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INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC ACADEMY 53rd INTERNATIONAL SESSION FOR YOUNG PARTICIPANTS 11-25 JUNE 2013 PROCEEDINGS ANCIENT OLYMPIA Published by the International Olympic Academy and the International Olympic Committee 2014 International Olympic Academy 52, Dimitrios Vikelas Avenue 152 33 Halandri – Athens GREECE Tel.: +30 210 6878809-13, +30 210 6878888 Fax: +30 210 6878840 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.ioa.org.gr Editor Prof. Konstantinos Georgiadis, IOA Honorary Dean Editorial coordination Roula Vathi Photographs IOA Photographic archives ISBN: 978-960-9454-26-1 INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC ACADEMY 53rd INTERNATIONAL SESSION FOR YOUNG PARTICIPANTS MAIN SUBJECT: OLYMPIC LEGACY SPECIAL SUBJECT: THE REINFORCEMENT OF OLYMPISM THROUGH YOUTH ANCIENT OLYMPIA EPHORIA OF THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC ACADEMY (2013) President Isidoros KOUVELOS (HOC Member) Vice-President Michail FYSSENTZIDIS (HOC Member) Members Charalambos NIKOLAOU (IOC Member – ex officio member) Spyridon CAPRALOS (HOC President – ex officio member) Emmanuel KATSIADAKIS (HOC General Secretary – ex officio member) Evangelos SOUFLERIS (HOC Member) Efthimios KOTZAS (Mayor of Ancient Olympia) Christina KOULOURI Dora PALLI Honorary President Jacques ROGGE (Former IOC President) Honorary Members Τ.A. Ganda SITHOLE (Director, International Cooperation and Development Dpt., IOC) Pere MIRÓ (Director, Olympic Solidarity, IOC) Honorary Dean Konstantinos GEORGIADIS Director Dionyssis GANGAS 5 HELLENIC OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (2013) President Spyridon CAPRALOS 1st Vice-President Pavlos KANELLAKIS 2nd Vice-President Athanassios VASSILIADIS Secretary General Emmanuel KATSIADAKIS Treasurer Antonios NIKOLOPOULOS Deputy Treasurer Michail FYSSENTZIDIS Deputy Secretary General Dimitrios CHATZIMICHALIS IOC Member Charalambos NIKOLAOU Members Stylianos AGGELOUDIS Xenophon ATHANASIOU Georgios ALIKAKOS Georgios VASSILAKOPOULOS Ioannis VASSILIADIS Georgios GEROLYMPOS Dimitrios DIATHESSOPOULOS Spyridon ZANNIAS Dionyssios ILIADIS Ioannis KARRAS Vassilios KATSORAS Fotis KAIMENAKIS Athanassios KANELLOPOULOS Emmanuel KOLYMBADIS Isidoros KOUVELOS Georgios LENOS Achilleas MAUROMATIS Fani PALLI- PETRALIA Sofoklis PILAVIOS Ioannis SGOUROS Evangelos SOUFLERIS Ioannis STAMATOPOULOS Petros SYNADINOS Athanassios TERZIS Konstantinos TSAOUSOGLOU Sofia BEKATOROU Vasilios POLYMEROS 6 IOC COMMISSION FOR CULTURE AND OLYMPIC EDUCATION (2013) Chairman Charalambos V. NIKOLAOU (GRE) Members Vittorio ADORNI (ITA) HRH Princess Haya AL HUSSEIN (UAE) Beatrice ALLEN (GAM) Franco ASCANI (ITA) Valeriy BORZOV (UKR) Helen BROWNLEE (AUS) Danilo CARRERA DROUET (ECU) Philip CRAVEN (GBR) Iván DIBÓS (PER) Conrado DURÁNTEZ (ESP) Jean DURRY (FRA) Hicham EL GUERROUJ (MAR) Manuel ESTIARTE (ESP) Timothy Tsun Ting FOK (CHN) Konstantinos GEORGIADIS (GRE) Nat INDRAPANA (THA) Ryong-Gil KANG (KOR) Kipchoge KEINO (KEN) Isidoros KOUVELOS (GRE) Karl LENNARTZ (GER) Vladimir LISIN (RUS) Admire MASENDA (ZIM) Alicia MASONI de MOREA (ARG) Samih MOUDALLAL (SYR) Norbert MÜLLER (GER) Tubby REDDY (RSA) Thomas P. ROSANDICH (USA) Mounir SABET (EGY) Melitón SÁNCHEZ RIVAS (PAN) Giacomo SANTINI (ITA) Klaus SCHORMANN (GER) Ching-Kuo WU (TPE) Honorary Member Zhenliang HE (CHN) Director in Charge Tomas A. Ganda SITHOLE (ZIM) 7 «Over the next few days, you will be taking an in-depth look at various themes linked to Olympism and its values. We want you to tell us what you think, what you want and what you suggest, in order to ensure that the Olympic Games continue to inspire the world’s young people and remain an opportunity to imagine a better world». Quotation from the message of the IOC President, Dr Jacques ROGGE, at the Opening Ceremony of the 53rd International Session for Young Participants of the International Olympic Academy Hill of the Pnyx, 12th June 2013 CONTENTS Foreword by the Honorary Dean of the International Olympic Academy, Prof. Konstantinos GEORGIADIS .............................................................................17 OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 53rd INTERNATIONAL SESSION FOR YOUNG PARTICIPANTS ATHENS, 12th June 2013 Address by the President of the International Olympic Academy, Isidoros KOUVELOS .................................................................................................23 Message of the IOC President, Dr Jacques ROGGE, delivered by the Chairman of the IOC Commission for Culture and Olympic Education, Dr Lambis NIKOLAOU .............................................................................................26 Address by the President of the Hellenic Olympic Committee, Spyros CAPRALOS ..................................................................................................29 Address by the Minister