Category: OLYMPIC
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Para-Snowboard Included in Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games
Bonn-Germany, May 03, 2012:The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced that two medal events in Para-Snowboard will be included in the Alpine Skiing programme at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games. This brings to 72 the number of medal events at the Sochi 2014 Games and is the first time that Para-Snowboard events have been…
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Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee Launches “One School – One Country” Program
The educational program “One school – one country” has been launched in Sochi. It has been developed by the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation and the City Administration. As part of this program, each of the 67 schools in Sochi will in detail…
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Draw results for the London 2012 Olympic Basketball Tournaments
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Olympics) April 30, 2012:- The draw for the Olympic Basketball Tournaments for Men and Women at this summer’s London Games was held on Monday. The qualified teams for both the Men and Women’s tournaments were divided into two groups of six teams each. The two Olympic Basketball Tournaments will then see…
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The BOA bye-Law is not in Compliance with the World Anti-Doping Code
Lausanne-Switzerland, April 30, 2012: BOA bye-Law, Following the appeal filed by the British Olympic Association (BOA) against a decision of the World Anti-doping Agency (WADA) to declare the BOA Bye Law on selection of British athletes for the Olympic Games to be non-compliant with the World Anti-doping Code, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)…
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Iranian Power lifter to miss Paralympic Games due to Anti-Doping Rule Violation
Bonn-Germany, April 30, 2012: The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced that the Iranian Power lifter Seyed Yousef Yousefi Pashaki has been suspended for two years for an Anti-Doping Rule Violation. Yousefi Pashaki returned an adverse analytical finding for Methylhexaneamine in a urine sample provided on 5 February 2012 during the Malaysia Open Power lifting…
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Powerhouse Olympic Canoe/Kayak Team Announced
Australia, April 29, 2012: Olympic CanoeKayak, The 2012 Australian Olympic Canoe/Kayak Sprint team announced today has it all. The 16-strong team boasts a defending Olympic Champion, World Championship medallists, a champion iron woman, a British-born mother, and the youngest sprint canoeists to ever represent Australia at the Games. The announcement takes the Australian Team size…
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OCM Weekly Highlights April 2012 – Coming Events
Kuala Lumpur-Malaysia, April 29, 2012: ocm weekly, 10th OCM Executive Board Meeting 2012 – 8th May 2012 at 4.30 p.m. at OCM Boardroom, 1st Floor, Wisma OCM, Kuala Lumpur. Visit of the IOC Evaluation Committee for the 127th IOC Session in 2015 – 8th and 9th May 2012. Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Mandarin Oriental and…
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IPC Shooting and IPC Powerlifting Announce London 2012 Bipartite Slots
Bonn-Germany: The international governing bodies of Paralympic Powerlifting and Shooting have announced the names of 51 athletes who have been allocated bipartite slots to participate in the London 2012 Paralympics Games. International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Powerlifting has confirmed that 40 athletes, two for each Powerlifting medal event at London 2012, have been allocated slots, whilst…
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Continental Seminar on the IOC’s Olympic Values Education Programme (OVEP)
Kuala Lumpur-Malaysia April 26, 2012: The International Olympic Committee and the Olympic Council of Asia are jointly organising a Seminar on the Olympic Values Education Programme (OVEP) at the Le Meridian Kuala Lumpur, KL Sentral, Kuala Lumpur on 28th and 29th April 2012. 48 Delegates from 42 National Olympic Committees including the Olympic Council of…
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IPC Governing Board Approves Sochi 2014 Qualification Criteria
Bonn-Germany April 25, 2012: The qualification criteria for the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games will be published on Monday 28 May after the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Governing Board ratified it during a two day meeting in Madrid, Spain. At the 61st IPC Governing Board meeting, which took place on Friday and Saturday (20-21 April),…