Glasgow will find out today if it will host the 2018 Youth Olympic Games.
The city is on a shortlist with Buenos Aires, Argentina and Medellin, Colombia, to be decided upon by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
A delegation of Britain's most successful Olympian, Sir Chris Hoy, British Olympic Association (BOA) chairman Sebastian Coe, organisers, politicians and school pupils has travelled to IOC headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, to find out if Glasgow has won.
The use of existing venues and experience of hosting international sports events in Glasgow were highlighted by the organising committee during initial inspection of the bids.
Promotion of the event as a legacy of the 2012 Olympic Games and the 2014 Commonwealth Games was also identified as a positive factor.
Glasgow City Council brought forward plans to regenerate areas of the city as part of the bid.
Sighthill, in the north of Glasgow, will be home to the athletes' village if the bid is successful. Building work has already started because of the time-scale of the bid.
Elizabeth Pollard, 15, is one of the pupils in Switzerland for the announcement.
Before leaving, the Shawlands Academy pupil said: "It's so exciting for me to be representing my friends in Glasgow who I know would give the world the warmest Scottish welcome possible.
"The Youth Olympic Games in Glasgow would be a city-wide party which will be so much fun, not just for the athletes and the visitors but for young people all over the world."
As he boarded the plane to Switzerland, six-time Olympic champion Sir Chris wrote on Twitter that he has his fingers crossed in the hope that the bid is successful.
In Lausanne, he unveiled a tartan designed by young people from Glasgow that some of the delegation will wear to the IOC announcement.
"I would have loved to have gone to a Youth Olympic Games when I was young. It would have inspired me and got me into sport," Sir Chris said.
"I'm particularly impressed with one of Glasgow 2018's young champions, 15-year-old Elizabeth. Watching her and the rest of the panel prepare is just like preparing for a big sporting event."
The retired cyclist is one of many Scottish athletes supporting the bid, including Andy Murray, Katherine Grainger and Michael Jamieson.
Grainger will be with around 100 children at a free sports open day in Springburn where they will find out who will host the youth games.
The Scottish Government said 2018 will be a year for promoting youth culture if the Glasgow bid is successful.
Bid director Paul Bush said: "Glasgow has delivered many world-class sporting events. This means we can focus, in partnership with the Olympic Movement, on inspiring youth across the world to be champions in their own lives.
"Hosting the Youth Olympic Games in 2018 would allow us to continue to inspire a generation internationally, in their own language."
The first summer Youth Olympics was held in Singapore in 2010. Next year it is in Nanjing, China.
The bid is being run by the Scottish Government, Glasgow City Council and the BOA.
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