Category: OLYMPIC
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“Sid the Kid” Crosby becomes fifth and final Youth Olympic Games 2012 Ambassador
International Olympic Committee, Press Release Dec 21, 2011: The International Olympic Committee announced that ice hockey phenomenon Sidney Crosby has become its fifth and final Youth Olympic Games Ambassador for the first edition of the Winter Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck, which will take place from 13 to 22 January 2012. The 24-year-old Canadian joins figure…
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Torchbearers carrying Youth Olympic Flame span 30 countries and seven decades!
Innsbruck, Austria, IYOGOC Press Release, Dec 21, 2011: With exactly one week to go until the start of the Youth Olympic Flame, Youth Olympic Torch Relay, the names of all 2012 Torchbearers – with the exception of the final runners who will carry the Torch into Bergisel Stadium at the Opening Ceremony on 13 January 2012 – have…
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Youth Olympic flame lights up for Innsbruck 2012
Athens, Greece (International Olympic Committee), Dec 18, 2011: Innsbruck 2012, The flame for the first Winter Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck, Austria, was lit today in Athens, marking the first time in modern Olympic history the flame has been lit for three Olympic events taking place in the same city. In addition to hosting the…
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IOC Awards Broadcast Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa for the London 2012 Olympic Games
International Olympic Committee, Press Release, Dec 16, 2011: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has awarded the exclusive terrestrial television, and non-exclusive radio and mobile platform broadcast rights in Sub Saharan Africa for the London 2012 Olympic Games to Octagon, it was announced today. IOC President Jacques Rogge said, “We are delighted to have reached this agreement with…
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International Paralympic Committee (IPC) News Box…..
IPC News Box, The 15th International Paralympic Committee (IPC) General Assembly came to a close in Beijing, China on Sunday (11 December) with members receiving a review of the last Paralympic Winter Games as well as updates on the next four editions of the Games. Dena Coward, former Director of Paralympic Games at the Vancouver Organizing…
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Olympians countdown to Innsbruck 2012 on Patscherkofel Mountain
Innsbruck, Austria, IYOGOC Media Release, Dec 12, 2011: Patscherkofel Mountain, Just one month before the start of the 1st Winter Youth Olympic Games, Patscherkofel – the location for the Alpine Skiing events between 13 and 22 January– welcomed a host of Innsbruck 1964 and 1976 medallists to launch the final countdown to Innsbruck 2012. Invited by…
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Sochi 2014 Announces Its Supplier in “Staff Assessment Products” Category
Sochi 2014, News: Staff Assessment Products, One of the leading Russian HR companies – Detech – has been confirmed as the supplier to the Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Games in “Staff Assessment Products” category. The agreement was signed by Dmitry Chernyshenko, the President and CEO of the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee, and Svetlana Simonenko, Managing…
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France to Host 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships & New IPC Swimming Classification Programme Launched
IPC Press Release Dec 09, 2011: IPC Swimming Classification Programme, The French city of Lyon will host to the 2013 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletics World Championships, the IPC announced on Friday (9 December). The Championships – the first major international Athletics event following the London 2012 Paralympic Games – will run from 20-29 July…
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Grand Opening of the 2011 IPC General Assembly
Beijing, Dec 09, 2011: Hosted by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), organized by the Beijing Municipal Government and the Beijing Olympic City Development Association (BODA), the opening ceremony of the 2011 IPC General Assembly and Conference was staged at the China National Convention Center in the Beijing Olympic Park on December 8, 2011. Liu Qi,…
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Lillehammer named Winter Youth Olympic Games host for 2016
International Olympic Committee, Press Release, Dec 07, 2011: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today named Lillehammer, Norway, as the host city of the 2nd Lillehammer Winter Youth Olympic Games 2016. Lillehammer, which hosted the 1994 Olympic Winter Games, was elected by the IOC members via postal vote, the deadline for which was 5 December. As the only city…