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Later, at the award ceremony, the President was presented with the “Onesti Award”, named after the man who served as CONI President On 22 May, President Bach was in Rome. He for 34 years until 1978. In the citation, President started the day at the Palazzo Quirinale, for a Bach was praised for “immersing himself in his meeting with the Italian President, Sergio work with passion”, and for “carrying out reforms Mattarella. The two leaders discussed the whilst also respecting tradition”. Also at the benefits of sport for society and Rome's bid for ceremony were the President of the Association the 2024 Olympic Games. President Mattarella of Summer Olympic International Federations said: “The world has many problems. Sport is (ASOIF), Francesco Ricci Bitti; the President of the antidote to those problems because it enters the International Sailing Federation (ISAF), the hearts and minds of people.” President Bach Carlo Croce; the President of the International said that Italy was “very well placed. With your Gymnastics Federation (FIG), Bruno Grandi; the great attachment to the Olympic ideals, with President of the International Skating Union your athletes and your love of sport, you will (ISU), Ottavio Cinquanta; and the President of have a strong bid”, he said, adding: “But you will the International Bobsleigh and Tobogganing face strong competition.” Also at the meeting Federation (FIBT), Ivo Ferriani. with the Italian President were CONI President Giovanni Malagò and IOC Members Franco During his visit to Rome, President Bach held Carraro and Mario Pescante. meetings with IOC Members Franco Carraro, Mario Pescante and Ottavio Cinquanta, and with As part of the Invitation Phase initiated in the IOC Honorary Member Manuela Di Centa. framework of the Olympic Agenda 2020 reforms, the President also met members of the He also met the CONI President Giovanni Rome 2024 Olympic bid, including leader Luca Malagò, with whom he discussed, among other Cordero Di Montezemolo and the Mayor of topics, the implementation of the Olympic Rome, Ignazio Marino. Agenda 2020 recommendations.
On the same occasion, the IOC President met International Sailing Federation (ISAF) President Carlo Croce, with whom he discussed the preparations for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio.
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With International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) sport in society, as well as its educational role. President Bruno Grandi, the IOC President also The Faroe Islands being part of Denmark, the discussed the preparations for the 2016 Olympic Prime Minister was accompanied by the Danish Games in Rio and the 2018 Summer Youth NOC President, Niels Nygaard. Olympic Games in Buenos Aires.
President Bach had been in Hamburg (Germany) on 13 May, where he met the Mayor, Olaf Scholz, to talk about the planned candidature for the Games in 2024. As in Rome, this meeting was part of the “invitation phase” of the bid process. The two men also took part in a discussion with around 250 members of the Hamburg Press Club. He also met the President of the German NOC, Alfons Hörmann. President Bach welcomed a delegation from the NOC of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Speaking at the opening ceremony of the 65th Macedonia, led by its President, Vasil Congress of the International Association Tupurkovski, accompanied by Secretary Football Federation (FIFA) in Zurich General Sasho Popovski and Sports Director (Switzerland), President Bach referred to the Vladimir Bogoesvksi. In addition to the Olympic “sad and difficult days” that FIFA is Agenda 2020 recommendations, they talked experiencing, but stressed that “these days are about the forthcoming European Games in Baku also extremely important days for FIFA”, before and the development of sport in general. adding: “In the IOC we know from experience 15 years ago that this fight – against corruption - With the President of World Rugby, Bernard is challenging and painful. We also all know that Lapasset, President Bach discussed the there is no other way to ensure credibility. We preparations for the 2016 Olympic Games in have seen this in business and in politics. Rio, which will see the return of rugby to the Therefore, I would very much like to encourage Olympic programme, as well as the you to continue and strengthen your cooperation implementation of Olympic Agenda 2020. with the relevant authorities, to shed full light on all the concerned matters and to take all necessary measures by means of your new structures, which you recently created, in order to properly address such grave allegations. I am confident that following such a way of transparency with determination, you, the guardians of football, will overcome these challenges and that you then will make your sport shine once again as you have done so well in the past.”
