Tag: OLYMPIAN
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Olympians elect Bjørndalen and Wickenheiser
Sochi, Feb 20, 2014: Ole Einar Bjørndalen from Norway (biathlon) and Hayley Wickenheiser from Canada (ice hockey) have been elected to the Athletes’ Commission of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) by their peers at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games for a term of approximately eight years. A new Olympic record was set by the…
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1st Women’s Challenge Cup Hockey Tournament
Lahore – Pakistan, Dec 30: The Inaugural Ceremony of 1st Women’s Challenge Cup Hockey Tournament was performed by Mrs. Chetna Batra w/o Dr. Narinder Batra, Secretary General HOCKEY INDIA at National Hockey Stadium, Pitch-II, Lahore on 30th December 2012 on the 2nd match between WAPDA/PUNJAB. On the occasion, Olympian Muhammad Asif Bajwa, Secretary General PHF,…
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IOC selects three cities as Candidates for the 2020 Olympic Games
Lausanne-Switzerland, May 24, 2012: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced today that Istanbul (Turkey), Tokyo (Japan) and Madrid (Spain)* have made it on to the shortlist of cities bidding to host the 2020 Olympic Games. The Candidate Cities were accepted from among five Applicant Cities, which also included Baku (Azerbaijan) and Doha (Qatar). Please click…
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Russia’s Petushkov Wins IPC Athlete of the Month for January
Russian Nordic Skier Roman Petushkov has received the International Paralympic Committee’s (IPC) Athlete of the Month award for January for consistently medalling gold in every race at the IPC Nordic Skiing World Cup in Cable/Minneapolis from 26 January to 2 February 2012. Petushkov, who turns 34 later this week on 18 February, received 47 per…