Category: OLYMPIC

  • broadcast quality footage available of athletes qualified

    broadcast quality footage available of athletes qualified

    Lausanne-Switzerland, May 16, 2012: The IOC has made available free broadcast quality footage of inspiring young London 2012 medal hopefuls for whom the Youth Olympic Games served as the springboard to their success. The IOC has followed their remarkable journeys from Singapore 2010 to London 2012 qualification, and we bring you their stories in two…

  • Korea to Host 2013 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships

    Korea to Host 2013 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships

    Bonn-Germany, May 15, 2012: IPC Ice Sledge Hockey, Goyang City, Korea will play host to the 2013 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Ice Sledge Hockey A Pool World Championships, the IPC announced on Tuesday (15 May), the first time an Asian country will stage the event. Organized by the Korea Ice Hockey Association for the Disabled, the…

  • IPC President Receives Order of Friendship During Russian Visit

    IPC President Receives Order of Friendship During Russian Visit

    Bonn-Germany, May 15, 2012:  Order Friendship, International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Sir Philip Craven has received the prestigious Order of Friendship for his outstanding contribution to developing the Paralympic Movement from acting Russian Deputy Prime Minster Dmitry Kozak during a two day visit to the country to check on preparations for the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter…

  • Mamistvalov Named IPC’s Athlete of the Month for April

    Mamistvalov Named IPC’s Athlete of the Month for April

    Bonn-Germany, May 14, 2012: Israeli swimmer Itzhak Mamistvalov was voted the International Paralympic Committee’s (IPC) Athlete of the Month for April. Mamistvalov set two new world records – already approved by IPC Swimming – at the British Open Swimming Championships in Sheffield, Great Britain, during the first week of April. In the S1 classification, for…

  • London 2012 – Olympic flame lit at Olympia

    London 2012 – Olympic flame lit at Olympia

    Lausanne-switzerland, May 10, 2012: With only 78 days until the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games, the Olympic flame was today lit at Olympia during a ceremony organized by the Hellenic Olympic Committee (HOC). The lighting symbolically marks the beginning of the Torch Relay that will bring the flame to the Olympic Stadium…

  • IOC and IPC Extend Co-operation Agreement Until 2020

    IOC and IPC Extend Co-operation Agreement Until 2020

    Bonn-Germany May 09, 2012: Co-operation Agreement, The 2018 and 2020 Paralympic Games will be held in the same city as the Olympic Games after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and International Paralympic Committee (IPC) today (8 May) signed an extension to their current agreement which sees the IOC support the IPC and the Paralympic Games.…

  • Michael McKillop Obliterates 1,500m World Record in Olympic Stadium

    Michael McKillop Obliterates 1,500m World Record in Olympic Stadium

    Bonn-Germany, May 08, 2012: Ireland’s Michael McKillop became the first male athlete to set a new world record in the London 2012 Olympic Stadium after taking a staggering 15 seconds off his 1,500m best time at the Visa London Disability Athletics Challenge. The 22 year old 800m and 1,500m world champion ran 3:59.54 to lead…

  • Statement by the Argentine National Olympic Committee

    Statement by the Argentine National Olympic Committee

    Buenos Aires, Argentina; 8 May 2012: The Argentine National Olympic Committee today issued a formal statement following the broadcast of a Government advert in Argentina featuring national hockey captain Fernando Zylberberg. Gerardo Werthein, President of the Argentine NOC, said: “The Argentine National Olympic Committee is fully committed to the Olympic Charter and the best practices…

  • Liberian Powerlifter Sanctioned for 3 Months Following `Unique’ Anti-Doping Case

    Liberian Powerlifter Sanctioned for 3 Months Following `Unique’ Anti-Doping Case

    Bonn-Germany, May 07, 2012: The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced that the Liberian Powerlifter James Siaffa has been suspended for three months for an Anti-Doping Rule Violation. Siaffa returned an adverse analytical finding for Prednisone and Prednisolone in a urine sample provided on 25 February 2012 during the 2012 FAZZA International Powerlifting Competition in…

  • IPC President Receives Sport Industry Lifetime Achievement Award

    IPC President Receives Sport Industry Lifetime Achievement Award

    Bonn-Germany, May 04, 2012: International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Sir Philip Craven has received the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2012 Sport Industry Awards at a ceremony in Central London. Previously awarded to an array of celebrated dignitaries including Sir Bobby Charlton and Bernie Ecclestone, the Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes people whose work and…