The Youth Olympic Games provided a great chance for Asian pole vault junior champion Xu Huiqin to meet the legendary Sergey Bubka and even asked the former Olympic champion a question.

"What was your secret to be a great pole vaulter," asked Xu, who finished third in the qualification Tuesday morning on the fourth day of the inaugural Youth Olympics.

Now an IOC member, Bubka taught his experience that helped him break the world records, both indoor and outdoor for 35 times, and winning the 1988 Seoul Olympics as well as six world titles.

"Pole vault is every technical and complicated, because it combines two sports. On the ground it is athletics and after taking off is gymnastics," said the Ukrainian. "In any sports you must be fast, to be a good gymnast, and have a mental stability because you have to face lots of challenges."

"I think physically strong is just one side, you should have the skills, which is the origin of my success," he answered at the "Chat with Champions" forum, which is one of the Games' Culture and Education Programs created to balance the young athletes' commitments to sporting events and differentiate the Youth Olympic Games from the traditional Olympic Games.

Among the programs, the Hortpark tour Tuesday saw the Brazilian handball team, Chinese pentathletes, Myanmar weightlifters and Moroccan swimmers learn ideas about environmental protection in the gardening hub.

"Everyday I expect the evening comes because that's when all the fun activities start in the Village," said Chinese pentathlete Zhu Wenjing after the Hortpark tour.

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