Can u believe it singapore won the olympic bid for 2010 aiyo such a small country could organise such and globe sports event but it's true they have invested so much in sports hall and everything so we deserve the rights to host and even bitten the most strong country moscow host olympic games before.
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IOC President Jacques Rogge at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne.
SINGAPORE - Thousands of Singaporeans cheered and waved the national flag Thursday after their city-state won the right to host the 2010 Youth Olympic Games, and the Prime Minister called the result a "dream that will become reality".
"It's a great honor and privilege for all of us, for Singapore and every Singaporean," Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong told a gathering of officials and more than 5,000 students from 90 schools decked in the national color red, on a large field in downtown Singapore.
"We dared to dream, we worked hard to pursue our dream despite the odds, and now the dream will become a reality."
Under a shower of confetti, dozens of students dressed in the Olympic colors danced on the steps of the City Hall following the IOC's announcement that was made in Switzerland and seen in Singapore via a live broadcast on two large screens.
"For the first time, the Olympics name will be in Southeast Asia, and in Singapore," Lee said. "We will be the focus of a new era of sports development for Singapore, for Southeast Asia and for the Olympic movement."
Following the IOC's announcement, the crowd erupted in cheers as students leapt for joy and pumped their fists in the air.
"I felt ecstasy. There was sheer happiness. So much hard work has been put into this and it has paid off," said Jamie Coates, 15, a British-born Singaporean sports school student who was dressed in a white and gold Greek robe, marking the origin of the Olympics.
In a postal ballot of IOC members, Singapore received 53 votes against 44 for rival candidate city Moscow.
The Southeast Asian city-state, unlikely ever to host a full-scale Olympic Games due to size restrictions, has already begun construction of a venue that will be used as an Olympic Village for the 2010 Youth Games.
The 5,000-bed university residence, costing US$423 million (�287 million) and located within 30 minutes of all sports venues, will be completed in February 2010.
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IOC President Jacques Rogge at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne.
SINGAPORE - Thousands of Singaporeans cheered and waved the national flag Thursday after their city-state won the right to host the 2010 Youth Olympic Games, and the Prime Minister called the result a "dream that will become reality".
"It's a great honor and privilege for all of us, for Singapore and every Singaporean," Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong told a gathering of officials and more than 5,000 students from 90 schools decked in the national color red, on a large field in downtown Singapore.
"We dared to dream, we worked hard to pursue our dream despite the odds, and now the dream will become a reality."
Under a shower of confetti, dozens of students dressed in the Olympic colors danced on the steps of the City Hall following the IOC's announcement that was made in Switzerland and seen in Singapore via a live broadcast on two large screens.
"For the first time, the Olympics name will be in Southeast Asia, and in Singapore," Lee said. "We will be the focus of a new era of sports development for Singapore, for Southeast Asia and for the Olympic movement."
Following the IOC's announcement, the crowd erupted in cheers as students leapt for joy and pumped their fists in the air.
"I felt ecstasy. There was sheer happiness. So much hard work has been put into this and it has paid off," said Jamie Coates, 15, a British-born Singaporean sports school student who was dressed in a white and gold Greek robe, marking the origin of the Olympics.
In a postal ballot of IOC members, Singapore received 53 votes against 44 for rival candidate city Moscow.
The Southeast Asian city-state, unlikely ever to host a full-scale Olympic Games due to size restrictions, has already begun construction of a venue that will be used as an Olympic Village for the 2010 Youth Games.
The 5,000-bed university residence, costing US$423 million (�287 million) and located within 30 minutes of all sports venues, will be completed in February 2010.
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