Before going to Rome, President Bach hosted The IOC President received Akio Toyoda, the the Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands, Kaj Leo President of TOP Partner Toyota, with whom he Holm Johannesen. The two men talked about discussed the implementation of Olympic various Olympic matters, particularly the role of
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Agenda 2020 and the involvement of the TOP academics and learning tools. Full press release Partners in the new Olympic Channel. here.
The IOC President has also met IOC Vice- The President addressed the attendees of the President John Coates, Executive Board (EB) “International Ambition Career” seminar, a Member Claudia Bokel and IOC Member Tony programme launched by the French NOC and Estanguet, with whom he discussed various the French International Sports Committee topics linked to the Olympic Agenda 2020 (CFSI). The participants were mostly sports recommendations. federation representatives, together with IOC member Tony Estanguet; Bernard Lapasset, the President Bach and IOC Honorary President President of World Rugby and the Olympic and Jacques Rogge attended a meeting of the Paralympic Ambition Association; and Jean- Executive Committee of the Olympic Museum Christophe Rolland, President of World Rowing Foundation. (FISA).
MEMBERS On 24 May, Lambis V. Nikolaou represented the IOC President at the opening ceremony of the 55th International Olympic Academy Session for young participants in Athens (Greece), in the presence of the President of the Hellenic
(from l. to r.) Wilson Kipketer, Claudia Bokel, Anne- Republic, Prokopios Pavlopoulos, as well as Sophie Thilo, Thomas Bach, Rebecca Wardell, Jazmine IOC Vice-President Yu Zaiqing and IOC Fenlator and Scott Richardson. © IOC / Christophe Member Li Lingwei. (See also under the Moratal “Recognised Organisations” section below.)
Accompanied by two fellow Olympian IOC Peter Tallberg, IOC Member in Members, Claudia Bokel and Tony Estanguet, Finland, has died at the age of President Bach tested the IOC Athlete Learning 77. He competed as a sailor in Gateway, the new online education service five editions of the Olympic aimed at elite athletes and their coaches. This Games. Peter Tallberg was the Gateway is one of the first tangible projects to second-longest serving current come out of Olympic Agenda 2020 IOC Member. Only Doyen Vitaly (recommendation 18). Also present on 19 May Smirnov, who was elected in 1971, has served at the IOC headquarters were Olympians Anne- longer. During his 40-plus years working for the Sophie Thilo (sailing), Wilson Kipketer Olympic Movement, Peter Tallberg chaired the (athletics), Scott Richardson (cycling), Rebecca Athletes’ Commission from its inception in 1981 Wardell (athletics), and Jazmine Fenlator until 2002, when he became an honorary (bobsleigh); and they and IOC staff joined the member. He was also a member of various IOC President in discussions about the IOC’s other IOC commissions. He was the President role to support athletes in preparing their of the International Yacht Racing Union (IYRU, professional career through the world’s best later the International Sailing Federation - ISAF), and was a Council Member of the World Anti-
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Doping Agency (WADA) and a member of the international organisations such as the United World Olympians Association (WOA) as liaison Nations. This shows a clear continuity with the for the IOC Athletes’ Commission. Full press open and inclusive consultation process initiated release here. in the early stages of the discussions on Olympic Agenda 2020. Among the changes, two Joseph Blatter was re-elected entirely new commissions have been created: as President of the an Olympic Channel Commission, which will International Association ensure that all relevant stakeholders and Football Federation (FIFA) expertise are consulted throughout the growth during the 65th FIFA Congress and development of the Olympic Channel; and a in Zürich. It is his fifth term of Communications Commission, which will help to office. develop strategies to support the promotion of the Olympic values, and the IOC’s vision and COMMISSIONS mission to a global audience. Another example of Olympic Agenda 2020 already being The IOC President announced widespread implemented is the adoption of changes to the composition and function of recommendations 30 and 31. In line with these the IOC commissions for 2015. The changes recommendations, the Session in Monaco are a direct result of the reforms stemming from adopted the new Olympic Charter. It requires implementation of Olympic Agenda 2020. The the Chair and the members of the new IOC review of the scope and composition of the IOC Ethics Commission be elected for the first time commissions was one of the 40 by the 128th IOC Session in Kuala Lumpur, recommendations approved by the 127th IOC which will take place from 31 July to 3 August. Session last December in Monaco. The new Please click here for the full press release and make-up of the Commissions reflects the here for an explanation of the changes to the philosophy initiated by Olympic Agenda 2020, Commissions. and will provide a strong support to the IOC
