Tag: Sochi 2014
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IOC sanctions Latvian Ice Hockey Player Ralfs Freibergs
Lausanne, April 25: Sochi 2014, The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today announced that Ralfs Freibergs of Latvia has been excluded from the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Freibergs, 23, provided a urine sample on 22 February whose A and B samples indicated the presence of a prohibited substance. The IOC Disciplinary Commission, composed for…
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IOC sanctions Austrian cross-country skier Johannes Duerr
Lausanne, Apr 09, 2014: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today announced that Johannes Duerr of Austria has been excluded from the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Duerr, 27, tested positive on 22 February for the banned substance recombinant erythropoietin (EPO). The IOC Disciplinary Commission, composed for this case of Denis Oswald (Chairman), Gunilla Lindberg…
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IPC presents Paralympic Order to seven individuals
Germany, Mar 20, 2014: Following Sunday night’s spectacular (16 March) Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games Closing Ceremony, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) presented the Paralympic Order – the highest accolade a person connected with the Paralympic Movement can achieve – to seven individuals who played instrumental roles in the success of the Games. At a…
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Rima awarded IPC’s International Women’s Day
Sochi, Mar 8, 2014: Russian Paralympic Committee Vice President and Paralympian Rima Batalova has been awarded the International Paralympic Committee’s (IPC) International Women’s Day Recognition at a ceremony at Sochi 2014 on Saturday (8 March). The 13-time Paralympic champion, who also picked up 18 world titles in an athletics career that spanned three decades, was…
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Sochi 2014 Olympic Torch Relay
Lausanne, Sept 29, 2013: With 132 days to go until the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games, the Olympic flame was lit today in Ancient Olympia, Greece, during a ceremony organised by the Hellenic Olympic Committee (HOC). The lighting marks the symbolic start of the Olympic Torch Relay, which will see the flame…
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Sochi 2014 springing to life with 134 days
Lausanne, Sept 26, 2013: The host city of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games is abuzz with activity with a little over four months to go until the start of the Games on 7 February 2014. The organisers of the Sochi 2014 Games are busy with a number of initiatives aimed at bringing the event to…
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IOC awards broadcast rights in 17 Asian countries
Lausanne – Switzerland, Aug 12, 2013: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today announced it that has reached an agreement with Dentsu Inc. for the Olympic broadcast rights in 17 countries across Asia for the XXII Olympic Winter Games (2014) in Sochi, Russia, the Games of the XXXI Olympiad (2016) in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, and…
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Unveils Olympic/Paralympic Winter Games medals
Sochi, June 04, 2013: UNVEILS, The presentation of the Olympic and Paralympic medals, which will be awarded at the Sochi 2014 Winter Games, took place in St. Petersburg today during the 11th “SportAccord” Annual International Sports Convention. Guests of honor at the ceremony, which is often held in the year before the Games, included IOC…
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EBU and IPC team up for Sochi 2014 Rio 2016
Germany, Feb 28, 2013: The European Broadcasting Union, operating EUROVISION, and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) have formed a multiservice partnership covering the media rights on all platforms for the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games, the Rio 2016 Paralympic Summer Games and various other para-sport events. Under the new terms, the EBU will exploit the…
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Still time for Sochi 2014 Volunteers!
Sochi – Russia, Feb 06, 2013: Volunteers, There is exactly one month left until applications close for those wishing to volunteer at the 2014 Games in Sochi. At the start of December, the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee announced the closing date for registration – March 1, 2013. At the same time, a countdown clock appeared…