Great Britain at the
2010 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC codeGBR
NOCBritish Olympic Association
Websitewww.teamgb.com
in Singapore
Competitors39 in 16 sports
Flag bearerDavid Bolarinwa[1]
Medals
Ranked 17th
Gold
3
Silver
1
Bronze
5
Total
9
Summer Youth Olympics appearances (overview)

Great Britain participated in the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, the inaugural Youth Olympic Games, held in Singapore.

The British squad consisted of 40 athletes competing in 16 sports: aquatics (diving and swimming), archery, athletics, badminton, boxing, canoeing, equestrian, fencing, gymnastics, modern pentathlon, rowing, sailing, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, and triathlon.[2]

On 13 July 2010, the British Olympic Association announced their YOG squad with many well known names, including Tom Daley who competed for Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China and also won a world championship gold in Rome. Another well known name was Oliver Golding who reached the semi-finals of The Championships, Wimbledon in the boys singles of 2010.

Individual medallists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Jade Jones Taekwondo Women's 55 kg 17 Aug
 Gold Fiona Gammond
Georgia Howard-Merrill		 Rowing Junior women's pair 18 Aug
 Gold Carian Scudamore Equestrian Team jumping 20 Aug
 Gold Oliver Golding Tennis Boys' doubles 20 Aug
 Gold Sam Oldham Gymnastics Men's horizontal bar 22 Aug
 Silver Sam Oldham Gymnastics Men's pommel horse 21 Aug
 Silver David Bolarinwa Athletics Boys' medley relay 23 Aug
 Bronze Rachael Kelly Swimming Youth women's 100m butterfly 20 Aug
 Bronze Eleanor Faulkner Swimming Youth women's 400m freestyle 20 Aug
 Bronze David Bolarinwa Athletics Boys' 100 metres 21 Aug
 Bronze Charlie Grice Athletics Boys' 1000m 22 Aug
 Bronze Annie Tagoe Athletics Girls' medley relay 23 Aug
 Bronze Kieran Martin Sailing Boys' windsurfing (Techno 293) 25 Aug

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics

Boys

Athlete Event Ranking Round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Mark Nesbitt Boys’ individual 638 3  Harikul (THA)
W 7–3 		 Jaffar (SIN)
L 4–6 		Did not advance 9

Mixed Team

Athlete Event Partner Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Mark Nesbitt Mixed Team  Beauty Ray (BAN)  Alarcón (ESP)/
 Milon (BAN)
L 4–6 		Did not advance 17

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics

Boys

Track and Road Events
Athletes Event Qualification Final
Result Rank Result Rank
David Bolarinwa Boys’ 100m 10.62 1 Q 10.51
Charlie Grice Boys’ 1000m 2:24.74 4 Q 2:21.85
Themba Luhana Boys’ 110m Hurdles 14.02 9 qB 13.78 9
Zak Seddon Boys’ 2000m Steeplechase DSQ qB 5:52.13 10
 David Bolarinwa (GBR)
 Tomasz Kluczynski (POL)
 Marco Lorenzi (ITA)
 Nikita Uglov (RUS) 		Boys’ medley relay 1:52.11
Field Events
Athletes Event Qualification Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Andrew Elkins Boys’ Hammer Throw 65.86 12 qB 67.77 10

Girls

Track and Road Events
Athletes Event Qualification Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Annie Tagoe Girls’ 100m 11.78 3 Q 11.73 4
Victoria Ohuruogu Girls’ 400m 55.56 10 qB 55.99 11
Georgia Peel Girls’ 1000m 2:45.78 2 Q 2:49.56 6
Abi Fitzpatrick Girls’ 400m Hurdles 1:05.87 13 qB 1:05.61 14
 Annie Tagoe (GBR)
 Anna Bongiorni (ITA)
 Sonja Mosler (GER)
 Bianca Răzor (ROU) 		Girls’ medley relay 2:07.59
Field Events
Athletes Event Qualification Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Sophie McKinna Girls’ Shot Put 14.30 5 Q 15.14 15
Freya Jones Girls’ Javelin Throw 48.24 7 Q 49.56 5
Louisa James Girls’ Hammer Throw 49.94 12 qB 53.21 10
Katie Byres Girls’ Pole Vault 3.70 9 qB 4.00 8

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
Girls
Athlete Event Group Stage Knock-Out Stage
Match 1 Match 2 Match 3 Rank Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Sarah Milne Girls’ Singles  Palermo (FRA)

W 2–0
(21–11, 21–18)

 Ketpura (USA)

W 2–0
(21–19, 21–19)

 Mathis (AUT)

W 2–0
(21–11, 21–10)

1 Q  Wentholt (NED)

W 2–0
(21–15, 21–8)

 Deng (CHN)

L 0–2
(12–21, 12–21)

Third Place Match
 Vu (VIE)

L 0–2
(15–21, 20–22)

