Spirit of Youth

The Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games emblem celebrates Singapore 2010 in an adventurous, open and fun way. It evokes the Singaporean sense of confidence and progress. The three distinct elements of the emblem are:

The Flame of Passion

The intense red flame represents the passion to learn and the power of positive thinking. Red is also the national colour of Singapore.

The Star of Champions

The rich purple star symbolises excellence and the pride of representing one's nation.

The Crescent of Tomorrow

The crescent reflects dynamic youth, full of promise. It has the lush green and calm blue colours of a tropical island city.

The Singapore 2010 wordmark has an active appearance, comprising individual and unique characters that signify harmony among the diverse participants.

Spirit of Youth inspires all of us to express the Olympic spirit and celebrate the first-ever Youth Olympic Games.

Blazing The Trail

It's ...

... exploration and discovery,

... boundless energy, endless ideas and no boundaries.

It's ...

... a sense of infinite possibilities,

... dreaming big dreams, and making them come true.

It's ...

... the courage to keep making a difference,

... creating new paths for others to follow.

Singapore 2010 ... Blazing the Trail.

Singapore 2010 … Blazing the Trail.

Singapore is hosting the inaugural Youth Olympic Games, the first new Games the Olympic Movement has created in 80 years. The Youth Olympic Games celebrate the youth of the world. It is not just about sport and victories. It is also about interacting and connecting, sharing and learning about sport, cultural and global issues. The Youth Olympic Games is about expressing the Olympic values of Excellence, Friendship and Respect in everyday life.

Singapore shares fully the philosophy of the Youth Olympic Games. Our young and diverse nation is honoured to have the chance to share our story: how an immigrant people created a peaceful and prosperous city-state by staying true to our ideals of democracy, peace, progress, equality and justice.

Singapore 2010 is a youth-focused Games with Olympism as its heart. Its integrated sport, culture and education programme exploits new media technologies to connect youth all over the world to the Olympic Movement and to each other, from now until the Games, and beyond.

Singapore 2010 is an event for young people, by young people. Young athletes will come together to compete in a healthy way in right-sized facilities. Thousands of youth from Singapore and around the world will be able to volunteer and participate in the excitement of the Games. They will learn new skills and make new friends. The legacy of the Games will go beyond sporting excellence by inspiring the youth of the world to keep making a difference.

The journey begins.