Category: OLYMPIC
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IPC President Thrilled “Games are Coming Home.”
Games Coming Home, International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Sir Philip Craven is thrilled that this year Paralympic Sport returns to the UK, its spiritual home, with this summer’s Paralympic Games in London starting on 29 August. The 11 days of competition in the British capital will see almost 4,200 athletes battle it out across 20 sports…
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12th OCM Conference 2011, Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) Weekly Highlights
Kuala Lumpur-Malaysia Jan 19, 2012: The 12th OCM Conference 2011 will be held on Saturday, 10th March 2012, at 9.30 a.m., at Level 2C, OCM Indoor Sports Complex, Wisma OCM, Kuala Lumpur. The main speaker will be Prof. Leigh Robinson, the Lead Consultant of the Research Study on ‘Developing the Sport Industry’ of Malaysia. The Theme…
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Winter Youth Olympic Games reaches halfway mark
Lausanne (SUI), International Olympic Committee (IOC), Jan 18, 2012: The President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Jacques Rogge, praised the inaugural edition of the Winter Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck as the event reached its halfway mark today. “After the success of Singapore, it is heartwarming to witness a city come alive once again with the…
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Moroccan Powerlifter Suspended after Anti-Doping Rule Violation
Jan 16, 2012: The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced that the Moroccan Power lifter Youssef Assouggane has been suspended for two years for an Anti-Doping Rule Violation. Assouggane returned an adverse analytical finding for 19-norandrosterone and 19-noretiocholanolone in a urine sample provided on 18 October 2011 during the IPC Power lifting Khorfakkan International 3rd Championship…
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Canada’s Starker Wins IPC Athlete of the Month for December
IPC News, Jan 13, 2012: Canadian alpine skier Alexandra Starker has received the International Paralympic Committee’s (IPC) Athlete of the Month award for December after winning both days of the Giant Slalom and Slalom Standing competitions at the NORAM Cup on Copper Mountain in Colorado, USA, from 12-15 December. Starker received 51 per cent of…
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First Winter Youth Olympic Games kick off in Innsbruck
Lausanne (SUI), International Olympic Committee (IOC), Jan 13, 2011: The First Winter Youth Olympic Games Innsbruck officially got under way today with an opening Ceremony at the Bergisel stadium, the iconic Olympic venue in the heart of Austria’s Tyrolean capital, Innsbruck. With the snow-capped mountains providing a breathtaking backdrop, over 1,000 athletes aged 15 to 18 marched…
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McDonald’s extends Olympic Games partnership through to 2020
Lausanne (SUI), Jan 13, 2011: McDonalds extends Olympic Games, The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and McDonald’s Corporation announced today that McDonald’s has extended its global sponsorship agreement until 2020. The announcement was made at the first ever Winter Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck, Austria, in the presence of IOC President Jacques Rogge and McDonald’s President…
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Coverage of Innsbruck 2012 – Information for the Media
International Olympic Committee (IOC) Jan 10, 2012: Coverage Innsbruck 2012, There are just three days to go until the Opening Ceremony of the first Winter Youth Olympic Games, being held from 13 to 22 January. For those who are travelling to Innsbruck, and for those who will be reporting on the event remotely, you will…
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Two hundred days to go to London 2012
FEI-Lausanne (SUI), Jan 09, 2012: Two hundred days, Twenty one nations are celebrating their Olympic qualification today, 9 January, which marks the 200-day countdown to London 2012 and 100 years of equestrian sport in the Olympic movement. Eleven countries have now secured the opportunity to join the nine nations already qualified at the Alltech FEI World…
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How to follow the first ever Winter Youth Olympic Games, Innsbruck 2012
International Olympic Committee (IOC), Jan 09, 2012: The Winter Youth Olympic Games Innsbruck 2012 will take place in Innsbruck, Austria, from 13 to 22 January and you can follow them from wherever you are in the world. News, interviews and loads more exclusive content from Innsbruck 2012 can be viewed on olympic.org and Innsbruck2012.com, while daily highlights…