Tag: Olympic
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17th OCM Executive Board Meeting 2013
Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia: 17th OCM Executive Board Meeting 2013 – Tuesday, 8th January 2013 at 4.30 p.m. at OCM Boardroom, 1st Floor, Wisma OCM, Kuala Lumpur. 16th National Olympic Academy Session for Young Participants 2013 – from Monday, 25th February (arrival) to Friday, 1st March 2013 (departure), at Wisma OCM, Kuala Lumpur. Sukan Malaysia…
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World Conference on Sport, Culture and Education
Lausanne, Nov 27: The 8th World Conference on Sport, Culture and Education came to a successful conclusion in Amsterdam (Netherlands) today, with more than 500 participants from 110 countries issuing a call to action in a unanimously approved final Declaration. The Amsterdam Declaration was tabled by International Olympic Committee (IOC) Commission for Culture and Olympic…
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CITYevents 2012 Bidding to host a sport event
LAUSANNE, Switzerland – CITYevents, On 14-16 November 2012, cities gathered with International Sport Federations and sport events stakeholders in Lausanne, the Olympic Capital. Over 235 participants and 20 journalists from 42 different nationalities gathered to discuss about ways to implement winning bids to host international sporting events. Under the theme «Preparing to bid and bidding…
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Successful IOC Debriefing of London 2012
Lausanne – Switzerland, Nov 21: The International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s Debriefing of the London 2012 Games wrapped up today in Rio de Janeiro, bringing a close to a week-long transfer of knowledge between organisers of the Games of the XXX Olympiad and future host cities. Representatives from the IOC and the London 2012 Organising Committee…
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London 2012 Paralympic debrief to begin in Rio
Germany, Nov 20: The organizing committee of what International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Sir Philip Craven described as the best ever Paralympic Games will share their knowledge and experiences of London 2012 with future organizing committees and the 2020 candidate cities this week in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Starting on Wednesday (21 November), around 50…
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IOC strips Uzbek wrestler Soslan Tigiev
Lausanne – Switzerland, Nov 07: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today announced that it has disqualified Uzbek wrestler Soslan Tigiev from the men’s 74kg freestyle wrestling event during the Games of the XXX Olympiad in London, where he placed third. Immediately after his participation in the event on 10 August, Tigiev, 29, provided a urine…
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IOC Executive Board meeting in December 2012
Lausanne – Switzerland, Oct 24, 2012: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board (EB) will meet in Lausanne on 4 and 5 December 2012. On the first day, the EB will have a joint meeting with the Executive Council of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC). The EB will then hear reports from IOC…
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Activities could act as blueprint for future Games
Germany, Oct 22, 2012: With Tuesday (23 October) marking 500 days to go until the next Paralympic Winter Games, International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Sir Philip Craven has said he expects Sochi 2014 to continue the Paralympic Movement’s positive momentum and, in terms of accessibility, act as the blueprint for years to come. Nearly 700…
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Five YOG 2018 candidate cities submit their Files
Lausanne – Switzerland, Oct 16, 2012: YOG 2018, The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today announced that it has received the Candidature Files of five Candidate Cities bidding to host the 2018 Youth Olympic Games. Buenos Aires (ARG), Glasgow (GBR), Guadalajara (MEX), Medellin (COL) and Rotterdam (NED)* all delivered their files by the deadline of 15…
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Athlete of the Month shortlist for Best Team
Germany, Oct 16, 2012: The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has revealed the shortlist for the Best Team of the Month for August and September combined based on performances at the London 2012 Paralympic Games, and the public can now vote for the winner on www.paralympic.org. The finalists for the team award include: – Australia wheelchair…