of Education and Religious Affairs, Culture and Sports, Constantinos ARVANITOPOULOS ..............................................................................31 Honorary distinctions awarding by the International Olympic Academy ................32 Recital of poem in the Greek language by students of the International Master’s Degree Programme in Olympic Studies ................................................................................................35 11 53rd INTERNATIONAL SESSION FOR YOUNG PARTICIPANTS OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 53rd INTERNATIONAL SESSION FOR YOUNG PARTICIPANTS, ANCIENT OLYMPIA, 14th June 2013 Address by the President of the International Olympic Academy, Isidoros KOUVELOS .................................................................................................41 Address by the Deputy Commissioner of Elis, Haralambos KAFYRAS ...........................................................................................45 Address by the Mayor of Ancient Olympia, Efthymios KOTZAS ................................................................................................47 WORKS OF THE 53rd INTERNATIONAL SESSION FOR YOUNG PARTICIPANTS ANCIENT OLYMPIA Lectures Olympic legacy: The reinforcement of Olympism through youth Tomas A. Ganda SITHOLE (IOC) ............................................................................55 The Olympic Movement and its Responsibility for Human Rights Prof. Dr Helmut DIGEL (GER) ................................................................................64 Olympic legacy: Reflections on urban and global connectivity Dr Petros SYNADINOS (GRE) ..................................................................................76 Cultural Olympiads: 100 years of cultural legacy within the Olympic Games Dr Beatriz GARCIA (GBR) .......................................................................................85 Olympic Legacies and the United States Prof. Mark DYRESON (USA) ...................................................................................99 Mega Sporting Event Legacies: A Multifaceted Concept Prof. Jean-Loup CHAPPELET (SUI) .......................................................................112 The economic impact of the Olympic Games Sam RAMSAMY (RSA) ...........................................................................................125 12 CONTENTS Olympic Legacy: The role of the youth Dr Constantinos FILIS (GRE) ...............................................................................132 Art as a legacy of the Olympic Games Kevin WHITNEY (GBR) .........................................................................................145 Comparing Olympic Opening Ceremonies and their impact in aesthetic legacy of humanity Prof. Dr Leonardo BOCCIA (BRA) ........................................................................150 Olympic Games Challenges for the Youth Prof. Dr Gylton B. DA MATTA (USA) ....................................................................169 Olympism: The values of sport and the risks Prof. Dr Margaret TALBOT (GBR) .........................................................................190 Short presentations by the participants My Olympic experience in Media Alice WHEELER (AUS) ..........................................................................................207 My Olympic experience Andrew GRANT (AUS) .........................................................................................211 London Olympic Games 2012: An unforgettable stage in my life Gabriela Traña TRIGUEROS (CRC) ........................................................................217 My Paralympic Games, my medal… Mixed feelings between hope, disappointment and pride Julien TAURINES (FRA) .........................................................................................220 Presentation by the IOC Yan BUCHS, Sarah-Eve PELLETIER, Tamara SOUPIRON (IOC) .................................224 It all started with a dream Elise MARCOTTE (CAN) ........................................................................................228 Turning my Olympic experience/athlete skills into a business Ohenewa AKUFFO (CAN) .....................................................................................231 13 53rd INTERNATIONAL SESSION FOR YOUNG PARTICIPANTS My Olympic experience Joshua RIKER-FOX (CAN) ....................................................................................234 Arab women in sport Omnia FAKHRY (EGY) .........................................................................................237 My Olympic experience Konstantine Michael TZIGOUNAKIS (GRE) .............................................................239 My Olympic experience Noraseela BINTI MOHD KHALID (MAS) ..................................................................242 My Olympic experience Chu Sian CHENG (MAS)