Tag: Thomas Bach
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Thomas Bach lauds BWF integrity and development
Kuala Lumpur, July 27, 2015: International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach praised the BWF for its record in ensuring badminton’s integrity during a visit to Badminton Association of Malaysia’s National Training Centre today. Bach, who is in Kuala Lumpur for the 128th IOC Session, watched Malaysia’s next generation of Olympic hopefuls going through training drills…
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London 2012 legacy continues
Lausanne, July 25, 2014: London 2012 legacy, Almost two years to the day from the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games (27 July 2012), a new report from the British Government shows that the Olympic Games continue to provide significant legacies for the city of London – and Britain as a whole. International…
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Olympic Summit gives full support
Lausanne, July 19, 2014: Olympic agenda 2020, Leading representatives of the Olympic Movement met in Lausanne today, with the Olympic Agenda 2020 process central to their discussions. Sports leaders heard updates on the proposals that have so far been generated on Olympic Agenda 2020, the strategic roadmap for the future of the Olympic Movement, which…
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IOC Announces Bridgestone
Lausanne, June 13, 2014: The IOC today announced that The Bridgestone Corporation (Bridgestone) has joined The Olympic Partner (TOP) programme. The announcement was made at a joint press conference today hosted by IOC President Thomas Bach and Masaaki Tsuya, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Bridgestone, in the 2020 Olympic Games host city Tokyo,…
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UCI President and DG meet IOC President
London, June 12, 2014: Cycling Council, The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) President Brian Cookson and Director General Martin Gibbs yesterday met with Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Director General Christophe De Kepper at the IOC headquarters in Lausanne (Switzerland) ahead of a two-day UCI Management Committee meeting which is also…
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Composition of Working Groups by IOC
Lausanne, May 22, 2014: In another key milestone in the process of building Olympic Agenda 2020, a strategic roadmap for the future of the Olympic Movement, IOC President Thomas Bach today released the membership of the 14 Working Groups which will help frame some of the key recommendations. Each group will be made up of…
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IOC President meets the King of Norway
Monaco, May 19, 2014: The President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach, today met His Majesty the King of Norway Harald V, at the Royal Castle in Oslo, ahead of a visit to Lillehammer for meetings with the local organisers of the Lillehammer 2016 Winter Youth Olympic Games. President Bach spoke at length…
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IOC helps Ukrainian athletes
Lausanne, May 14, 2014: Ukrainian athletes, The IOC is following the political, economic and social developments in Ukraine with the greatest attention and growing concern. Also the situation of Ukrainian athletes, including those who have so successfully represented their country in the recent Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, which has dramatically deteriorated. For all these…
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IOC President meets President of the Swiss Confederation
Lausanne, May 9, 2014: The President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach, today welcomed the President of the Swiss Confederation, Didier Burkhalter, for a one-hour meeting at the IOC headquarters in Lausanne before inviting him to visit the newly renovated Olympic Museum. The two leaders discussed a number of items of common interest,…
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IOC President announces commissions
Lausanne, Apr 02, 2014: International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach today announced the composition of the IOC commissions for 2014, with an increase in female members (23 per cent) and a much broader geographical representation. The make-up of the commissions, which provide assistance to the IOC and Olympic Games Organising Committees, reflects the Olympic…