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Paris 2024 will celebrate full gender parity
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced that the upcoming Olympic Games Paris 2024 is set to reach full gender parity on the field of play. For the first time in Olympic history, quota places have been equally distributed to female and male athletes (50:50). The IOC’s commitment to gender ...
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SoMe guidlines changed by IOC, help athletes at Paris and Gangwon 2024
Get ready to see more content from athletes during the Olympic Games in Paris and Winter Youth Olympic Games in Gangwon. The IOC has changed its guidelines to make it easier for athletes (and sponsors).
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IOC rules on Russian and Belarusian athletes
The Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has decided to allow athletes with a Russian or Belarusian passport to compete in the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris as Individual Neutral Athletes (AINs). AINS must qualify for the games through the mechanisms set up and maintained by International Federations ...
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IOC president meets with UN secretary-general
The president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach, met with the United Nations (UN) secretary-general António Guterres on Nov. 20 before presenting the Olympic Truce draft resolution to the UN. The two leaders discussed the current issues in the world’s geopolitical situation, and both stressed the contribution of ...
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IOC approves Olympic Charter amendments that strengthen its human rights commitments
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced that the 141st Session in Mumbai has approved changes to the Olympic Charter, the document that contains the fundamental principles of Olympism as well as the rules and bylaws adopted by the IOC. Additional wording has been included in the “Fundamental Principles of ...
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Switzerland seeking to host a decentralized Winter Olympics
On Oct. 18, the Swiss Olympic Committee released a feasibility study to introduce a country-wide proposal to host two consecutive Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. The study follows by about a week an announcement by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), as we’ve just reported, that even fewer cities have the ...
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IOC warns about climate change threatening future Winter Olympics
Natural snowfalls have declined in some regions due to rising temperatures, while water scarcity negatively impacts snow-making. Under these circumstances, the existence of the global snow-sport industry is at stake. Speaking at a press conference in Mumbai alongside the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s executive board meeting on Oct 13, IOC ...
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Increased female participation in the IOC membership
The 141st International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session, which met in Mumbai on Oct. 17, elected eight new IOC members, four women and four men, bringing the proportion of women in the IOC membership to 41.1 percent. Following a vote, the session elected Yeal Arad of Israel, a retired judoka and ...
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Puma celebrates Tommie Smith’s legendary gesture at 1968 Olympics
In 1968, at the Olympic Games in Mexico City, American sprinter Tommie Smith made history with his “Silent Gesture,” now also known as the Black Power Salute. On Oct. 16, 1968, he had run to gold in the 200 meters in world record time. After receiving his gold medal, he ...
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International Federation of American Football receives full IOC recognition
The International Federation of American Football (IFAF) has been granted full recognition by the IOC at its 141st Session in Mumbai. The decision follows the proposal made by the IOC executive board in March. The IFAF is the international governing body for the sport of American football, including flag football, ...
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LA28 proposes five additional sports for the 2028 Olympics
The 2028 Olympic Games Organizing Committee has proposed five sports for the Los Angeles Games, LA28, subject to approval by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). They are baseball-softball, cricket, flag football (a limited-contact version of American football), lacrosse and squash. The LA28 proposal now goes to the IOC Olympic Program ...
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FIS joins Sports for Nature Framework
The International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) is the latest sports organization to join the Sports for Nature Framework. The Framework was launched late last year at the UN Biodiversity Conference in Montréal and now counts 40 sports organizations among its signatories. These are organizations of all sizes from around ...
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IOC and UN-Habitat team up to promote sport in urban environments
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) have announced a new partnership to promote physical activity in urban environments, underscoring the role of sport as an enabler of sustainable development of cities and the well-being of their residents. The collaboration was announced at the ...
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World Boxing announces four new member federations
World Boxing, the international federation set up in April 2023 to rival the International Boxing Association (IBA), has announced a new cohort of members. Four new federations have joined the organization – Denmark, Panama, Mongolia and French Polynesia – taking World Boxing’s membership up to 16. Denmark is the sixth ...
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Two French Alpine regions eye bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics
The presidents of the French regions Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Laurent Wauquiez and Renaud Muselier, have announced that they want to submit a joint bid to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to host the 2030 Winter Olympics. The announcement did not specify venues. Apart from France, Sweden has already expressed ...
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IOC announces shortlist for first Climate Action Awards
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced the athletes, International Federations (IFs) and National Olympic Committees (NOCs) shortlisted for the inaugural IOC Climate Action Awards. The purpose is to honor those in the Olympic Movement who are taking concrete steps to address the climate crisis. More than 70 applications were ...
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Hamburg Declaration to combat physical inactivity renewed, IOC supports efforts
Despite individual political efforts, including the German Prevention Act in 2015 and, in 2020, the World Health Organization’s “Global action plan on physical activity,” the trend toward global inactivity has not yet been significantly reduced or even reversed. Renowned scientific societies and organizations have therefore been calling for years on ...
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IOC launches “Let’s Move” global campaign on Olympic Day
Source: IOC The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced a new global initiative to inspire the world to move more every day in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO). The campaign, dubbed Let’s Move will begin on Olympic Day, June 23. According to recent WHO data ...
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European Refugee Team to compete at European Games in Poland
A European Olympic Committee (EOC) Refugee Team will compete at the upcoming Kraków-Małopolska 2023 European Games later this year due to a joint effort between the EOC and the Olympic Refuge Foundation (ORF). It will be the first time such a team competes in continental Games. The team is set ...
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IOC announces $10m fund to prevent harassment and abuse in sport
The president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach, has announced a $10 million fund to strengthen safe sport and the creation of a working group to coordinate the Olympic Movement’s safeguarding efforts. The announcement was made by Bach during a conference hosted by the IOC in Lausanne and ...