Sierra Leone at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics

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Sierra Leone at the
2010 Summer Youth Olympics
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg
IOC codeSLE
NOCNational Olympic Committee of Sierra Leone
in Singapore
Competitors3 (1 men, 2 women) in 1 sport
Flag bearerNenneh Barrie
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Youth Olympics appearances

Sierra Leone competed at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, the inaugural Youth Olympic Games, held in Singapore from 14 August to 26 August 2010. The nation was represented by the National Olympic Committee of Sierra Leone, which sent a total of three athletes to compete in one sport, athletics. The flagbearer at the opening ceremony for the nation was athlete Nenneh Barrie.[1] Sierra Leone's Olympic team was one of the 106 that did not win a single medal at the Games.

Athletics[]

Main article: Athletics at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics

Athletics was the only sport Sierra Leone participated in. All three athletes did not make it to the medal final, but instead entered the C Finals (non-medal final) to compete with other athletes who similarly did not make the mark.[2]

Boys[]

Track and Road Events
Athletes Event Qualification Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Jimmy Thoronka Boys’ 400m 52.83 20 qC DSQ

Girls[]

Track and Road Events
Athletes Event Qualification Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Girls’ 200m 28.15 16 qC 27.92 16
Girls’ 400m 1:00.26 19 qC 58.56 18

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "List of NOC Flag Bearers for Opening Ceremony" (PDF) (Press release). Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee. 14 August 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
  2. ^ "Schedule/Results". Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee. Archived from the original (data tables) on August 26, 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-28.

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