2014 Youth Olympic Games Competitors

The 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games are set to take place from August 16-28 in Nanjing, China, will showcase some of the best junior talent in the world. This year’s Games are the second in the competition’s history, with the first held in Singapore in 2010.

Viktoria Komova, the all-around gold medalist in 2010, went on to win the silver all-around medal in the 2012 Olympic Games. As in 2010, the United States WAG program has opted not to send a gymnast, as the competition conflicts with the country’s national championships.

Official list of 2014 Youth Olympic Game competitors by country, as released by the FIG on July 21:

Algeria: Fatima Ahlem Mokhtari	Japan: Sae Miyakawa
Argentina: Agustina Santamaria	Kazakhstan: Arailym Khanseiitova
Austria: Ceyda Sirbu	Mexico: Stephanie Hernandez
Belarus: Natallia Yakubava	Netherlands: Isa Maassen**
Belgium: Jelle Beullens	New Zealand: Millie Williamson
Brazil: Flavia Saraiva*	Norway: Martine Rustøen Skregelid
Canada: Sydney Townsend	Peru: Ana Karina Mendez Reyes
Cayman Islands: Morgan Lloyd	Philippines: Ava Verdeflor
China: Wang Yan	Poland: Wiktoria Lopuszanska
Colombia: Laura Pardo Garzon	Portugal: Sara Raposeiro
Czech Republic: Veronika Cenkova	Puerto Rico: Paola Natalia Moreira Irizarry
Egypt: Nada Ayman Ibrahim	Qatar: Rahma Al-Dualimi
Finland: Monica Sileoni	Romania: Laura Jurca
France: Camille Bahl	Russia: Seda Tutkhalyan
Germany: Antonia Alicke	Singapore: Nadine Joy Nathan
Great Britain: Ellie Downie	South Africa: Mammule Rankoe
Greece: Evangelia Monokrousou	South Korea: Hana Park
Guatemala: Katherine Godinez Reyes	Switzerland: Gaia Nesurini
Hungary: Boglarka Devai	Tunisia: Rahma Mastouri
Iraq: Fatimah Saadi Al-Tameemi	Turkey: Tutya Yilmaz
Italy: Iosra Abdelaziz	Uzbekistan: Veronika Orlova

* Replaces Rebeca Andrade, who broke her toe
** Replaces Wendy de Jong, who injured her ankle

As per eligibility requirements for WAG participation, every athlete was born in 1999. The youngest competitors are Singapore’s Nadine Joy Nathan and Tunisia’s Rahma Mastouri, both of whom will turn 15 on December 29. The oldest is Ava Verdeflor of the Philippines, who turned 15 on January 2 and who trains at WOGA in Dallas, Texas.

Article by Lauren Hopkins