Session, the IOC Executive Board and the IOC President in the implementation of the roadmap designed to shape the future of the Olympic Movement. The changes to the function and composition of the Commissions have been undertaken by the IOC President working closely with the IOC Executive Board. President Bach has significantly increased the number of women nominated to a commission compared The 7th IOC Athlete Career Programme (ACP) to two years ago when he was first elected with Forum was held in Lima (Peru) from 26 to 28 third (32 percent) of places now taken by May. Hosted by the Peruvian NOC, this Forum women. That is a 49 percent increase since he brought together over 80 participants from 37 took office. There are also increases in the countries (photo above), including athletes, numbers of members from Africa and Oceania, members of the IOC Athletes’ Commission, as well as an increase in the number of chair chaired by IOC EB Member, Claudia Bokel, persons from the Africa and Asia now members of numerous NOC athletes’ accounting for 34 percent. The commissions commissions and Adecco representatives. The now also include more representatives from the three-day Forum celebrated 10 years of the different stakeholders of the Olympic Movement ACP, highlighting its growing success and and, for the first time, representatives from
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outlining future goals. It also saw the official 100m relay team, composed of Kennith Ryan launch of a new online education service, the Bailey, Jeffery Demps, Justin Gatlin, Tyson Gay, IOC’s Athlete Learning Gateway, which is aimed David Petrell Kimmons and Darvis Patton, who at elite athletes and their coaches. Full press won silver at the London 2012 Olympic Games, release here. has been disqualified. The IOC has requested that the silver medals and diplomas be returned; An IOC delegation led by the IOC Coordination and the results of the 2012 Olympic Games will Commission Chair, Nawal El Moutawakel, be modified by the IAAF. Full press release recently completed a project review visit to Rio here. de Janeiro. During its two day meeting (20 and 21 May), the delegation had the opportunity to INTERNATIONAL SPORTS see some significant progress in the preparations of the Games. The meeting was FEDERATIONS also attended by the Brazilian Minister of Sports SUMMER IFS George Hilton, the Mayor of Rio, Eduardo Paes and representatives at all levels of the government.
(from l. to r.) WenSheng Chai, Patrick Baumann and JianJun Xu. © FIBA
The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) has announced that the 2016 FIBA 3x3 World Championships will take place in In the framework of the postgraduate Guangzhou (People’s Republic of China), from programme in sports medicine launched by the 11 to 15 October. The agreement was signed by IOC Medical and Scientific Commission in FIBA Secretary General and IOC member 2013, the first intake of participants have Patrick Baumann; WenSheng Chai, 3x3 Director received their diplomas. In all, 37 of the 57 of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA); students, from 21 countries, who successfully and JianJun Xu, owner of the “Sunsports” completed Part 2 of the programme, received events agency. The CBA will thus host the third their diplomas at a ceremony held on 15 May at edition of this competition, the first time that it The Olympic Museum in Lausanne. Also will be held outside Europe (after Greece in present were Commission Chair Uğur Erdener 2012 and the Russian Federation in 2014). and member Ron Maughan, together with IOC Details on www.fiba.com. Medical and Scientific Director Richard Budgett. (see photo above). The International Boxing Association (AIBA) has appointed OTHER NEWS William Louis-Marie as its new PR & Communications Director. He has Following the sanctions received by Tyson Gay extensive experience in world-class from USA Track and Field (USATF), and based event and sport communications, media upon the rules of the International Association of relations and promotions, having previously Athletics Federations (IAAF), the USA men’s 4 x worked as Communications Director for the
