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1. Jacques Rogge: “These were ten glorious days!”
IOC President praises Organising Committee of the 1st
Winter Youth Olympic Games
Innsbruck. “The first ever Winter Youth Olympic Games have
exceeded all expectations and laid solid foundations for
future Youth Olympic Games. We owe a debt of gratitude to
the organisers and the many volunteers,” declared Jacques
Rogge at the press conference held in Congress Innsbruck
on Sunday afternoon, before going on to repeat these words
during the Closing Ceremony on Medals Plaza.
The numbers speak for themselves. A total of around
100,000 spectators created an excellent atmosphere at the
competition venues, with TV channels from 70 countries
showing daily highlights of the Games. Innsbruck welcomed
no fewer than 900 media representatives, who produced over
11,000 articles. The official website
www.innsbruck2012.com was accessed 4.7 million times.
“We are proud to have kept our word,” smiled Richard
Rubatscher, chairman of the Innsbruck 2012 Supervisory
Board. “We wanted to be a good, friendly host. I think we
have achieved that. Innsbruck, Tyrol and Austria have
shown themselves at their best,” commented Peter Bayer,
Chief Executive Officer of the Organising Committee.
The proof that the 70 delegations felt at home in
Innsbruck was the fact that most of the Chefs de Mission
Meetings scheduled to take place every morning were, in
fact, cancelled as there were no issues to discuss and
everything was running smoothly. “The feedback we have
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2. received from our guests has been incredible. They have
all given us top marks. That is something we can rightly
be proud of,” explained Bayer.
“These were ten glorious days,” summarised IOC President
Jacques Rogge, almost euphoric. “Thank you Innsbruck. See
you in Lillehammer in 2016.”
Facts and figures about the 1st Winter Youth Olympic Games:
 7.5 hours of TV coverage on sport channel ORF Sport+ and
approximately 1.5 hours on main channel ORF 1;
 international TV coverage: 70 nations used news feed;
 around 11,000 articles about the 1st Winter Youth Olympic
Games published worldwide;
 Close to 600,000 views on YouTube;
 25,000 fans on Facebook, of which over 20% were active on
a daily basis; over 8 million contacts through IOC
platforms;
 around 117,000 meals served (22,000 x breakfast, 43,000 x
lunch, 52,000 x dinner);
 375,000 soft drinks consumed so far;
 almost 100,000 spectators in total (*estimate), including
30,000 at Medals Plaza, 15,000 at Opening Ceremony and
almost 20,000 at Ice Hockey (including final);
 official website (www.innsbruck2012.com): accessed 4.7
million times since 13 January;
 merchandise (over 50,000 items) more or less completely
sold out; only a few pins, coins, T-shirts and mugs left.
 Transport Common Shuttle Service 169.079 passengers
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3. Olympiaworld Innsbruck
Figure Skating 6.682
Ice Hockey 18.914
Short Track Speed Skating 2.850
Speedskating 1.303
Innsbruck Exhibition Centre
Curling 2.804
Kühtai
Freestyle Skiing 1.575
Snowboard 1.575
Patscherkofel und Olympic Sliding Centre
Alpine Skiiing 4.544
Bobsleigh 600
Luge 1.530
Skeleton 250
Seefeld
Biathlon 4.090
Cross-Country Skiing 2.230
Nordic Combined 1.350
Ski Jumping 1.600
Medals Plaza 34.400
Culture & Education 5.526
Opening Ceremony 15.000
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4. 15 th January (peak Day) 12.985
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