INNSBRUCK, January 18,2012 - IOC President Jacques Rogge has rejected accusations that the Olympic movement has dragged its feet before the arrival of the rival X Games."We did not wait for the X Games to start thinking about that." he said. "We organised the very first Youth Olympic festival in Brussels back in 1991, some time before the Olympic Games. I am not ashamed to say that we did learn a lot from the quality of the event. We applaud the X Games, it is a very good organisation and part of the spirit is in the youth Olympics because that is what young people want."

Two Norwegian curling players, Martin Sesaker and Markus Furnlund Skogvold shared their thoughts on fair play with the International Fair Play Committee when they participated in different activities conducted by various international organisations as part of the Culture and Education Programme at the first ever Winter Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck.

On the occasion of the inaugural Winter Youth Olympic Games the CIFP Council held its annual meeting in Innsbruck. Besides having negotiations the Board Members paid a visit to the Fair Play Pavilion at Congress Innsbruck too.

World Fair Play Awards 2011 attributed in Innsbruck

The Fair Play Team welcomed prestigious guests at their pavilion at Congress Innsbruck on the second competition day. Prince Albert II of Monaco as well as Pál Schmitt, the President of Hungary paid a visit to the fair play booth and shared their experience of fair play with the young athletes.