LET'S be realistic. The Youth Olympic Games will not showcase world-class performances, and will be far from anything like the Summer Games.
What it is, is this: a celebration of youthful vigour, a chance to build a sporting culture in a generation obsessed with Nintendo Wii and iPods and spending little time on sport, and an event for Singapore to show the world it can put on a good show.
International Olympic Committee officials and Singapore organisers have gone on about how the world's best athletes will converge in Singapore in August for the inaugural YOG.
Expect world records, they say. But how can that be true?
Take the football competition, for instance. It does not have England, Brazil, Spain or Argentina. Instead, minnows like Albania, Cuba, San Marino and Vanuatu will be taking to the Jalan Besar Stadium pitch.
Swimmers from Canada and the United States — a powerhouse in the sporting world here in August — will also not be turning up, choosing instead to focus on the Pan-Pacific Championships in North America.
So let's stop raising the expectations and building that impression for the Singapore public and other fans around the world.
Continue to talk about world-class performances, and we'll risk raising expectations excessively.
Dr Rogge, in an interview with Reuters, put it well on Tuesday when he said the Games "cannot be too serious".
"It must be fun... there should not be a gravity that you have at the traditional games that's for later."
Dr Rogge's concept of the YOG is a way of keeping the Olympics relevant to a generation who are increasingly turning away from sport and spending more time watching television and surfing the Internet.
That is also one reason why outdoor activities such as a day at Outward Bound Singapore and the Marina Barrage are being included for athletes, who are aged between 14 and 18, coming here.
Workshops on the dangers of taking drugs, and the importance of living a healthy lifestyle, are also on the cards.
Interactive activities like forums outside competition time will also help build rapport among athletes from different cultures and promote understanding.
So the YOG will not be a summer or holiday camp. Neither will it be a Junior World Championship.
It will be a good mix of both — something that is tailored for teenage athletes of this age — and the YOG needs to be marketed that way.