Tag: Olympic
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Record Number of Female Athletics Events Proposed for Rio
Bonn-Germany, May 30, 2012: Female Athletics, IPC Athletics, the international governing body of para-athletics, has published its first draft of the medal event programme for the Rio 2016 Paralympics more than 1,550 days before the start of the Games. The draft Rio programme features 176 different medal events, six more than London 2012, and proposes…
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BETH TWEDDLE – Not an Ordinary Gymnast: Games of the XXX Olympiad
LAUSANNE (SUI), May 29, 2012: Beth Tweddle (GBR) is happy to admit that she has never been an ordinary gymnast. “I wasn’t your ideal gymnast, I wasn’t the ideal weight, height, shape,” she reflects. “Had anyone said to Amanda [Reddin, her coach] that ‘she is going to be a world champion, she is going to…
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Olympic Council of Malaysia Weekly Highlights
Kuala Lumpur-Malaysia, May 27, 2012: Please find below Weekly Highlights of Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM). 11th Joint International Session for Presidents or Directors of National Olympic Academies and officials of National Olympic Committees – 24th to 31st May 2012 at Olympia, Greece. 32nd MILO Malaysia Youth Table Tennis Championships – 27th to 30th May…
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IOC and USOC sign important financial accord
Lausanne-Switzerland, May 24, 2012: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) today announced the signing of a new revenue-sharing agreement that will govern the financial relationship between the two parties for two decades, beginning in 2020. “The USOC is an absolutely crucial pillar in the Olympic Movement”, said IOC President…
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Doha 2020 Comments on IOC Candidate City Shortlist Decision
Quebec-Canada, May 24, 2012: The Doha 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games Bid Committee today made the following statement following the decision by the International Olympic Committee [IOC] Executive Board not to shortlist Doha as a Candidate City to host the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. H.E. Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, General Secretary of the…
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ATR Newsmaker Breakfast Québec City
(Québec City) – Canada, May 22, 2012: SportAccord delegates in Québec City can hear from some of the world’s best Olympic beat reporters on issues such as possible new sports and the shortlist for the 2020 Games at the Around the Rings Newsmaker Breakfast Thursday, May 24. Stephen Wilson of the AP, Hiroki Shoda of…
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Coming Events of Olympic Council of Malaysia
110th Malaysian Amateur Open 2012 – 24th to 27th May 2012 at Glenmarie Golf Country Club. 11th Joint International Session for Presidents or Directors of National Olympic Academies and officials of National Olympic Committees – 24th to 31st May 2012 at Olympia, Greece. 2012 Malaysian Nationals (Waterski & Wakeboard) – 25th to 27th May 2012…
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broadcast quality footage available of athletes qualified
Lausanne-Switzerland, May 16, 2012: The IOC has made available free broadcast quality footage of inspiring young London 2012 medal hopefuls for whom the Youth Olympic Games served as the springboard to their success. The IOC has followed their remarkable journeys from Singapore 2010 to London 2012 qualification, and we bring you their stories in two…
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London 2012 – Olympic flame lit at Olympia
Lausanne-switzerland, May 10, 2012: With only 78 days until the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games, the Olympic flame was today lit at Olympia during a ceremony organized by the Hellenic Olympic Committee (HOC). The lighting symbolically marks the beginning of the Torch Relay that will bring the flame to the Olympic Stadium…
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IOC and IPC Extend Co-operation Agreement Until 2020
Bonn-Germany May 09, 2012: Co-operation Agreement, The 2018 and 2020 Paralympic Games will be held in the same city as the Olympic Games after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and International Paralympic Committee (IPC) today (8 May) signed an extension to their current agreement which sees the IOC support the IPC and the Paralympic Games.…