VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- The Chinese city of Nanjing will host the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

Nanjing defeated the Polish city of Poznan 47-42 in a secret ballot Wednesday of the International Olympic Committee. The Mexican city of Guadalajara withdrew as a candidate last month because of financial reasons.

Nanjing came in as the favorite after an IOC evaluation report last month said the Chinese city presented the least risk of the bids.

The Youth Olympics is a creation of IOC president Jacques Rogge and is for athletes 14 to 18 years old.

The inaugural Youth Games will be in Singapore in August. The first winter version will take place in Innsbruck, Austria, in 2012.