Geneva, Dec. 11 -- The International Olympic Committee's (IOC) Executive Board (EB) has announced that Asuncion of Paraguay, Bangkok of Thailand and Santiago of Chile have been invited into a Targeted Dialogue to elect the host for the 2030 Youth Olympic Games (YOG).
All three are considered Preferred Hosts, and the IOC will now start discussions with them on preliminary proposals to reform the YOG.
"We need to have very clear clarity on what we want the Games (YOG) to be, how we want them to be produced, and really look at reshaping them so that they are fit for the future," IOC President Kirsty Coventry said at a video conference after EB meeting on Wednesday.
"No decision has been made except for moving these three into Targeted Dialo...