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  • IOC announces composition of Tokyo 2020

    Lausanne, Oct 16, 2013: Composition, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has appointed IOC Vice-President John Coates as Chairman of the Coordination Commission for the Games of the XXXII Olympiad ¬- Tokyo 2020; and Frank Fredericks as Chairman of the Coordination Commission for the 3rd Summer Youth Olympic Games – Buenos Aires 2018. Coates…

  • Irena Szewinska to be inducted into the IAAF Hall of Fame

    Irena Szewinska to be inducted into the IAAF Hall of Fame

    Monte-Carlo, May 17, 2012: Poland’s Irena Szewinska, the multiple Olympic champion and World record breaker is the latest athletics legend to be named as one of the 24 inaugural Members of the IAAF Hall of Fame. The announcement of this honour comes ahead of this weekend’s Samsung Irena Run on Saturday 19 May, a 5km…