Just because the athletes at the Youth Olympic Games are generally younger than their peers doesn’t mean that the IOC isn’t still going to put on a massive show to kick them off. The opening ceremonies for the 2018 Youth Olympic Games took place on Saturday evening at the Obelisco de Buenos Aires – a plaza including a 235-foot tall obelisk at the center. This marks the first time in modern Olympic history that the ceremony wasn’t held in a traditional arena or stadium setting. Among the swimmers who bore their countries’ flags in the Parade of Athletes was Russian swimmer Kliment Kolesnikov, who has already won 2 gold medals: in the 100 back individually, and as part of Russia’s mixed 400 free relay. Kael Yorke carried the flag for the Trinidad & Tobago team, while Paupau New Guinea’s Leonard Kalate carried his country’s flag as well. South African breaststroker Michael Houlie carried his nation’s flag as well. He charged out hard and led the way through heats of the men’s 100 breaststroke before taking 5th in the final. Watch the whole 2-hour ceremony again below:<doc-sep>The third edition of the Summer Youth Olympic Games will kick off in Buenos Aires on Saturday and Google celebrated the occasion with a special doodle showing various sports from the Games. The Games will feature participants from 200 countries with Kosovo and South Sudan making their debut at the Youth Olympics this year. The athletes taking part are all between the age of 15 and 18. This year, the Games will feature a number of new sports like kite boarding, BMX Freestyle Park, and a new version of handball that’s played on the beach. The other major change in the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics is that football has been replaced by futsal — an indoor game played on a smaller hard court. Teenage shooting star Manu Bhaker was named as the flag-bearer of the Indian contingent. A contingent of 68 members, including 46 athletes, will take part in 13 sports for India. This is India’s largest ever contingent at the Youth Olympics. Hockey 5s has most number of Indian participants with 18 (nine each in men’s and women’s team) while track and field has seven athletes. Other Indian participants are: shooting (4), recurve archery (2), badminton (2), swimming (2), table tennis (2), weightlifting (2), wrestling (2), rowing (2), boxing (1), and judo (1), sport climbing (1). Bhaker, who had won gold in 10m air pistol at Guadalajara World Cup as well as Commonwealth Games, will be among top medal contenders for India at the Youth Olympics. Other medal contenders include CWG and World Championship silver medallist shooter Mehuli Ghosh, Asian Games champion marksman Saurabh Chaudhary and Asian junior badminton champion Lakshya Sen. (with PTI Inputs)<doc-sep>Get email updates with the day's biggest stories Invalid Email Something went wrong, please try again later. Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice The stars of the future will take centre stage at the Summer Youth Olympic Games this month. Yes, it might be October, but Buenos Aires remains basked in glorious sunshine - and Team GB's up and coming superstars are all hoping to become champions in the heat. Britain are sending 43 talented youngsters to the event, which is the third of its kind. Names like Tom Daley and Jade Jones have formerly competed at the games, proving it is the perfect breeding ground for Olympic champions of the future. Here is all you need to know about this summer's games... (Image: REUTERS) Where will the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games take place? The 2018 Summer Youth Games will take place in Buenos Aires between October 6 and October 18. The city beat off rival bids from Medellin in Colombia and Scotland's sporting hub in Glasgow in a vote in 2011, with the eventual winner beating it's South American neighbours 49-39 in the second round of voting. There are seven locations across the Argentina capital where the action will take place. Green Park will see Triathlon, Cycling, Beach Volley, Equestrian, Tennis and Futsal. Olympic Park will host the athletics, Archery, Swimming, Diving, Hockey, Modern Pentathlon, Boxing, Gymnastics, Judo, Taekwondo, Weightlifting, Karate, Wrestling, Futsal, Fencing and the Closing Ceremony. Urban Park has Rowing, Canoeing, Basketball (3 on 3), Cycling, Sport Climbing and Dancesport to look forward to. The 50 hectares exhibition centre at Techno Park will see crowd watching Table Tennis, Futsal, Badminton, Shooting, Archery and Beach Handball. BMX, Roller speed skating, Sailing, Rugby Sevens and Golf will take place at various other stadiums. (Image: REUTERS) What events are in the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games? All the usual Adult Olympic sports are included but there are a couple of unusual sports included in the roster. Dancesport catches the eye, which is effectively Strictly Come Dancing but all the dancers are breakdancing at the same time in a kind of battle royale. Beach handball, Futsal, and Roller speed skating are other sports which are new to the casual Olympic viewer. The Games will also give a sneak peak to the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, where Sport climbing will be introduced for the first time. The activity have types including seeing rival climbers race to the top of a climbing wall. Karate and Freestyle BMX will also being making their bows in the Land of the Rising Sun. (Image: REUTERS) How many nations are participating and are there any debutants? From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe there