Olympic Photodesk: Rogge in Singapore; World Figure Skating Champs

(ATR) IOC President Jacques Rogge makes his second trip to Singapore since 2008 to view Youth Olympic Games progress; Daisuke Takahashi of Japan wins gold at the World Figure Skating Championships.

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International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge (L) talks to Singapore Youth Olympic Games (YOG) Organising Committee chief executive officer Goh Kee Nguan (R) after a press conference at the Singapore Youth Olympic Games headquarters in Singapore on March 24, 2010.  Roggue was in Singapore to attend the "Chef de Mission Seminar" for the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games and at the same time visit the venues where the first Youth Olympic Games (YOG) will be held in August.   AFP PHOTO/ROSLAN RAHMAN (Photo credit should read ROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP/Getty Images)
International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge (L) talks to Singapore Youth Olympic Games (YOG) Organising Committee chief executive officer Goh Kee Nguan (R) after a press conference at the Singapore Youth Olympic Games headquarters in Singapore on March 24, 2010. Roggue was in Singapore to attend the "Chef de Mission Seminar" for the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games and at the same time visit the venues where the first Youth Olympic Games (YOG) will be held in August. AFP PHOTO/ROSLAN RAHMAN (Photo credit should read ROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP/Getty Images)

(ATR) IOC President Jacques Rogge makes his second trip to Singapore since 2008 to view Youth Olympic Games progress; Daisuke Takahashi of Japan wins gold at the World Figure Skating Championships...and more!

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