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Baku 2015 European Games. Before that, he The International Association worked for the Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games Football Federation (FIFA) is and the France 1998 FIFA World Cup as reinforcing its fight against Communications Manager for Coca-Cola discrimination in football with the France. He also held the position of Senior Vice introduction of a new anti- President of Trace TV. Details on www.aiba.org. discrimination monitoring system for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. The system includes The Union Internationale the deployment of Anti-Discrimination Match de Cyclisme (UCI) has Observers to monitor and report issues of announced the introduction discrimination at the games. It will be of BMX Freestyle Park as a coordinated by FIFA and implemented in new UCI cycling discipline collaboration with the Fare network, an via the launch of the UCI BMX Freestyle Park organisation with long experience in the fight World Cup, with the first edition taking place in against discrimination in football and the 2016. This competition will be part of the FISE deployment of match observers. Details on World Series, the International Festival of www.fifa.com. Extreme Sports, and will be a springboard for the UCI Urban Cycling World Championships The International Weightlifting envisaged for 2017. The UCI has also Federation (IWF) has reasserted its announced that Hong Kong will, for the first commitment to fighting illegal time, host a round of the UCI Track Cycling betting, match-fixing and corruption World Cup, on 16 and 17 January 2016. Details in sport by signing up to the IOC’s on www.uci.ch. Integrity Betting Intelligence System (IBIS). As an intelligence-sharing digital platform, IBIS will enable the IWF and its member federations to access an extensive network of monitoring and data-sharing across sports, event owners and the major sports betting entities. The IWF joins the seven Winter Olympic Sports Federations and a growing number of Summer Olympic Sports Federations In the framework of the Rio Fencing Grand Prix (e.g. BWF, FIBA, FIVB, World Rugby, ITF, ITTF, Promotional Week, the International Fencing UCI) that have already joined IBIS in view of the Federation (FIE) and the Brazilian Fencing upcoming Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in Federation (Brasil Esgrima) organised a 2016. Details at www.iwf.net. promotional fencing event at La Lagoa, Esgrima na Lagoa. Brazilian fencers in all categories After confirming the Swimming provided demonstration bouts for the audience World Cup 2015 calendar, the (see photo above), while instructional and International Swimming participation displays allowed visitors to learn Federation (FINA) has announced more about fencing and give it a try. The event a new rule change for this key was widely covered by the Brazilian media. event: all the eight meets will be held in 50- Details on www.fie.ch. metre rather than short-course pools. This change is aimed at increasing the participation by national federations and athletes in the FINA Swimming World Cup. Moreover, each of the
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2015 Series meets will be a qualifying event for forum was “The Value and Power of Sport for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. FINA has also Women”, and it focused on encouraging women signed a long-term partnership with Australia’s to lead active lifestyles and to explore the Seven Network, to broadcast the FINA 2015 enriching effects of sport. The forum was also World Championships in Kazan, Russia, and the linked to the “Sport for Tomorrow’” programme, FINA World Championships in Budapest, which is being run by the Japanese government Hungary, in 2017. Details on www.fina.org. with a focus on international cooperation through sport. In addition, Marisol Casado met The 2017 edition of the U20 Hakubun Shimomura, the Minister of Education, Championship will be held in Georgia, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, who in Tbilisi and Kutaisi. This decision was is also serving as the Minister in charge of the taken by the World Rugby Council at 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games (photo its recent meeting in Dublin (Ireland). above). Details on www.triathlon.org. The dates and venues will be announced in due course. In addition, Dublin and Belfast will host WINTER IFS the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2017. Details The International Ski Federation on www.worldrugby.org. (FIS) has confirmed that the fifth
edition of World Snow Day will be In a recent press release, the held on 17 January 2016. Details on International Table Tennis www.fis-ski.com. Federation (ITTF) announced
that the World Table Tennis Championships held between 26 NATIONAL OLYMPIC April and 3 May in Suzhou (People’s Republic of COMMITTEES China) were the most-followed table tennis Irina Leparskaya event in history, followed by an estimated 450 (second from million people across the globe. In China alone, right), head coach 252 million people watched the Championships of the national on television. Discover all the figures and data rhythmic on www.ittf.com. gymnastics team,
has been awarded the 2014 IOC “Sport and Art” Trophy. The First Vice-President of the Belarus NOC, Maksim Ryzhenkov, presented her with the Trophy at the closing ceremony of the 31st European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Minsk. Details on www.noc.by.
