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Derbyshire pole vaulter selected to compete for Team GB at the Youth Olympic Games

14 July 2010

16-year-old Katie, from Glossop, is one of 40 young athletes from 16 Olympic sports to be selected by the British Olympic Association.

The Youth Olympic Games will take place in Singapore from August 14 to 26. Involving all 26 sports on the summer Olympic programme, 3,600 athletes aged 14-18 from more than 200 nations will take part.

Katie has this year been supported by the Derbyshire Talented Athlete Fund, and is the 2010 AAA U20 Pole Vault Champion, England Athletics all time UK U17 record holder and winner of U18 French Elite Tour 2010.

The British contingent will also include diving champion Tom Daley, who was Team GB’s youngest competitor at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games and Victoria Ohuruogu, the 400m England Indoor Under-20 Champion and younger sister of current Olympic 400m Champion Christine.

For more details about the event and a full list of athletes selected for Team GB go to www.olympics.org.uk/youthgames.aspx (opens in a new window).

The International Olympic Committee hopes the Youth Olympic Games will inspire young people around the world to participate in sport and to embrace, embody and express the Olympic values of Excellence, Friendship and Respect.

The Youth Olympic Games will provide a balance between sport, education and culture. In addition to participating in their sport competitions, athletes will also take part in a Culture and Education Programme which includes 50 activities focused on five themes: Olympism, Skills Development, Well-being and Healthy Lifestyle, Social Responsibility and Expression.

Photograph by Chris Webb.