4

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
Boys
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final Rank
Zack Davies Bantamweight (54kg)  Shiva Thapa (IND)
L 4–14 		3rd Place Bout
 Dawid Michelus (POL)
L 7–12 		4

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
Boys
Athlete Event Time Trial Round 1 Round 2 (Rep) Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Final
Time Rank
Andrew Martin Boys’ K1 slalom 1:35.74 7  Tsarykovich (BLR)
W 1:34.23-1:43.89 		 Liebscher (GER)
W 1:36.96-1:42.72 		 Brus (SLO)
L 1:35.40-1:25.91 		Did not advance
Boys’ K1 sprint 1:51.63 21  Liebscher (GER)
L 1:49.52-1:30.66 		 Moltaev (KGZ)
L 1:52.26-1:41.52 		Did not advance

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
Boys
Athlete Event Preliminary Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Thomas Daley Boys’ 3m Springboard 527.10 4 Q 514.35 9
Girls
Athlete Event Preliminary Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Megan Sylvester Girls’ 10m Platform 377.10 7 Q 351.60 10

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
Athlete Horse Event Round 1 Round 2 Total Jump-Off Rank
Penalties Rank Penalties Rank Penalties Time
Jump Time Jump Time
 Martin Fuchs (SUI)
 Wojciech Dahlke (POL)
 Valentina Isoardi (ITA)
 Carian Scudamore (GBR)
 Nicola Philippaerts (BEL) 		Midnight Mist
Travelling Soldior
Alloria Thomas
Mighty Mcgyver
Gippsland Girl 		Team Jumping 0
12
28
0
4 		0
0
0
0
0 		1 0
4
16
0
4 		0
0
0
0
0 		2 8 0
0
24
4
DNS 		45.30
49.19
54.92
46.54
DNS

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
Group Stage
Athlete Event Match 1 Match 2 Match 3 Match 4 Match 5 Seed
Alexander Tofalides Boys’ Foil  Lichagin (RUS)
L 4–5 		 Gyorgi (HUN)
W 5–0 		 Lee (KOR)
W 5–1 		 Mahmoud (EGY)
L 2–5 		 Luperi (ITA)
L 3–5 		8
Amy Radford Girls’ Épée  Matshaya (RSA)
L 4–5 		 Tataran (ROU)
L 4–5 		 Bakhareva (RUS)
L 4–5 		 Lee (KOR)
W 5–3 		 Tella (ARG)
W 3–2 		8
Knock-Out Stage
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Alexander Tofalides Boys’ Foil  Mahmoud (EGY)
W 15–9 		 Massialas (USA)
L 12–15 		Did not advance 7
Amy Radford Girls’ Épée  Brunner (SUI)
W 15–13 		 Lin (CHN)
L 5–15 		Did not advance 8

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics

Artistic gymnastics

Boys
Athlete Event Floor Pommel horse Rings Vault Parallel bars Horizontal bar Total
Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank
Sam Oldham Boys' qualification 14.350 4 Q 14.300 2 Q 13.900 10 15.600 10 14.250 4 Q 14.450 1 Q 86.850 2 Q
Boys' individual all-around 13.500 13 13.950 1 14.000 3 15.800 2 14.250 3 13.150 15 84.650 5
Athlete Event Score Rank
Sam Oldham Boys' floor 13.775 5
Boys' pommel horse 13.925
Boys' parallel bars 14.000 4
Boys' horizontal bar 14.375
Girls
Athlete Event Vault Uneven Bars Beam Floor Total
Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank
Jessica Hogg Girls' qualification 13.500 14 11.600 25 12.900 16 13.250 6 Q 51.250 14 Q
Girls' individual all-around 13.250 17 11.150 17 10.050 18 13.000 12 47.450 18
Athlete Event Score Rank
Jessica Hogg Girls' floor 13.600 5

Trampoline

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Routine 1 Routine 2 Total Rank Routine 1 Rank
Nathan Bailey Boys' trampoline 26.700 38.000 64.700 5 12.000 8

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
Athlete Event Fencing (Épée one touch) Swimming (200m freestyle) Running & shooting (3000m, laser pistol) Total points Final rank
Results Rank Points Time Rank Points Time Rank Points
Greg Longden Boys' individual 7–16 21 640 2:09.99 12 1244 11:28.57 9 2248 4132 16
 Alice Lencova (CZE)
 Greg Longden (GBR) 		Mixed relay 39–53 19 750 2:04.66 10 1304 17:19.72 23 1924 3978 23

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final Overall rank
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Ed Nainby-Luxmoore
Caspar Jopling 		Boys' pair 3:13.96 1 QA/B 3:17.37 2 QA 3:09.47 4 4
Georgia Howard-Merrill
Fiona Gammond 		Girls' pair 3:30.92 1 QA/B 3:41.03 3 QA 3:28.60 1