International Triathlon Union (ITU) President and IOC member Marisol Casado was the guest keynote speaker at the first forum for Women and Sport in Japan, organised jointly by the ITU’s Women’s Committee, the Japan Triathlon Union, the Japanese Olympic Committee, and the Kyoritsu Women’s University, an affiliate university of Tokyo 2020. The theme of the
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Sport Institute (IDRD), Aldo Enrique Cadena Ruiz. Details on www.coc.org.co.
In 2012, the Brazil Olympic Committee (COB) implemented a programme to reduce the risk of injury among Brazilian high-performance Almost 50 athletes signed up for a university athletes. On 26 May, through a series of videos preparation course aimed at athletes aged over on the Internet, the COB made available to the 25. This fourth edition of the course was general public tips on injury prevention organised by the Spanish NOC with the exercises specific to athletes of five Olympic Catholic University of Murcia (UCAM) at the sports: athletics, basketball, judo, swimming NOC headquarters on 28 May, in the presence and beach volleyball. The videos are available of NOC President Alejandro Blanco. The course on the Team Brazil channel on YouTube. The is aimed at athletes on the NOC’s athlete videos released have a version with Portuguese support programme and those on the list subtitles so that the deaf can also watch submitted by the Spanish sports federations. them. Later this year, the COB will produce Details on www.coe.es. additional educational videos in other sports and also videos focusing on topics such as self- medication risks, the importance of sleep, hydration and nutrition, and mental preparation. Details at www.cob.org.br.
Spyros Capralos (r.) and Aleksi Akhvlediani. © Hellenic Olympic Committee
The flame of the European Youth Olympic On 19 May, the Colombian NOC, through its Summer Festival (EYOF), “Tbilisi 2015”, was lit Olympic Academy, organised the 67th Olympic at the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens on 26 conference, on the theme of “Sport and Peace”. May. Organised by the Hellenic Olympic More than 100 students and representatives of Committee, the ceremony was held in the the universities in Bogota took part. Also present traditional way: High Priestess Katerina Lehou lit were NOC President Baltazar Medina; Academy the flame from the sun’s rays, which was member Manuel Jose Bonett Locarno Regidor, followed by a torch relay with young athletes who also moderated the discussions (see photo Manolis Karalis (pole vault), Nikoletta above); and the Director of the Leisure and Pavlopoulou (swimming), Lasha Shavdatuashvili
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(judo) and Mariam Bolkvadze (tennis). Hellenic The Jordan Olympic Olympic Committee President Spyros Capralos Committee has handed the flame over to the President of the launched a new social EYOF Organising Committee, Aleksi media campaign Akhvlediani. A dance of the Priestesses, entitled called Faces of Living “Niriides” inspired by choreographer Artemis Sport. The campaign Ignatiou, was performed to the music of strategy will bring composer Giannis Psimadas, while the national alive the message of anthems of Greece and Georgia were Living Sport through performed by the City of Athens Philharmonic the stories of ordinary Jordanians. Faces of Orchestra. The Opening ceremony of the 2015 Living Sport will give Jordanians the opportunity Summer EYOF will be held on 26 July in the to share their unique perspectives on healthy stadium in Tbilisi. Details on www.hoc.gr. living and how they incorporate sport into their daily lives. The campaign’s goal is to offer the public a daily glimpse into the lives of ordinary Jordanians, with the hope that the wider public will identify themselves in those chosen and hopefully inspire them to exercise. Living Sport is the communications plan for the NOC that encourages Jordanians to make sport and healthy living a part of their daily lives. Details on www.joc.jo and #LivingSportJO.
