CONI submits joint three-city bid with Milan, Turin and Cortina
- CONI
The Italian National Olympic Committee unanimously resolves to send the proposal for candidacy for the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games of the cities of Milan, Turin and Cortina for an innovative project intended to guarantee a balance between the respective territorial areas through the reinforcement of cohesion and respect between the areas identified to host the Games and the identification of solutions that provide the best chance for success of the candidacies for all of Italy.
Malagò proposed for Membership."Great honor,Thank you President Bach, it’s a recognition for Italy”
- IOC
The Executive Board (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will propose the President of CONI, Giovanni Malagò and other 8 new Members for election at the IOC Session ahead of the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires in October.
Five of these nine proposed new Members are Individual Members. Amongst these five are three women and two men, , inclusing Malagò.
In line with Olympic Agenda 2020, the IOC's strategic roadmap for the future of the Olympic Movement, the IOC Members Election Commission, chaired by HRH The Princess Royal, proposed these five to the EB following a targeted recruitment process guided by a specific set of criteria.
Four of the nine new proposed Members, in accordance with the Olympic Charter, are representatives of the constituents of the Olympic Movement: the National Olympic Committees (NOCs), the International Federations (IFs) and organisations recognised by the IOC. These four have been chosen in close consultation with the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) and the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF).
These nine candidates offer various skillsets and come from backgrounds as diverse as sport, communications, business administration, international relations, women's advocacy, finance, social welfare, economics and NGOs. All of them can bring skills and experience needed by the IOC, and aim to further strengthen the ranks of the Olympic Movement in the years to come.
All proposed members have been vetted by the IOC Ethics Commission, which has conducted integrity checks.
The nine candidates are:
Five proposed Individual Members:
Daina GUDZINEVICIUTE
(Female, Lithuania, President of the Lithuanian Olympic Committee, 23.12.1965)
Felicite Rwemarika
(Female, Rwanda, 1st Vice-President of the Rwandan Olympic Committee, 09.03.1958)
Camilo Pérez Lopéz Moreira
(Male, Paraguay, President of the Paraguayan Olympic Committee, 31.03.1969)
Giovanni Malagò
(Male, Italy, President of the Italian Olympic Committee, 13.03.1959)
Samira Asghari
(Female, Afghanistan, 31.03.1994)
Two proposed Members whose candidatures are linked to a function within an NOC or world or continental association of NOCs:
William Frederick Blick
(Male, Uganda, President of the Ugandan Olympic Committee, 17.10.1974)
HRH Prince Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck
(Male, Bhutan, President of the Bhutanese Olympic Committee, 16.07.1984)
Two proposed Members whose candidatures are linked to a function within an IF or association of IFs, or an organisation recognised by the IOC:
Morinari Watanabe
(Male, Japan, President of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG), 21.02.1959)
Andrew Parsons
(Male, Brazil, President of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), 10.02.1977)
IOC President Thomas Bach said: "In line with the recommendations of Olympic Agenda 2020, the IOC is constantly aiming at a more diverse and inclusive membership. The Olympic Movement would benefit significantly from the expertise of these nine candidates that we are proposing to the next IOC Session. Their extensive knowledge of the sports movement will add extra strength and experience to the universal college of IOC members."
The addition of nine new Members would bring the total number of IOC Members to 106. The 133rd IOC Session is scheduled to take place from 8 to 9 October 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
CONI President Giovanni Malagò said: "Malagò: “It is a great honor for me. I thank President Bach for the trust he has placed in me. It is a recognition for my country and for the world of sport that I have always loved and that I will continue to love forever. It will be a role that will allow me to be even closer to the great challenges facing Italy at an international level”.
Giulio Napolitano appointed member of ICAS
- 2019-2022
The International Council of Arbitration for Sport (ICAS) acknowledges the appointment of the first eleven council members for its next four-year term which will begin on 1 January 2019.
ICAS is the governing body of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and manages its administration and finances. It is composed of twenty international judges or lawyers active in the judiciary, international arbitration and sports administration.
Four members are appointed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), four by the Association of National Olympic Committee (ANOC), three by the Association of the Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) and one by the Association of International Olympic Winter Federations (AIOWF). These 12 members will then appoint the remaining 8 ICAS members in November 2018. The elections for the positions of ICAS President, Vice-Presidents, and Division Presidents and their deputies will be held in May/June 2019.
