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PHOTOS: What are the Gen Next athletes up to in Nanjing?

The Youth Olympic Games are an elite sporting event for young people from all over the world.

These Games bring talented young athletes aged from 15 to 18 from around the world.

The Youth Olympic Games are being held in Nanjing, China, from August 16 to 28 in 2014. The slogan of the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games is ‘Share the Games, Share our Dreams’.

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PHOTOS: What are the Gen Next athletes up to in Nanjing?

At the beach volleyball, the 2014 Youth Olympic Games is a sell-out.

Beach volleyball is included in the sporting line-up of the second edition of the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing and no one is complaining.

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PHOTOS: What are the Gen Next athletes up to in Nanjing?

Placette of France misses a ball during the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic beach volleyball at the Olympic Sports Park in Nanjing, China.

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Jessica Thornton of Australia celebrates with Salwa Naser of Bahrain after the women's 400m final of Nanjing 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre in China.

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Seda Tutkhalyan of Russia competes in the women's floor exercise final on Day eight of the Summer Youth Olympic Games at Nanjing OSC Gymnasium.

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PHOTOS: What are the Gen Next athletes up to in Nanjing?

When athletes are caught off guard! Literally...

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Veronika Cenkova of the Czech Republic competes in the Women's Artistic Gymnastics Qualification on Day two of Nanjing 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games.

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Trust women to get dramatic at any stage.

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PHOTOS: What are the Gen Next athletes up to in Nanjing?

These women can do anything to win that coveted medal!

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PHOTOS: What are the Gen Next athletes up to in Nanjing?

Emulating British cycling success on the Olympic stage will not come cheap but China has the potential to be a major player in the sport if it commits the proper investment, International Cycling Union (UCI) president Brian Cookson said on Monday.

Cookson, who served as president of British Cycling from 1997 to 2013, said China had already seen some success in the sport but those results had come about more by accident than any grand plan.

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Now, the IOC boss, Thomas Bach gets in action.

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Olympic 110m hurdle champion Liu Xiang attends the IAAF Kids Athletics Program at Wanda Plaza in Nanjing, China.

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PHOTOS: What are the Gen Next athletes up to in Nanjing?

The selfie moment spreads like a virus.

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And they all fall down at the finish line.

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Volunteers attend a farewell party after the matches during Day nine of Nanjing 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre.