Unveils Mascots for Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games
Beijing 2022
The Beijing Organising Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (BOCOG) launched the much-anticipated official Games mascots, Bing Dwen Dwen and Shuey Rhon Rhon, in a festive ceremony attended by more than 1,600 people at the Shougang Ice Hockey Arena today.
Cheerful Panda as Olympic Mascot...
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Lausanne 2020 Youth Olympic Flame lit in Athens
WINTER YOG
The Flame for the 3rd Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne, Switzerland , was lit today in the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens, Greece. This marks one of the most symbolic milestones in the lead-up to next year’s Winter YOG, which kick off on 9 January 2020 in the Olympic Capital. The torch lighting ceremony preceding any...
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Boxing Road to Tokyo 2020: qualification events announced
OLYMPIC GAMES
The Olympic Boxing Task Force today confirmed the names of the cities to host the five Qualification Events to be held on the Boxing Road to Tokyo 2020. The Task Force also announced the creation of an Athlete Ambassador Group, as well as the collaboration with PricewaterhouseCoopers on the refereeing and judging...
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Niccolò Campriani coaches refugees in Tokyo 2020 qualifying challenge
DOCUMENTED BY OLYMPIC CHANNEL
Coach a group of refugee athletes who just started a new sport, and help them qualify for Tokyo. In just one year. This is the ambitious project taken up by the three-time sport shooting Niccolò Campriani. Training began at the end of March 2019, with only to go. The journey of the three selected refugees is...
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Tokyo 2020's Medals Unveiled. Bach, Japan will make history
ONE YEAR TO GO!
With exactly one year to go before the start of the olympic games tokyo 2020, the organising committee (tocog) has at last unveiled the design of the medals that will be awarded at the games next summer.
The winning designs were selected after a nationwide competition open to both professional designers and design...
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The Kihinkan: the Casa Italia for the Games
TOKYO 2020
The Kihinkan – Takanawa Manor House”: this is the Casa Italia headquarters at the next 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. The CONI Council made the decision today at the end of a long selection process of over 60 locations carried out during the last two years. The structure is characterized by a Liberty-style architecture from...
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Milano Cortina awarded the Olympic Games 2026
IOC SESSION IN LAUSANNE
Milano Cortina, Italy, will host the Olympic Winter Games 2026. The decision was taken today during the 134th Session of the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne in Lausanne, Switzerland. The other candidate in the ballot was Stockholm-Åre, Sweden.
Milan-Cortina 2026
134th...
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IOC approves qualification for athletes in boxing for Tokyo 2020
EXECUTIVE BOARD
Following the recommendations made on 22 May 2019 by the IOC EB to keep the boxing tournament on the Tokyo 2020 sports programme while suspending the recognition of the International Boxing Federation (AIBA), the IOC EB added further proposals to ensure the delivery of the qualification events and the boxing tournament at...
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Giorgio Armani dresses the Italian Team at Olympic and Paralympic Games
TOKYO 2020
Giorgio Armani will be the official outfitter of the Italian team at the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2020. The designer's collaboration with CONI (the Italian National Olympic Committee) and CIP (Italian Paralympic Committee), which expresses his strong ties with the world of sport, will be announced today during...
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Milano-Cortina, 66 Olympic and Paralympic medals in the delegation
IOC SESSION
The athletes for Milan-Cortina 2026 take to the field. The Italian delegation in Lausanne will include 16 Olympic and Paralympic champions – 8 women and 8 men – from the past, present and future.
This strong representation of athletes lays claim to a remarkable achievement of 66 Olympic and Paralympic medals,...
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