The 11 ICAS members who have been now appointed or re-appointed for the 2019-2022 term are:
By the IOC (all chosen from outside the IOC membership):
Justice Yvonne Mokgoro (South Africa), former judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa
Judge Patrick Robinson (Jamaica), new, judge at the International Court of Justice in The Hague
Dr Elisabeth Steiner (Austria), new, attorney at law, former judge at the European Court of Human Rights
Judge Hanqin Xue (China), judge at the International Court of Justice in The Hague
By ANOC:
Dr Abdullah Al Hayyan (Kuwait), professor of law (chosen from outside the ANOC membership)
Mr Scott Blackmun (USA), lawyer, former CEO United States Olympic Committee (chosen from outside the ANOC membership)
Mr John Coates (Australia), lawyer, President Australian Olympic Committee (chosen from within the ANOC membership)
Prof. Giulio Napolitano (Italy), new, attorney at law (chosen from outside the ANOC membership)
By ASOIF:
Mr Antonio Arimany (Spain), new, lawyer, Secretary General International Triathlon Union (chosen from within the ASOIF membership)
Mr Mikael Rentsch (Switzerland/Sweden), new, legal director Fédération Equestre Internationale (chosen from within the ASOIF membership)
A third member will be appointed in the next weeks.
By AIOWF:
Ms Corinne Schmidhauser (Switzerland), lawyer, former World Cup winner and Olympian in alpine skiing (chosen from outside the AIOWF membership)
The CAS is an independent institution, based in Lausanne, involved in resolving legal disputes in the field of sport through arbitration and mediation. The CAS jurisdiction is recognized by all Olympic sports federations and many nonOlympic federations. The CAS registers around 600 cases each year.
Beijing 2022 and Tokio 2020 sports programmes full of passion
- CIO
The programme features the addition of signature new events with monobob and freestyle ski big air, as well as dynamic mixed team formats including short track mixed relay, a ski jumping mixed team event, mixed gender team aerials and a snowboard cross mixed team event.
IOC Sports Director Kit McConnell said: "The addition of these new events for Beijing 2022 reflects our continued commitment to make the Olympic Games programmes more youthful and gender balanced. I am very pleased to see the increase of female athletes, especially in such exciting, ground-breaking events. At the same time, we are sending a message that the size of the Olympic Winter Games is being directly addressed."
In addition to creating a youth-oriented programme, it is also a significant step towards achieving the 50 per cent gender balance at the Olympic Winter Games for both athletes and events, which is a clear objective of Olympic Agenda 2020. Beijing 2022 will see more female athletes and women's events than any other Olympic Winter Games, with female quota positions increasing from 41 per cent to 45.44 per cent.
With this decision, Skating joins the International Federations of Biathlon and Curling in reaching gender equality on their Olympic programmes, while the Bobsleigh and Skeleton, Hockey, Luge and Ski federations have all increased female participation.
The disciplines of skeleton, speed skating, Alpine skiing, cross country, freestyle and snowboard will all move to gender balance for the first time.
The overall number of athletes has been reduced by 41 to reach 2,892, which is within the Olympic Charter framework. With no new venues or fields of play needed for the new events, the programme aligns with recommendations set out in Olympic Agenda 2020 and is another step to reducing the overall size of the Games.
The full programme of the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 is available here.
Action-packed Tokyo 2020 competition session schedule approved
The EB also approved the Tokyo 2020 competition schedule by session, which will offer Olympic fans around the world gripping action across 17 days of competition.
"Tokyo 2020 put forward a competition schedule that focuses on athlete and spectator experience, as well as gender equality," said IOC Coordination Commission Chair John Coates. "The universal appeal of the session schedule, combined with the debut of several events and sports, will make for thrilling Olympic Games for sports enthusiasts everywhere."
Youthful and urban-focused events such as basketball 3x3, skateboarding, surfing and sport climbing will feature throughout the Games schedule. Sports will also be played in venues in the Fukushima, Ibaraki and Miyagi prefectures, which were among those most affected by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.
It was also confirmed that softball will be organised as a single round robin competition, while baseball will feature a format of two groups of three teams, followed by a knockout phase.
Tokyo 2020 will now focus on developing the detailed competition schedule by event – which will determine which event goes into which session – in close collaboration with the International Federations and the IOC.
