Tag: #IOC
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Olympic chief says no ‘deadline’ for how Tokyo Games will be organized
It is too early to set a deadline on how next year's postponed Tokyo Olympics will be organized, Olympic chief Thomas Bach said Wednesday, adding developments for rapid Covid-19 testing and vaccines would greatly facilitate the Games going ahead.
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Tokyo Olympics will go ahead ‘with or without COVID’ – IOC
Tokyo's postponed Olympics will go ahead next year regardless of the coronavirus pandemic, IOC vice president John Coates told AFP Monday, saying they would be the "Games that conquered COVID."
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Mikee Cojuangco-Jaworski to talk POC with fellow IOC executive board members
Mikee Cojuangco Jaworski is expected to meet with fellow International Olympic Committee officials to update them on the Philippine Olympic Committee’s plans for charter change.
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IOC apologizes over 1936 Berlin Olympics film tweet
The International Olympic Committee on Friday deleted a tweet of film from Nazi Germany's 1936 Berlin Games which carried the "stronger together" hashtag and drew fierce criticism.
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I have to learn from those with more experience, says new IOC executive board member Mikee Cojuangco-Jaworski
“Malayo pa,” exclaimed Mikee Cojuangco-Jaworski, 46, admitting she still has plenty to learn to even start entertaining thoughts of grandeur.
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Mikee Cojuangco-Jaworski elected to IOC Executive Board
Mikee Cojuangco-Jaworski was elected as member of the influential Executive Board on Friday night during the International Olympic Committee's 136th session via video conference.
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Beijing 2022 Games ‘pressing ahead’ despite COVID-19 threat
Beijing 2022 organisers were "pressing ahead" with preparations for the Winter Olympics Friday after a senior IOC official warned the coronavirus could force the Games to be postponed.
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Venues secured for delayed Tokyo Olympics — organizers
Tokyo 2020 organizers said Friday they have secured all the venues needed to hold the Olympics next summer, clearing a major hurdle to hosting the event postponed over the coronavirus.
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‘No solution today’ for Tokyo Olympics as Thomas Bach announces re-election bid
Thomas Bach said Friday he will stand in 2021 for a second term as president of the International Olympic Committee, admitting however there is "no solution today" to the challenges posed by coronavirus to the postponed Tokyo Games.
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IOC chief reluctant to hold Tokyo Games behind closed doors
Banning fans from the Tokyo Olympics is “clearly something we don’t want,” International Olympic Committee chief Thomas Bach said, adding that “multiple scenarios” were under consideration for the rescheduled Games.
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Paris 2024 budget to be ‘studied’ by end of year
Organizers of the 2024 Paris Olympics will review the risk of extra expenditure for the event due to the coronavirus pandemic by the end of the year, sources said on Wednesday.