28 boys and girls aged 15 to 18 from all over the world were part of the Polo Showcasing Day on the 2018 Youth Olympic Games. The event took place on October 10th on Campo Argentino de polo's famous field 1.
From 10AM onwards the venue was open to the public and had a series of games and activities prepared to teach everyone who was interested in learning more about polo and how it is played. The stations included wooden horses, target practice and short mallets for various games.
At midday a lunch was held for the members of the International and National Olympic Committee and after a speech from FIP's CEO Alex Taylor and AAP's President Eduardo Novillo Astrada a non competitive polo match was played on Field 1.
The game was divided into 6 chukkas of 5 minutes each and the players were divided onto the white team and blue team. Each chukka the players on each team changed so as to respect the non competitive nature of the Showcasing event.
This event marked a historic success for the game of polo, considering the last time it had been played on an Olympic Game was in 1936.
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