Athletes from Kuwait at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics explained

Noc:IOC
Nocname:Kuwait Olympic Committee
Games:Summer Youth Olympics
Year:2010
Flagcaption:Athletes from Kuwait competed under the Olympic flag, due to the IOC's suspension of the Kuwait Olympic Committee
Location:Singapore
Competitors:3
Sports:3
Flagbearer:None[1]
Rank:84
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:1
Appearances:auto

Athletes from Kuwait competed in the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore. However, Kuwaiti athletes competed under the Olympic flag as the Kuwait Olympic Committee had been suspended by the International Olympic Committee in January 2010 due to government interference.[2] [3]

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.

Boys

Track and Road Events

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.

Rifle

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.

AthletesEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimePositionTimePositionTimePosition
Abdullah AltuwainiBoys’ 100m Freestylealign=center 52.74align=center 30Did not advance
Boys’ 200m FreestyleDNSDid not advance
Boys’ 50m Backstrokealign=center 26.62align=center 4 Qalign=center 26.46align=center
Boys’ 100m Backstrokealign=center 57.88align=center 10 Qalign=center 57.41align=center 8 QDSQ

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. As Kuwaiti athletes could only compete under the Olympic flag, there was no Kuwaiti flagbearer.
    List of NOC Flag Bearers for Opening Ceremony . . 14 August 2010 . 2010-08-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100821075645/http://www.singapore2010.sg/public/sg2010/en/en_news/en_media_releases/en_2010814_list_of_noc_flag_bearers_for_opening_ceremony/MainPar/0/text_files/file0/RP%20-%20NOC%20Flag%20Bearers.pdf . 2010-08-21 .
  2. Web site: Lausanne NewsDesk – Kuwait and Youth Olympics; Olympic Day Events . Aroundtherings.com . 2010-06-23 . 2010-08-19 . 2012-03-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120313061043/http://aroundtherings.com/articles/view.aspx?id=35025 . dead .
  3. Web site: IOC suspends Kuwait's national Olympic committee – ESPN . . 2010-01-05 . 2010-08-19.

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