Category: OLYMPIC
-
IOC congratulates Tokyo 2020 as Olympic Torch Relay gets underway in Japan
Lausanne, March 25, 2021: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has congratulated the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee on the start of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Relay, today, in Fukushima, Japan. The Grand Start of the Olympic Torch Relay marks the start of the Olympic flame’s journey across all of Japan’s 47 prefectures, before it arrives…
-
IOC and IPC respect and accept Japanese decision on overseas spectators
Lausanne, March 20, 2021: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) today informed by the Japanese parties in the five-parties meeting about their conclusion regarding overseas spectators at the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 this summer. For the reason of the safety of every Games participant and the Japanese people,…
-
Thomas Bach re-elected as IOC President for second term
Lausanne, March 10, 2021: Olympic champion Thomas Bach has re-elected for an additional four-year term as President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). At the 137th IOC Session held virtually today, the 67-year-old German received 93 yes and 1 no votes from the 94 valid votes. Thomas Bach, who won gold in with the German…
-
Agreement signed between the Olympic Refuge Foundation and France
Lausanne, February 18, 2021: The Chair of the Olympic Refuge Foundation (ORF), Thomas Bach, and Roxana Maracineanu, the French Minister for Sport, signed an agreement in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Monday 15 February 2021 confirming France’s financial support for the work of the ORF. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has supported refugees through sport since 1994,…
-
At the Tokyo Games, women eye power
Tokyo, February 15, 2021: Time is running out. With 158 days before the alleged opening of the Tokyo Games (July 23rd to August 8th), the organising committee has yet to decide whether the next Olympic event will take place in the presence of an audience. Since the end of last week, they also need to…
-
IOC and IPC praise engagement and optimisations central to Paris 2024’s plans to deliver new era of Games
Lausanne, December 2, 2020: On 1 and 2 December 2020, a joint Delivery Partners Meeting, a Coordination Commission update and a Joint Steering Forum, involving the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and International Paralympic Committee (IPC), Paris 2024 and its local stakeholders, were organised remotely. This gave the Organising Committee the opportunity to provide updates on…
-
IPC and Commonwealth Games Federation form new partnership
November 25, 2020: The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) have signed a new co-operation agreement that will strengthen Para sport at the Commonwealth Games and across the Commonwealth. As a major global multi-sport event that first featured Para athletes at the 1994 edition, the Commonwealth Games has continued striving for…
-
World leaders at G20 Summit express support for Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022
Lausanne, Nov 22, 2020: The world’s leaders assembled at the virtual G20 Leaders’ Summit, hosted by the G20 presidency of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, have expressed their strong support for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 and the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022. The final declaration of the Summit said: “As a symbol…
-
IOC back in Tokyo as world prepares for next year’s Games
Lausanne, Nov 18, 2020: For the first time since February 2020, the IOC’s Coordination Commission Chair, John Coates, returned to Japan with IOC President Thomas Bach for the joint International Olympic Committee (IOC), International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and Tokyo 2020 Project Review. The meetings, held between 16 and 18 November, reaffirmed the full commitment of…
-
48th EOC General Assembly kicks off in Warsaw
Warsaw, Oct 25, 2019: The 48th General Assembly of the European Olympic Committees (EOC) got under way today in Warsaw, Poland. International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach provided the welcome address for the two-day meeting, encouraging the EOC to build on the great success of the 2019 European Games in Minsk, which he attended…