The Second Summer Youth Olympic Games will be held in Nanjing, China, from 16 to 28 August 2014.

Uzbek athletes will compete in 14 sports, including rhythmic gymnastics, artistic gymnastics, weightlifting, boxing, trampoline, rowing, shooting sports, wrestling, judo, taekwondo, rowing and canoeing, table tennis and swimming.

Defending amateur champion on boxing among juniors Bektemir Melikuziev will be flagbearer of Uzbekistan national team at the solemn opening ceremony of the Second Summer Youth Olympic Games. Uzbekistan team will head to Nanjing on 11 August.

The meeting was held at Olympic Glory Museum in Tashkent. President of NOC Uzbekistan Mirabrar Usmanov wished good luck to athletes and hand over prizes of NOC Uzbekistan to them.

It is expected that the Second Summer Youth Olympic Games will be attended by 3,500 athletes from 170 countries of the world. They will compete for 184 sets of medals in 26 sports.