Discover the Olympic Winter Sports!

In co-operation with local winter sports associations, the Organising Committee of the 1st Winter Youth Olympic Games has come up with a range of projects to raise interest in sport and exercise among young people in Tyrol. These projects will run from autumn 2010 until December 2011 and give schoolchildren throughout the region the chance to try their hand at the following Olympic winter sports: skeleton, curling, tobogganing, ice hockey, figure skating, short track ice skating, skiing, biathlon and ski jumping. The young athletes will then have the chance to compete against each other in these disciplines as part of YOG School Sports Challenge events held during the Winter Youth Olympic Games in January 2012 - cheered on by specially-created fan groups! The YOG School Sports Challenge also gives teachers the opportunity to develop their own skills through extra training courses.

School Sports Challenge fact check

• The YOG School Sports Challenge is open to schoolchildren in Tyrol attending classes 3 to 12 (8-17 years of age).
  
• Participants should form a single group based on their school class.
• It is recommended that the class representative or sports teacher take responsibility for organising the group.
  

School Sports Challenge events during the Winter Youth Olympic Games

• Events will take place daily between 13 and 22 January 2012 (designed to coincide with the competitions being held as part of the YOG 2012).
• Each team's result will depend on both the performance of their 4-6 athletes and on the support they receive from the rest of the class.
  
• Schoolschildren taking part in School Sports Challenge events will have the chance to visit YOG 2012 competitions being held on the same day.
• More information on how, where and when School Sports Challenge participants can check out the YOG events going on will be given in autumn 2011.

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