Having recently criticised the Saudi authorities for refusing to send women to the Olympic Games, as part of their refusal to countenance equal rights, I am obliged to report that a young Saudi woman competed in the Youth Olympic Games which concluded last Thursday in Singapore.

This weekend marks ‘two years to go’ until the London 2012 Paralympic Games and to celebrate the date, Channel 4, the event broadcaster, have scheduled a series of programmes including the feature length documentary ‘Inside Incredible Athletes’, which stars Aviva Great Britain and Northern Ireland internationalists Stefanie Reid and Jonnie Peacock.

The Youth Games Olympic will draw to a close today, the 17-strong athletics team returning home with five medals and eight top-eight finishes after 14 days of outstanding competition across 26 sports in the city-state of Singapore.

The Australian track and field team has ended the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore exactly how it started – with a surprise medal.

Mark English (Letterkenny AC ) finished 8th in this morning’s 1.000 meters final at the youth Olympics in Singapore. Held in very warm conditions of 35 degrees, the fast early pace was set by Sudanese athlete Abdelrahman who went through 400 meters in 53.70, with Geleto of Ethiopia going through 800m in 1.53.15.

European athletes took four of the final 12 gold medals that were awarded on the final day of the athletics programme at the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore on Monday.

British athletes collected two more Youth Olympic medals on day eight as Flag Bearer David Bolarinwa won silver in the men’s continental medley relay and Annie Tagoe claimed bronze in the women’s race.

Sydney middle distance runner Jenny Blundell got a physical introduction to international distance running in the 1000m final at the Youth Olympic Games today.

Singapore 23 Aug: India has won the second medal in Athletics in Youth Olympic Games in Singapore when Durgesh Kumar Pal of India won silver medal in the 400m Hurdles with a personal best timing of 50.81sec ( New Indian Youth Record) on August 23, 2010. Durgesh came very close to beat Cuban Lara Norge Sotomayor who won the gold in 50.69sec.

SINGAPORE - Team USA won two gold medals on the track at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games Monday night, bringing the track & field competition to a close with a total of eight medals. Monday evening featured the debut of the mixed medley relays, with the Americas team winning gold in both the girls and boys event.