OP-Ed by Dick Pound on Rule 50
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"Free Speech for Olympic Athletes" by Richard W. Pound, IOC Member & IOC Doyen
When critics apply their denouncements with a palette knife or fling them on canvas like Jackson Pollock, intellectual rigour is often lost in the swirl and splash. Similarly, when the operational matrix is “ready – fire –...
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Gangwon 2024: legacy of PyeongChang 2018 lives on in first Winter YOG awarded to Asia
FOURTH EDITION
The fourth edition of the Winter Youth Olympic Games 2024 will be held in gangwon province in the cities of PyeongChang and Gangneung (Republic of Korea), home to the Olympic Winter Games 2018.
Today in Lausanne (photo IOC), Switzerland, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session voted to award the Winter YOG to...
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Passionate start to Milano Cortina 2026’s journey to Games
KICK OFF MEETING IN MILAN
After the creation of the Milano Cortina 2026 Organising Committee on Monday, the newly formed organisation wasted no time in getting to work, with the two-day (10-11 December) International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Milano Cortina 2026 Delivery Partners Kick-off Meeting held in Milan. Featuring athletes, members of the...
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Milano Cortina 2026, the Organising Committee that will deliver the Games has been created
OLYMPIC GAMES
The first major milestone since the election of Milano Cortina as the host city for the Olympic Winter Games in 2026 has been reached. This afternoon in Milan, the Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 was created at the headquarters of the Lombardy Region. This historic...
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The first International Seminar on Milan Cortina 2026 to start Tuesday
OLYMPIC GAMES
The first international seminar on Milan Cortina 2026 will be held Tuesday the 10th and Wednesday the 11th in Milan. The event is organised by the International Olympic Committee in collaboration with CONI, the Special Olympics Committee and the territorial Bodies involved in the project. It will be two days of meetings,...
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Federica Pellegrini among the thirty athletes to run for IOC Athletes’ Commission elections in Tokyo
Nominated by their respective National Olympic Committees (NOCs) together with their NOC Athletes’ Commissions, the 30 candidates contending for the four available positions within the IOC AC are from 30 NOCs and 19 summer sports.
The full list of candidates and their biographies can be downloaded...
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Sapporo Odori Parkin Hokkaido approved as the venue for Marathon and Racewalk events
TOKYO 2020
The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic GamesThe Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games(Tokyo 2020) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) today announced that Sapporo Odori Parkin Hokkaido was approved by the International Olympic Committee as the venue for marathon and...
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IOC appoints Coordination Commission for the Olympic Winter Games
MILANO CORTINA 2026
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today unveiled the composition of the commission that will support the organisation of the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026. Olympian and IOC Member Sari Essayah, from Finland, will chair the Commission, leading a gender-balanced group composed of other IOC Members who are...
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The CEO of the future Organising Committee for the XXV Winter Olympic Games has been appointed
MILANO CORTINA 2026
The Steering Committee for Milano Cortina 2026, meeting today at the Ministry for Youth Policies and Sports, in the presence of Minister Vincenzo Spadafora, has unanimously decided to appoint Vincenzo Novari as CEO of the future Organising Committee for the XXV Winter Olympic Games 2026.
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Milano Cortina 2026, press release
OLYMPiC GAMES
The 2026 Milan Cortina Steering Committee (CIC) met today, completed with the entry of the government and the autonomous provinces of Trento and Bolzano which committed to ensuring their relative financial guarantees.
Taking part were the Minister for youth and sport, Vincenzo Spadafora, the President of CONI,...
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