Tsunekazu Takeda (r.) and Henry Nuñez Najera. © Japanese Olympic Committee
The Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) and the Costa Rican NOC signed a partnership agreement in Tokyo on 25 May. IOC member and JOC President Tsunekazu Takeda and Costa Rican NOC President Henry Nuñez We have just learnt that the Moldovan NOC Najera signed the agreement, in the presence of also celebrated the International Day of Sport JOC Vice-President and Secretary General for Development and Peace by organising on 6 Tsuyoshi Aoki and JOC Senior Executive Board April an Olympic Lesson for the students of the member Yasuo Saito. The agreement includes a “Gheorghe Asachi” Lyceum in Chisinau (photo programme of exchanges between the athletes, above). Nune Mangasaryan, the UNICEF officials and coaches of the two NOCs, and an representative in the Republic of Moldova, exchange of marketing knowledge and underlined the role of sport for social change information. This is the 32nd agreement signed and human development. Olympic champions by the JOC with other NOCs. Details on Larisa Popova and Nicolae Juravschi, who is www.joc.or.jp and www.concrc.org. also the NOC President, presented a set of “Olympic Flame” and “Olympic Panorama” publications to the school library. The NOC President also awarded diplomas to the most
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active volunteers from the Lyceum for their (sailing) and Yanet Sovero (wrestling). Details involvement in activities organised by the NOC. on www.coperu.org. More than 300 students participated in this Olympic Lesson, speaking with the Olympic champions and watching a video about the participation of Moldovan athletes in the Olympic Games. Details on www.olympic.md.
Organised jointly by the IOC, the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) and the NOC of Qatar on 15 and 16 May 2015 in Doha, a media workshop on women in sport brought together 113 men and women from 68 countries, representing NOCs, Continental Associations, The Mongolian NOC, in cooperation with the international organisations as well as the sports “Barcelona” Olympic Council of the Selenge media and business worlds (see photo above). province and the Altanbulag County At the end of the workshop, the delegates Administration, has created a mini-park in issued a call to action to the Olympic Movement, honour of the late Dugarsuren Oyunbold, the world of sport generally and the media to freestyle wrestling (57kg) bronze medallist at lead the way in changing the media coverage of the 1980 Games in Moscow. The NOC Vice- women’s sport. Speakers at the workshop President and judo silver medallist in Moscow, included: the President of the Association of Tsendying Damdin; “Barcelona Olympic Council National Olympic Committees of Africa Head D. Erdenebat; and a number of officials (ANOCA), Lassana Palenfo; Sheikh Saoud Bin and athletes attended the ceremony. All the Ali Al-Thani, Vice-President of the Qatar NOC; participants planted around 400 trees in the park the Secretary General of ANOCA, Thomas (see photo above), which has been renamed the Sithole; the UN Women Regional “Oyunbold Olympic Mini-Park”. Communications Manager for Arab States, Emad Karim; IOC Women and Sport The Peruvian NOC informs us that Commission member Donna de Varona; BBC nine athletes have obtained a Sport Chief Advisor Neil Land; Australian scholarship from Olympic Solidarity to Broadcasting Corporation News radio presenter help them prepare and qualify for the Tracey Lee Holmes; promising young Qatari 2016 Games in Rio. The latest athlete hurdler Mariam Farid; and Alham Al-Mana, to receive a scholarship is sailor Stefano President of the Qatar Women’s Sport Pescheira Loret de Mola. His achievements Committee (QWSC) and recipient of the 2013 include a third-place finish at the under-21 IOC Women and Sport Award World Trophy. In World Championships last year and a gold her message, the Chair of the IOC Women and medal at the Bolivarian Beach Games in 2014. Sport Commission, Lydia Nsekera, called on the The eight other scholarship-holders are: Andrea participants to “promote and popularise Cedrón (swimming), Mauricio Fiol (swimming), women’s sport and to make a firm commitment Julissa Diez Canseco Verde (taekwondo), to ensuring an increase in women’s coverage in Kimberly García (athletics), Nicolás Pacheco the media”. Full press release here. (shooting), Juan Postigo (judo), Paloma Schmidt
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Round” project, which provides schools with recommendations of sports clubs in their region based on their specific sports requirements. Details on www.olympic.cz.
