Tag: IOC
IOC gets involved in debate about Boris van der Vorst election campaign
“This is absolutely not the way it should be,” said IOC President Thomas Bach. The IOC has not yet made a final judgment, since the sports tribunal CAS is also…
Olympic Games | The IOC, on the 2030 candidacy: “If they all go together, there is a party”
Just on the day that the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE), the Spanish, Catalan and Aragonese governments (who said they would not attend) must sign the candidacy agreement, Pere Miró, general…
The IOC recommends – not Russians or Belarusians for sports competitions
The IOC has previously recommended that no sporting events be held in Russia or Belarus. In a press release issued on Monday, the International Olympic Committee recommends that Russian and…
IOC recommends international federations not to invite Russian and Belarusian athletes
The Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) recommended on Monday February 28 to ban Russians and Belarusians from sports competitions, after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. She points…
IOC calls for cancellation of events in Russia and Belarus
The Executive Committee of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Friday February 25 urged all international sports federations to cancel or relocate any event planned in Russia or Belarus, following…
IOC accuses Moscow of violating Olympic truce
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) accused Moscow on Thursday February 24 of having violated the Olympic truce by invading Ukraine, and announced that it wanted to offer humanitarian assistance to…
IOC President attacks Kamila Valieva’s entourage
Beijing (AFP) – “Icy”, “disdainful”: the day after Kamila Valieva’s implosion on Olympic ice, the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach did not mince his words on…
IOC member Sari Essayah, a Finnish member of the IOC, is ready to take drastic measures to prevent a recurrence of the Valijeva incident – the sport can even be excluded from the Olympics
Figure skater Kamila Valijeva’s background forces will receive a full sentence from the International Olympic Committee. Sari Essayah, a Finnish member of the IOC, says that the recent change in…
Reserve Steenaart receives watch from IOC president
Steenaar was in good company in the stands. The Chinese speed skater Hong Zhang, the Sochi 2014 Olympic champion in the 1000 meters, the current 500 meter champion in long…
the IOC confirms a plan to meet with Peng Shuai in Beijing
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach will meet Chinese tennis champion Peng Shuai during the Beijing Winter Games, the Olympic institution said on Thursday (January 27th). In a statement…