Category: OLYMPIC

  • 80% of tickets distributed, Remaining tickets available from 9 January

    IYOGOC, Innsbruck, Austria Jan 06, 2012: Innsbruck 2012 tickets, Following the last of the promotion days, during which members of the public had the chance to secure tickets via the online web shop, the Organising Committee of the Innsbruck 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games has announced that 80% of the tickets available for the Games have…

  • Youngsters to enjoy unique Innsbruck 2012 experience with global sports development

    Austria, IYOGOC Press Release: global sports development, Prague, Warsaw, Malmö, Istanbul, Lviv (Ukraine) and Seoul will all feature at the YOG World Mile Project, part of the Culture & Education Programme of the Innsbruck 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games. Thanks to Global Sports Development (GSD) and the Innsbruck 2012 Organising Committee, 24 youngsters and six accompanying…

  • International artists set to rock Medals Plaza at Innsbruck 2012

    Austria, IYOGOCF Press Release Jan 04, 2012: From 14 to 21 January 2012, Innsbruck’s city centre will be transformed into one huge party zone with an action-packed programme at Medals Plaza. Every evening during the Games, the main stage on Maria-Theresien-Straße will welcome artists ranging from Aura Dione, Patrice, Stereo MCs, Russkaja and Texta to…

  • Craven Excited by “Most Important Year Yet for Paralympic Movement”

    Paralympic Movement, The President of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Sir Philip Craven has said 2012 promises to be the most important year yet for the Paralympic Movement as it prepares for an emotional return to its spiritual birthplace. New Years Day will mark 241 days to go until the start of the London Paralympic…

  • Canada’s Joines to Make a Comeback after Last Season’s Injuries

    IPC Press Release Dec 30, 2011: Canada’s Paralympic medallist Kimberly Joines is returning to competitive skiing after her injuries of last season, which saw her having three surgeries in as many months. In 2010 Joines tore her shoulder in a skiing accident, broke her hip after falling badly from her wheelchair and had appendicitis, rendering her…

  • 70 nations from all five continents at the 1st Winter Youth Olympic Games!

    Innsbruck, Austria, IYOGOC Press Release Dec 30, 2011: 70 nations five continents, More than one thousand athletes and 750 team officials have confirmed their presence in Innsbruck to experience the first ever Winter Youth Olympic Games which in addition to the Sports Events also features the Culture & Education Programme (CEP). For these Games, Innsbruck will…

  • Baltika Breweries named official Sochi 2014 beer supplier

    Baltika Breweries named official Sochi 2014 beer supplier

    The Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee today named Baltika Breweries as the official beer supplier to the Winter Games 2014, after President and CEO, Dmitry Chernyshenko, signed an agreement with Isaac Sheps, CEO of Baltika Breweries and Senior Vice President of Eastern European region, Carlsberg Group. Baltika will now be able to use its official Sochi…

  • “Inclusion” Should Not Just be a Theoretical Concept, says Wilfried Lemke

    IPC Press Release Dec 29, 2011: Theoretical Concept, For the last issue of the International Paralympic Committee’s (IPC) magazine, The Paralympian, Wilfried Lemke, Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General on Sport for Development and Peace wrote this article on his vision for sport for persons with a disability. To read a full version of…

  • IYOGOC, Youth Olympic Torch Relay kicks off!

    IYOGOC Innsbruck, Austria, Dec 27, 2011: At 7:45 (CET) this morning, the Youth Olympic Torch Relay kicked off in Innsbruck’s Maria-Theresien-Straße. Mayor Christine Oppitz-Plörer lit the Youth Olympic Torch in the cauldron in front of the Annasäule monument in Innsbruck city centre and then passed it to Vice Provincial Governor Hannes Gschwentner. Peter Bayer, today’s first…

  • Scratching the Surface – a Development Special

    IPC Press Release Dec 26, 2011: Lack of equipment, prejudicial attitudes and meagre finances are all some of the challenges facing developing NPCs, but through some extraordinary work and dedication, the Paralympic Movement is extending its reach.The Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games may have had a tremendous success, with a record number of athletes and countries…