International Olympic Committee Archives - Page 7 of 11

The Sports Examiner: IOC Athletes’ Forum endorses “10 Commandments” for Tokyo; Bach says Olympics is “where we show that we can co-exist in friendship”

May 28, 2021 Rich Perelman 0

● From our sister site, TheSportsExaminer.com ● The International Olympic Committee’s 10th International Athletes’ Forum was held online on Wednesday and Thursday, with a focus on a variety of issues beyond the Tokyo Games. But […]

The Sports Examiner: British sprinter Gemili wants to protest at the Tokyo Games, since no one cares about him any other time

May 7, 2021 Rich Perelman 0

● From our sister site, TheSportsExaminer.com ● Sad, so sad, but so true. Adam Gemili, Britain’s powerfully built, two-time Olympic sprinter, with bests of 9.97 from 2015 and 19.97 from 2016, is a medal contender […]

The Sports Examiner: New Tokyo 2020 playbooks for federations, sponsors and news media confirm plenty of restrictions

May 1, 2021 Rich Perelman 0

● From our sister site, TheSportsExaminer.com ● Four new Tokyo 2020 “playbooks” were delivered on Friday as promised, for International Federation staff, press, broadcasters and “marketing partners,” with most of the same, glum verbiage used for the athlete playbook […]

The Sports Examiner: Expanded Tokyo 2020 athletes and officials “playbook” mandates heavy preparation, daily testing, masks, and not much fun

April 29, 2021 Rich Perelman 0

● From our sister site, TheSportsExaminer.com ● “These Games will be different and we all have to adjust. In addition to no overseas spectators, you will face restrictions to the places you can go to, […]

The Sports Examiner: China’s impact: 14% of all votes in IOC Athletes’ Commission survey of athlete attitudes on Olympic protests

April 27, 2021 Rich Perelman 0

● From our sister site, TheSportsExaminer.com ● Voting matters, and Chinese athletes did so early and often, helping to shape the outcome of the discussion on athlete protests at the Olympic Games. The IOC Athletes’ […]

The Sports Examiner: USOPC issues protest guidelines, but only for Olympic and Paralympic Trials events

March 31, 2021 Rich Perelman 0

● From our sister site, TheSportsExaminer.com ● The long-awaited regulations concerning acceptable forms of protest by American athletes at the Olympic and Paralympic Games … have not yet been issued. The U.S. Olympic & Paralympic […]

The Sports Examiner: The IOC is not asleep; its new bidding system is designed avoid its current problems with Beijing 2022 and human rights

March 25, 2021 Rich Perelman 0

● From our sister site, TheSportsExaminer.com ● It’s pretty clear that the International Olympic Committee’s return to China as the host for the XXIV Olympic Winter Games in 2022 is going to be on a […]

The Sports Examiner: IOC approves Olympic Agenda 2020+5 after six-hour discussion; Tokyo spectator decision not final; human rights & Beijing 2022 collide

March 13, 2021 Rich Perelman 0

● From our sister site, TheSportsExaminer.com ● For those who expected the International Olympic Committee’s discussion of the 15-part Olympic Agenda 2020+5 to be completed by a voice vote in less than 10 minutes must have been […]

The Sports Examiner: Thomas Bach wins re-election as IOC President by 93-1, asks for “more solidarity” but underlines limits of what IOC can or will do

March 11, 2021 Rich Perelman 0

● From our sister site, TheSportsExaminer.com ● The second consecutive annual meeting of the whole of the International Olympic Committee by videoconference concluded its first of three days with a 93-1 vote to re-elect Germany’s Thomas […]

The Sports Examiner: IOC’s preference for Brisbane shows the bids of the future, and is perfect for Salt Lake City

March 5, 2021 Rich Perelman 0

● From our sister site, TheSportsExaminer.com ● The International Olympic Committee’s announcement last week that the bid from the Queensland region of Australia – centered around Brisbane – was now “targeted” as the first-in-line choice […]