CONI’s National Council has unanimously decided to put forward a bid of an italian City
- 2026 WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES
CONI’s National Council:
- following the press release from the Presidency of the Council of Ministers of 6 July 2018 acknowledging the willingness of the municipalities of Cortina, Milan and Turin to put forward their nomination to host the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games and expressing the support of the government to the Italian candidature, the proposal for which falls within the competence of CONI (Italian National Olympic Committee), subject to every possible attempt to find shared solutions relating to, as a priority, the containment of overall costs and the enhancement of the event’s cost/benefit ratio, also taking into account the sustainability of the project at social and environmental level, and of the legacy of the Games for the town, the country and future generations;
- having received and reviewed the feasibility studies submitted by the deadline of 3 July 2018;
- believing that the Olympic and Paralympic Games represent a great opportunity for bringing the Country together and that they must receive the united support of all local and national institutions;
- considering that in pursuant of art. 27 paragraph 4 of the Olympic Charter of the International Olympic Committee, the NOC has the exclusively authority to select and designate the City which may apply to organize the Olympic Games in its territory;
- following the proposal of CONI’s Executive Board made today;
has resolved
to put forward to the IOC the nomination of one Italian City for the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. The name of the City will be decided at the next meeting of the National Council, after a specific Evaluation Committee, named by the National Board (see below the composition) has examined in detail the three feasibility studies and drawn up a report in accordance with the following guidelines:
1) General overview of the strategic reasons for the City to be put forward;
2) The international appeal of the City also in relation to the possible competition from other bidding cities;
3) Containment of costs and enhancement of cost/benefit ratio;
4) The full and unconditional support of the City Councils in question;
5) The political support offered by the Regions and/or Provinces involved;
6) The soundness of the project also in reference to the quality of the experience proposed for athletes and the initiatives to involve residents and the public in the event;
7) The sustainability of the project at economic, financial, social and environmental levels
8) The considerations of the legacy of the Games for the City, future generations, the Country and the Olympic movement;
9) The respect of international regulations and of the standards required by the International Olympic Committee, in particular the principles included in the Host City Contract sent by the IOC and CONI to the City;
10) Sustainable mobility systems, compatible with the project;
11) The adequacy of the energy, IT and telecommunication systems in place in the territory;
12) The possibility of synergies between different locations, always from a point of view of putting forward to the International Olympic Committee a credible and innovative project;
13) Lastly, on the basis of the previous considerations, the identification of a solution with the best guarantees of success for Italy.
The Commission will be coordinated by CONI’s General Secretary, Carlo Mornati, and will include:
Franco Chimenti CONI’s Deputy Vice President
Alessandra Sensini CONI’ Vice President
Flavio Roda President of the Italian Ski Federation and International Ski
Federation Executive Board Member
Andrea Gios President of Italian Ice Sports Federation
Valentina Marchei CONI’s Athlete Commission representative
Jacopo Luchini Paralympic Athlete representative
Franco Carraro IOC Member
Mario Pescante IOC Member
Ivo Ferriani IOC Member and President of the International Bobsleigh &
Skeleton Federation
Manuela Di Centa IOC Honorary Member and twice Olympic Gold Medal in
Cross-country
Ottavio Cinquanta IOC Honorary Member and former President of the
International Skating Union
Rome, July 10th 2018
CONI’s National Council has unanimously decided to put forward a bid of an italian City
CONI received the feasibility studies of Cortina, Milan and Turin
- 2026 Olympic Games
The Italian National Olympic Committee today received, by certified mail and by the deadlines established, the feasibility studies relative to the application for the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games of the cities of Cortina, Milan and Turin.
These documents will be brought to the attention of the National Council for the subsequent fulfillments relative to the CIO rules and the Olympic Charter.
Tarragona says goodbye to the Games. Malagò: 156 medals, proud of our athletes
- MEDITERRANEAN GAMES
Medals, joy, disappointments, tears and emotion. Tarragona says goodbye to the XVIII Mediterranean Games, while the most significant images of this Catalan adventure are projected on the screens of the Estadi Club Gimnàstic, during the closing ceremony that took place this evening. Once again, as has been happening since Almeria 2005, Italy ends at the top of the medal count, with its 156 medals (56 gold, 55 silver, 45 bronze): too many to be reached by the home team of Spain which ended at 122 (38 gold, 40 silver, 44 bronze). An abyss that was impossible for Turkey to climb, third at 95 (31-25-39).
One hundred fifty six jewels that the Italian delegation is bringing home thanks to its men and women.
