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OLYMPIC N° 1,133 HIGHLIGHTS 31 MAY 2015 www.olympic.org [email protected] FAX + 41 21 621 6216 IOC ACTIVITIES PRESIDENT 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. Page 1/14 OLYMPIC N° 1,133 HIGHLIGHTS 31 May 2015 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 Page 2/14 OLYMPIC N° 1,133 HIGHLIGHTS 31 May 2015 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- Page 3/14 OLYMPIC N° 1,133 HIGHLIGHTS 31 May 2015 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.