The Turkish NOC recently hosted the The Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee delegates of 50 European NOCs at an (CTOC) launched its Olympic education Extraordinary General Assembly of programme with a lecture by 2013 world the European Olympic Committees weightlifting champion Hsin Chun Kuo, who (EOC) in Belek/Antalya. Other shared her sporting life story with students at I- meetings were also held, including an Olympic Shou University. This is the first of 10 lectures Solidarity Forum and an EOC Seminar. See organised by the CTOC, with the aim of also the “Recognised Organisations” section promoting the positive values of Olympism below. Details on www.olimpiyat.org.tr. through elite Olympians. Hsin Chun Kuo said that her life as a world-class weightlifter began at the 2010 Singapore Youth Olympic Games, followed by a disappointing eighth place at the 2012 Games in London, but then victory at the World Weightlifting Championships in 2013, not forgetting the setbacks she endured due to injury. Four more lectures by Olympians are scheduled before July. In addition, around 80 people - CTOC members, national federation representatives, experts and students – attended the “National Conference In the framework of the activities held in on Innovation and Prospects of the Olympic preparation for the upcoming Pan-American Agenda 2020” organised by the CTOC. One of Games in Toronto (Canada), the Venezuelan the speakers was IOC Executive Board member NOC hosted a seminar on sports journalism. Ching-Kuo Wu, who was representing the IOC This was part of the programme of courses President (see previous edition of the offered by Olympic Solidarity and Pan-American Highlights). Details on www.tpenoc.net. Solidarity. The subjects addressed included interviews with athletes, web pages, social The Czech NOC has just media and institutional journalism in sport. launched a web platform, Representatives of the Canadian Embassy to Sport v okolí Venezuela were also present. (www.sportvokoli.cz), which shows the location ORGANISING COMMITTEES of sports clubs all over the FOR THE OLYMPIC GAMES Czech Republic. This joint project between the Czech NOC and the RIO 2016 Ministry of Education and Sport would not have The Rio 2016 Organising been possible without the cooperation of Committee has opened national sports federations, along with applications for volunteers to take enthusiasts and volunteers from across the part in the Opening and Closing country. It is also linked to the “Olympic All Ceremonies of the Olympic and Page
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Paralympic Games. For the Olympic Games, Other host and venue cities also celebrated the these ceremonies will be held in the iconic 1,000 days-to-go milestone. Gangwon Province Maracanã Stadium in Rio, and the productions operated a special train from Seoul to will be run by a selection of renowned Brazilian Chuncheon, the province’s capital, which saw artists, including Fernando Meirelles, who various winter sports stars share their stories directed the Oscar-nominated film, “City of with younger athletes and sports fans; while the God”. Auditions will begin in November 2015, cities of Chuncheon, PyeongChang, Gangneung with rehearsals for successful applicants starting and Jeongseon also hosted evening in April 2016. Details on www.rio2016.com. Full celebrations for local residents to share the press release here. festive spirit and enthusiasm for the 2018 Games. Full press release here and details on PYEONGCHANG 2018 www.pyeongchang2018.com.