“Italy’s confirmation at the top of the medal count fills me with pride - wrote the Chairman of CONI, Giovanni Malagò, on Twitter who showed his support during his visit at the beginning of the week -. I thank all of you, dear Italian team, for receiving such great honours at this great sports event”. To a team - the largest of the 26 with its 407 athletes among the 3600 athletes present here in Catalonia - that had come to the Games with the forty-eight year old Giovanni Pellierlo, the oldest standard bearer of all time in the history of the Italian multi-discipline events (having passed D’Inzeo, standard bearer at 43 years of age in Mexico ‘68) and who says goodbye making Luca Spirito standard bearer, captain of Italvolley which today beat Spain, giving Italy the well-deserved golden conclusion.
If on 22 June, the opening ceremony was welcomed by King Felipe VI, present in the stands with the new premier, Pedro Sanchez, the closing ceremony, was characterized by the performance of the Catalan singer, Alvaro Soler, who offered the ‘tormentoni’ “Sofia” and “la Cintura”, and saw the handover with Oran. Representing the Algerian city, which in 2021 will host the XIX Edition, was the mayor Noureddine Boukhatem, introduced by the Chairman of the International Committee of the Mediterranean Games, Amar Addadi. Tarragona is already over, we will see each other again in Oran where Italy, certainly, will once against be a star.
Giovanni Pellielo elected to the Athletes Commission of the International Committee of the Mediterranean Games
- CIJM
Giovanni Pellielo, timeless Skeet Shooting champion and Italian flag bearer at Tarragona 2018, was elected to the Athletes Commission of the International Committee of the Mediterranean Games. Together with the four-time Olympic medallist the following also joined the body: the Spanish swimmer, Mireia Belmonte (Chair), the Greek gymnast Vassilik Milllousi and the Algerian boxer, Mohamed Flissi. The Commission was created in November 2013 and is composed of 2 men and 2 women to comply with gender equality: the candidates must have participated in at least one of the last 3 Games. Among the ten candidates were - in addition to the Judo Olympic medallist and member of the National Council of CONI, Giulia Quintavalle - Bujas Celan (Croatia, Karate), Soraya Haddad (Algeria, Judo), Marijo Moznik (Croatia, Artistic Gumnastics), Tatar Askari (Turkey, Taekwondo) and Ibrahim Colak (Turkey, Artistic Gymnastics).
Italy mathematically wins the medal count of the Games
- TARRAGONA 2018
Italy wins the medal count of the XVIII Edition of the Mediterranean Games. The victory of the boxer, Di Serio, in fact gave the Italian athletes the mathematical certainty of 1st place in the special podium classification: with 49 gold medals their credit - and 139 medals overall - the Italian team cannot be reached by Spain - right behind -, at the moment stopped at 31 first places, with 17 potential victories still available to the Spaniards. An insufficient virtual number of wins to close the gap with Italy which is confirmed leader of the event for the fourth consecutive time (since Almeria 2005).
- 100 days until Buenos Aires 2018, they will be engaging and innovative Games
- YOG
Buenos Aires 2018 cuts the finish line of the -100 days. The countdown that marks the time until the opening ceremonies of the third Youth Summer Olympic Games (Youth Olympic Games) is moving fast. The same with the preparation work - the Athletes’ Village is ready - for an event that from 6 to 18 October will bring athletes from all over the world to the Argentine capital.
Admission to the inauguration ceremony of the Games, which will be held around the iconic Obelisk on Avenida 8 de Julio, will be free in accordance with the mission of bringing sports to the people of Buenos Aires. Just as access to the four city parks will be free so that the visitors can not only enjoy the competitions but also the festivals and side activities designed to make the event even more engaging. An event that will also be innovative from the point of view of the program, with thirty-two disciplines, including the new karate and sport climbing entries, which will début with the “big ones” in Tokyo 2020, break dancing and roller skating.
In order to involve the Country and increase the expectation for these renewed Youth Olympic Games, the Flame will cross the length and breadth of Argentina, before arriving in the Capital and lighting the city on 6 October.
A team of champions chosen as spokespersons of the event will instead motivate and advise the young athletes from all over the world who are qualifying to earn one of the 4000 passes at stake. The objective, also through the training of around 8300 volunteers, is to involve the Argentine youth as much as possible and to make sure that Buenos Aires 2018 has a long-term impact on its young population.
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