are 206 teams, with at least one athlete from each nation, making their way to Argentina to take part. Argentina have the biggest squad with 141 athletes, while Team GB will have 43 stars in South America. Kosovo and South Sudan will be making their debuts at the Youth Olympics - they have five and three athletes respectively. (Image: Huddersfield Examiner) Who are Team GB's medal hopes? Great Britain, ie England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland qualified athletes will be taking part in 17 of the 32 sports on offer - with ages ranging from 15 to 18. Catch them in the Archery, Badminton, Beach Volley, Boxing, Cycling, Diving, Equestrian, Golf, Gymnastics (Acrobatic, Artistic and Trampoline), Karate, Modern Pentathlon, Rowing, Sailing, Shooting, Taekwondo, Tennis and Triathlon. Keep an eye out on; 15 year old Amelie Morgan in the Artistic gymnastics - she has won a plethora of fans on CBBC's Gymstars, Artistic Gymnastics' Adam Tobin, who is 17, Taekwondo starlet Aaliyah Powell and look out for Charlotte Hope in teh Karate - she has already won medals in the European and World junior competitions this year. (Image: Youtube/europeangymnastics) Is there mascot? Of course there is, is it an international standard event if there isn't a cuddly looking human sized monster creeping around the Olympic Park. In Buenos Aires get ready to meet Pandi. What is Pandi you ask, well Pandi is a Yaguarete - for the uneducated it is a South American version of the Jaguar. The emblem for the Games is another thing visitors into Argentina will find it hard to escape. That will be plenty of bright colours, along with red, orange and yellow shapes all wrapped around each other to make a gnarly looking flame. The rather generic slogan is "Feel the Future". Previous Youth Summer Olympics Games Buenos Aires will play host to the third Summer Youth Olympic Games and will be the first to take place outside of Asia. The first Games were in Singapore in 2010 before hopping north to Nanjing in China four years later - with the Chinese topping the medal table at both games. There have also been four Winter Youth Olympic Games, which were hosted by Innsbruck, Austria, and Lillehammer, Norway, in 2012 and 2016 respectively. (Image: BBC) Which famous athletes have competed at previous Summer Youth Olympic Games? One of the most famous faces in Team GB in recent Olympic Games is a veteran of the first ever Youth Games. Diving supremo Tom Daley made his first splashes, pardon the pun, as a baby faced teenager finished ninth in the 3m in 2010. He has since secured two bronze medals, in London and Rio de Janeiro, as an adult. Jade Jones is another who has taken the route from Youth to Senior Olympics. The Taekwondo ace won in Singapore as a youngster before winning back-to-back titles in London and Rio. Artistic Gymnast Sam Oldham and Swimmer Duncan Scott have also appeared at both Games.<doc-sep>
Hack: The third edition of the Youth Olympic Games is taking place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the first to be held outside Asia The opening ceremony is on October 6 and the competitions will go on from October 7 to October 18 Several sports events will be organised in more than 30 categories with more than 200 countries participating The 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games are all set to start on October 6 and Google celebrated its start with a specialized Doodle! The creative doodle is conceptualised and created by Cynthia Yuan Cheng and Vrinda Zaveri. It displays animated bird in various sports like Cycling, Weight Lifting, Judo and Gymnastics. New games like kite-boarding and BMX freestyle park are introduced this year. A new version of handball played on the beach, is also part of the game. Football has been replaced with Futsal, a similar game played indoors with lesser number of players. #Pandi 🐆 had a great time in the snow at the end of the world! ❄ On the last days of our #TorchTour 🇦🇷 it visited the #TierraDelFuego National Park and had lots of fun playing around. 🙌#UnitedByTheFlame 🔥 pic.twitter.com/yBVb3553ws — Buenos Aires 2018 (@BuenosAires2018) September 30, 2018 The third edition of the Youth Olympic Games is taking place in Buenos Aires, Argentina with more than 200 countries participating. Kosovo and South Sudan will make their Youth Olympics debut. Around 4,000 athletes will be taking part in the games of the age 15 to 18. The opening ceremony is on October 6 and the competitions will start from October 7 and go on till October 18. The games are organised every four years. Previous games were held in Singapore (2010) and China (2014). READ: 16-Year Old Shooter Manu Bhaker Named India's Flag-Bearer For Youth Olympics 2018 It is the first series of these games to be held outside Asia. Interestingly, it is also the first to organize its opening ceremony outside a stadium which will be open to all public. The slogan of these games is ''Feel The Future''. The mascot names ' Pandi ' is a jaguar native to the country. Several sports events will be organised in more than 30 categories including Triathlon, Fencing, Futsal and Taekwondo. The 68-member Indian contingent is the largest contingent ever from our country. From India, 47 sportspersons will be competing across 13 sports categories like field hockey, archery, swimming, badminton, boxing, judo among others. Manu Bhaker, a 16-year-old shooter and a CWG gold medallist, will be the flag bearer in the opening ceremony, which is set to take place at the iconic Obelisk of Buenos Aires on October 6 (IST 4:30 a.m. on October 7).