Archery will be one of the sports at the Youth Olympics in Singapore that will participate in mixed gender teams. Yes, boys and girls will be competing on the same teams, from the same country. Archery is a natural sport for this kind of competition.

Certain other sports such as archery, athletics, cycling (with one event a combined one of road race and BMX), fencing, judo, modern pentathlon, swimming, tennis, table tennis and triathlon will also be modelled on that format.

Others will be tried out under another model, such as basketball which will feature teams of just three on half the usual size court.

The inaugural hosts were warned in early August at the Beijing Olympics by The IOC Co-ordination commission chairman Sergey Bubka that they had ‘no time to lose’ in starting operations for the Games.

“They’ve got no time to lose from concept to operations,” the Ukrainian pole vaulting legend said as he revealed the need to change the original plan for the athletes’ village.

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Mixed teams set for first youth Summer Olympics