TOKYO 2020
The PyeongChang 2018 Organising Committee (POCOG) has marked 1,000 days to go until the 2018 Olympic Winter Games by unveiling its Games slogan – “Passion. The Organising Committee of the 2020 Connected.” – at a special event in Seoul. Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020) POCOG hopes that these two simple words will celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Japanese help express the objectives and legacies of the Para-Sports Association (JPSA) at a ceremony PyeongChang 2018 Winter Games. The new in Tokyo that brought together members of slogan was launched at a special event – Japan’s sporting community. Eleven Japanese dubbed “Happy PyeongChang, Promise for Paralympic medallists attended the celebrations. 1,000 days” – that took place in Seoul’s Olympic Tokyo 2020 President Yoshiro Mori; Minister of Park. More than 4,000 participants were Education, Culture, Sports, Science and expected to take part in the event, including Technology Hakubun Shimomura; Governor of POCOG President Yang-ho Cho, Korean Tokyo Yoichi Masuzoe; IOC Member and Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Jong- Japanese Olympic Committee President deok Kim, Governor of Gangwon Province Tsunekazu Takeda; Japanese Paralympic Moon-soon Choi, representatives from the Committee (JPC) President and International sports industry, officials from the host and venue Paralympic Committee Governing Board cities, dignitaries from the National Assembly Member Yasushi Yamawaki; and JPC Chairman and members of the public. PyeongChang 2018 of the Board Mitsunori Torihara were also in Honorary Ambassadors, including Olympic attendance. During the ceremony, the JPSA figure skating gold medallist Yuna Kim, Artistic unveiled a new emblem (photo above) to Director of the Korean National Ballet Sue-jin replace the one it had been using since its Kang and former speed skating Olympian Kyou- establishment. Details at www.tokyo2020.com hyuk Lee, were also planning to come together to participate in a commemorative ceremony. Page
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RECOGNISED ORGANISATIONS Meeting in Belek (Turkey) at an Extraordinary General Assembly, the 50 NOCs that make up the EOC unanimously chose the Netherlands as the host of the next European Games in 2019. The EOC Executive Committee was tasked with Isidros Kouvelos (l) and Conrado Durántez (r.). © continuing and finalising negotiations with the Hellenic Olympic Committee Dutch NOC. The Assembly agenda also included the preparations for the first European The 55th International Session for Young Games in Baku, from 12 to 28 June this year; an Participants of the International Olympic overview and discussion of Olympic Agenda Academy (IOA) was declared open by the 2020 from a European perspective; the President of the Hellenic Republic, Prokopios preparations for the forthcoming European Pavlopoulos, during a ceremony held on 24 May Youth Olympic Festival in Tbilisi in this year; the on the Hill of the Pnyx in Athens. Until 6 June, Games of the Small States of Europe in Iceland, some 175 young men and women from 90 also in 2015; and the Winter Youth Olympic countries will participate in the Session placed Games in Lillehammer in 2016. Details on under the special theme of “Olympic Movement: www.eurolympic.org. The process of renewal and adaption”. Among
the personalities present on this occasion were Mexico City will host the the Deputy Minister of Culture, Education and 17th General Assembly of Religious Affairs, Nikos Xydakis; IOC Vice- the International President Yu Zaiqing; IOC Members Lambis V. Paralympic Committee Nikolaou and Li Lingwei; the President of the (IPC) on 14 and 15 Hellenic Olympic Committee, Spyros I. November this year. This Capralos; the President of the IOA and of the will be the first time the Assembly has been held Hellenic Olympic Academy, Isidros Kouvelos; in Central America. In addition, the IPC has Member of Parliament Dora Bakoyannis; and announced that Copacabana Beach will host the President of Olympiakos FC, Vaggelis International Paralympic Day on 7 September Marinakis. During the ceremony, the National 2015 as part of a series of events to celebrate Olympic Academy of Spain was awarded with one year to go until the Rio 2016 Paralympic the honorary distinction “Athena”, which was Games and to launch the start of ticket sales. given to its President, Conrado Durántez. The announcement was made following the Details on www.hoc.gr. conclusion of the seventh IPC Project Review, which took place in Rio between 5 and 6 May. More than three million tickets will be available. Details on www.paralympic.org.
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OLYMPIC N° 1,133 HIGHLIGHTS 31 May 2015
At its meeting in Montreal on 13 May, the WADA Foundation Board received a progress report on Code implementation and compliance, and approved the accreditation of the anti-doping laboratories in Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) and Turkey (Ankara), after both laboratories completed the required remedial work stipulated in the International Standard for Laboratories (ISL). In addition, under the WADA-IOC Special Research Fund, the Board was informed that the promised funding from the IOC and governments now stands at almost USD 12 million, and that USD 1 million of the fund would be dedicated to social science research. Details on www.wada- ama.org.
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