A series of historic firsts will be realized if the International Olympic Committee awards the 2020 Summer Games to Istanbul, bid chairman Hasan Arat said this week.

Officials from Istanbul 2020 attended the Asian Youth Games in Nanjing this week to promote their bid. The Turkish city is a finalist with Madrid and Tokyo to be the host city, and the IOC will choose the winner by secret ballot on Sept 7 in Buenos Aires.

"It would bridge Olympic culture to new culture ... a bridge to the future of our young generations," Arat said.