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With fewer than 300 days to go until golf makes its Youth Olympic Games (YOG) debut at Nanjing 2014, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced Michelle Wie as a YOG Ambassador.<\/p>\n

<\/span>The American golfer, who was the youngest ever player to qualify for a USGA (United States Golf Association) tournament, aged just 10 years old, will share her advice and experience with the first generation of YOG golfers, while inspiring young people around the world to get involved in sport and embrace the Olympic values.<\/p>\n

Michelle, 24, who has achieved two LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association) career victories, said about her nomination as a YOG Ambassador: \u201cI feel so honoured to be part of the Youth Olympic Games. I\u2019m hoping to teach young people to have fun with their game, to be competitive, to really want something and to realise the importance of having a dream.\u201d<\/p>\n

The golfing prodigy added: \u201cI think it\u2019s really important to inspire young people to take up sport; it\u2019s important to be active and be outdoors. I remember my childhood, playing different sports and rarely being indoors.\u201d<\/p>\n

Golf will feature on the sports programme for the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games ahead of its return to the Olympic Games, in Rio in 2016, after more than a century. Michelle was a key member of the delegation that travelled to the IOC Session in Copenhagen in 2009 to successfully bid for the re-inclusion of golf.<\/p>\n

Speaking about her own aspirations to qualify for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, the Stanford graduate said: \u201cI went to the London Olympic Games last year and that really got me inspired. It got me motivated and I\u2019m going to do everything I can. It\u2019s one of my biggest focuses, making the American team for Rio.\u201d<\/p>\n

The second edition of the Summer Youth Olympic Games will be held from 16 to 28 August 2014 in Nanjing, China. The programme will feature 28 sports, as well as unique disciplines such as 3-on-3 basketball and 5-a-side hockey, in addition to mixed gender and mixed National Olympic Committee (NOC) events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With fewer than 300 days to go until golf makes its Youth Olympic Games (YOG) debut at Nanjing 2014, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced Michelle Wie as a YOG Ambassador.<\/p>\n

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