenes photos she has snapped, as the event preparations reach their final phase, with the Games opening on 16 August.

More information about the Games:

• The 2nd Summer Youth Olympic Games will be held from 16 to 28 August 2014.
• The 1st Summer Youth Olympic Games were held in Singapore in 2010.
• The games are open to athletes between the ages of 14 and 18 .
• Approximately 3600 athletes from around 200 nations will be competing at the Games.
• The scale of the Youth Olympic Games is smaller than that of the Olympics, which allows smaller cities to host an Olympic event; potential host cities are required to keep all events within the same city and no new dedicated sports venues should be built.
• The Nanjing Youth Olympic Games are already proving popular with more than 390,000 tickets already sold and events selling out fast.
• The sports contested at the Youth Games are the same as those scheduled for the traditional summer Olympics, but with some adaptations, and a limited number of disciplines spread over 222 events.
• Golf and Rugby Sevens will also be included for the first time in this event, prior to their debut at the Rio 2016 Games.

Find out more about the Nanjing Olympics…

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