Opening Ceremony YOG 2012 Innsbruck. Credit: GEPA pictures/ YOG2012
Over 60 scientific projects were carried out within the framework of the first Youth Olympic Winter Games, which took place in January 2012. They were coordinated in a special "Laboratory" at the Department for Sport Science of the University of Innsbruck. The Innsbruck scientists have recently published the most important results in the renowned British Journal of Sports Medicine. The Youth Olympic Winter Games were not only a first for athletes but also a unique opportunity for researchers from around the world: "A lot of interest had already been expressed in the run up to the event as it was the first IOC event of its kind in winter," said Martin Schnitzer from the Department of Sport Science and he added: "We knew from experience that there would be many inquiries directed to the already strained Organizing Committee, which would not be able to deal with all of them." For this reason, an external coordination office called YOGINN 2012 (Innsbruck 2012 - Youth Olympic Laboratory for Youth and Innovation) for YOG related research projects was created at the Department for Sport Science. "With the YOGINN 2012 we were able to relieve the Organizing Committee on the one hand and facilitate more scientific studies on the other," explained Schnitzer, who headed the YOGINN 2012. The results are impressive: Over 60 research projects from diverse fields of research and all relating to the YOG 2012 were carried out, including Bachelor, Master, Diploma and PhD thesis projects among others.
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