Russia's Olympic Committee voted unanimously yesterday to submit a bid to host the first Youth Summer Olympics in 2010.

It agreed to enter the Russian capital in the bidding process to stage the youth version of the world's greatest sporting spectacle, for athletes aged 14-18.

The IOC approved a plan to stage summer and winter Youth Olympics to try to revive the dwindling interest of teenagers in the Olympic movement at its session in Guatemala last month.

The IOC plans to name the Youth Olympics host city next February.

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