100m sprint or marathon?

Singapore has to beat eight other cities to win the bid to host the inaugural Youth Olimpic in Agust,2010.The winning city, to be annouced in February, will play host to 3,500 atheletes aged 14 to 18 who will competein 26 sports. Thailand has a population of 60million, with 15 million in the 14-to18 age group. Thaliand plans to house its Youth OLmpic Village at the Thammasat University campus in Rangsit. An IOC panel will draw up a shortlist of five finalists to be anoouced on nov19.