Earlier this month, Augustin Maillefer was given the all-important task of handing the envelope with the name of the winning host city of the 3rd Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2018 to the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Jacques Rogge.

Already an Olympic medallist in shooting, 28 year-old Danka Barteková has just added another string to her bow. Following her role as a Young Ambassador at the first-ever Summer Youth Olympic Games in Singapore in 2010, and a bronze medal at the London 2012 Olympic Summer Games, the Slovakian shooter is, since last week, the current youngest International Olympic Committee (IOC) member.

Please note that today’s announcement of the host city for the 3rd Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2018, originally scheduled at 3.55 p.m. will now take place at 3.40 p.m. (local time, Lausanne).

Today, the number of IOC members increased to 104 with the election and swearing in of the four athletes elected by their peers to the IOC Athletes’ Commission during London 2012: Danka Bartekova from Slovakia (shooting), James Tomkins from Australia (rowing), Kirsty Coventry from Zimbabwe (aquatics) and Tony Estanguet from France (canoe-kayak).

It promises to be a busy week ahead for the Olympic Movement, with a number of important agenda items at the 2020 Candidate City Briefing for IOC Members and 2013 Extraordinary IOC Session on 3 and 4 July 2013 in Lausanne.

The countdown to the announcement of the host city of the 3rd Summer Youth Olympic Games is officially on!

The 2020 Candidate City Briefing for IOC Members and the Extraordinary Session for the 2018 Youth Olympic Games (YOG) Host City Election will take place in Lausanne on 3 and 4 July 2013.