Tag: IOC
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Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games taking shape
Lausanne – Switzerland, Oct 11, 2012: Sochi 2014, The eighth visit of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission to Sochi concluded today with Commission Chairman Jean-Claude Killy praising the local organisers of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games for the notable progress they have made in preparations, just weeks before the start of a key…
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World Conference on Sport/Education/Culture
Lausanne – Switzerland, Sept 19, 2012: World Conference, The 8th edition of the IOC World Conference on Sport, Culture and Education will take place from 25 to 27 November 2012 in the city of Amsterdam (Netherlands). The event is being organised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in partnership with the United Nations Educational, Scientific…
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Evaluation Commission to be chaired by Sir Craig
Lausanne – Switzerland, Sept 6, 2012: The IOC is pleased to announce that the Commission to evaluate the candidatures for the 2020 Olympic Games (Istanbul, Tokyo and Madrid*) will be chaired by Sir Craig Reedie, IOC Vice-President and an IOC member in Great Britain. A board member of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic…
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CAS has received the Appeal of Koji Murofushi
Lausanne, September 04, 2012: The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) registered today the statement of appeal filed by the Japanese athlete Koji Murofushi and the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) against the decision of the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) dated 11 August 2012 to withdraw Murofushi as a candidate for election…
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Rugby Family Supports IOC Kit Donation
Dublin – Ireland, September 04, 2012: Family, The International Rugby Board, in collaboration with its kit distribution partner LV= SOS KIT AID, was proud to support the latest edition of the Giving is Winning campaign during the London 2012 Olympic Games. Giving is Winning is a world-wide solidarity campaign of the International Olympic Committee (IOC),…
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Paralympians from Yesteryear to be Torchbearers
London – GBR, August 27, 2012: Five Paralympians who each competed in one of the first four Paralympic Games will act as the first team of torchbearers when the London 2012 Paralympic Torch Relay gets underway on Tuesday evening (28 August. Over the next 24 hours, 580 inspirational torchbearers will carry the Paralympic Flame from…
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IPC Announces Visa Paralympic Hall of Fame
Germany, August 25, 2012: The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced the five individuals who will be inducted into the Visa Paralympic Hall of Fame during the London 2012 Paralympic Games. Athletes Chris Holmes, Trischa Zorn, Louise Sauvage and Roberto Marson – who have 100 Paralympic medals between them – will be inducted on 30…
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Commentary Line-up for London Live Streams
Germany, August 15, 2012: Streams, The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced the names of its nine strong commentary team who will talk viewers through more than 780 hours of live sport on www.paralympic.org during the London 2012 Paralympic Games. The team, who will provide English and Spanish commentary for the IPC, has over 100…
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IOC withdraws gold medal from Nadzeya
London – GBR, August 13, 2012: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today announced that it has disqualified, withdrawn the medal from, and excluded Belarus’s Nadzeya Ostapchuk (athletics, women’s shot put) from the Games of the XXX Olympiad in London. The athlete was first requested to provide a urine sample for a doping control on 5…
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Athletes’ Commission of the IOC
London – GBR, August 11, 2012: Danka Bartekova from Slovakia (shooting), James Tomkins from Australia (rowing), Kirsty Coventry from Zimbabwe (aquatics) and Tony Estanguet from France (canoe-kayak) have been elected to the Athletes’ Commission of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) by their peers at the London 2012 Olympic Games for a term of eight years.…