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
Windsurfing
Athlete Event Race Points Rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Kieran Martin Boys' Techno 293 1 2 8 3 1 10 3 3 4 6 1 32
Jade Rogers Girls' Techno 293 9 14 8 10 10 OCS 9 11 8 16 7 102 11

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
Athletes Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Position Time Position Time Position
Eleanor Faulkner Girls’ 100m freestyle 58.71 20 Did not advance
Girls’ 200m freestyle 2:04.44 9 Did not advance
Girls’ 400m freestyle 4:14.75 1 Q 4:14.31
Girls’ 100m butterfly 1:05.78 27 Did not advance
Rachael Kelly Girls’ 50m butterfly 28.14 6 Q 27.67 5 Q 27.77 7
Girls’ 100m butterfly 1:01.30 7 Q 1:01.30 7 Q 1:00.26
Girls’ 200m butterfly 2:16.95 12 Did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
individual
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Group matches Rank Group matches Rank
Alice Loveridge Girls' singles  Li (SIN)
L 0–3
(12–14, 1–11, 3–11) 		3 qB  Laid (ALG)
W 3–0
(11–8, 11–8, 12–10) 		1 Did not advance 17
 Wu (NZL)
W 3–0
(13–11, 11–9, 11–7) 		 Cordero (PUR)
W 3–1
(8–11, 11–9, 11–7, 15–13)
 Tanioka (JPN)
L 1–3
(11–9, 6–11, 4–11, 2–11) 		 Giardi (SMR)
W 3–0
(11–6, 11–5, 11–8)
Team
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Group matches Rank
Europe 3
 Alice Loveridge (GBR)
 Leonardo Mutti (ITA) 		Mixed team Africa 2
 Ivoso (CGO)
 Kam (MRI)
W 3–0
(3–0, 3–0, 3–1) 		3 qB Intercontinental 3
 Phan (AUS)
 Mejía (ESA)
W 2–0
(3–2, 3–0) 		Pan America 2
 Cordero (PUR)
 Saragovi (ARG)
W 2–1
(2–3, 3–2, 3–1) 		Did not advance 17
Europe 1
 Szocs (ROU)
 Soderlund (SWE)
L 1–2
(0–3, 3–2, 1–3)
Europe 4
 Bliznet (MDA)
 Kulpa (POL)
L 1–2
(0–3, 3–0, 1–3)

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
Athlete Event Preliminary Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Jade Jones Girls' −55kg  Ruth Gbagbi (CIV)
W 7–3 		 Monica Chavez (MEX)
W 7–4 		 Jennifer Agren (SWE)
W 4–0 		 Thanh Thao Nguyen (VIE)
W 9–6

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
Singles
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Oliver Golding Boys' Singles  Fucsovics (HUN)
W 2–0
(7–5, 6–3) 		 Colella (ITA)
W 2–0
(6–2, 6–1) 		 Gómez (COL)
L 0–2
(4–6, 4–6) 		Did not advance
Doubles
Athlete Event Round 1 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
 Oliver Golding (GBR)
 Jiří Veselý (CZE) 		Boys' Doubles  Ouyang (CHN)
 Wang (CHN)
W 2–1
(6–3, 3–6, [10–6]) 		 Džumhur (BIH)
 Pavić (CRO)
W 2–0
(7–6, 7–5) 		 Galeano (PAR)
 Rodriguez (VEN)
W 2–0
(6–3, 6–2) 		 Baluda (RUS)
 Biryukov (RUS)
W 2–0
(6–3, 6–1)

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
Girls
Triathlete Event Swimming Transit 1 Cycling Transit 2 Running Total time Rank
Elinor Thorogood Individual 9:57 0:33 31:48 0:28 21:08 1:03:54.08 13
Men's
Athlete Event Swim (1.5 km) Trans 1 Bike (40 km) Trans 2 Run (10 km) Total Rank
Andrew Hood Individual 9:06 0:32 29:36 0:23 17:40 57:17.54 15
Mixed
Athlete Event Total times per athlete
(Swim 250 m, Bike 7 km,
Run 1.7 km) 		Total group time Rank
 Annie Thoren (SWE)
 Thomas Jurgens (BEL)
 Elinor Thorogood (GBR)
 Andrew Hood (GBR) 		Mixed team relay
Europe 4 		21:11
19:08
22:04
20:31 		1:22:54.12 7

TV coverage

The BBC will cover the youth olympic games with highlights on the red button updated at 8am and 3pm and the highlights will also be on the BBC iPlayer. CBBC programmes Newsround and Blue Peter will also be reporting from Singapore, while the BBC News and the BBC Sport websites will be covering all the big stories from each day.

See also

References

  1. ^ BOA. "Bolarinwa Selected as Team GB Youth Olympic Flag Bearer". Retrieved 14 August 2010.
  2. ^ BOA. "Team GB Youth Olympic Games Squad Selected".
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