Olympics Features

Madrid 2020 focuses on stability of hosting Games at ANOC General Assembly

The Madrid 2020 delegation at the Association of National Olympic Committees Extraordinary General Assembly in Lausanne / Madrid 2020 CHAD WISE / Sports Features Communications (SFC) Mayor of Madrid Ana Botella, Madrid 2020 Bid President Alejandro Blanco, Spanish Secretary of State for Trade Jaime Garcia-Legaz, Spanish International Olympic Committee member Jose Perurena, and Spanish Olympic Committee and Madrid 2020 ... read more

posted June 16th 2013.

ANOC President pleased with progress, presents IOC President Rogge with Merit Award

ANOC head Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al Sabah presents IOC chief Dr. Jacques Rogge the ANOC Merit Award / ANOC CHAD WISE / Sports Features Communications (SFC) International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge was presented with the Association of National Olympic Committees Merit Award at the ANOC Extraordinary General Assembly in Lausanne Saturday. Association of National Olympic Committees President HE ... read more

posted June 16th 2013.

Istanbul 2020 promises to write new pages in the history of the Games

The Istanbul team in Lausanne / Istanbul 2020 LAURA WALDEN / Sports Features Communications (SFC) The Istanbul 2020 bid team presented their Games’ project to the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) General Assembly in Lausanne this weekend. The message that the Istanbul team strived to get across ... read more

posted June 15th 2013.

Tokyo 2020 focusing on the athletes and their experience

Tokyo Bid president and Olympian Tsunekazu Takeda addresses the assembly / OCA LAURA WALDEN / Sports Features Communications (SFC) The Tokyo 2020 bid team delivered their targeted presentation to the National Olympic Committees (NOCs) with a special target on the athletes and special guarantees for the countries’ organizations. “Tokyo 2020 guarantees the ... read more

posted June 15th 2013.

Tokyo 2020 team is ready in Lausanne to meet the 204 NOCs

Sports Features Communications (SFC) The Tokyo 2020 delegation is in Lausanne at the Beaulieu Conference Centre ahead of preparations for their presentation to the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) General Assembly. The ANOC General Assembly is set for Saturday the 15th ... read more

posted June 14th 2013.

IOC Coordination Commission completes second visit of Lillehammer 2016

Lillehammer hosted the Winter Games in 1994 /  Esben Haagenstad CHAD WISE / Sports Features Communications (SFC) The Lillehammer Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee hosted the International Olympic Committee’s Coordination Commission for the Lillehammer 2016 Youth Olympic Games in Gjovik to discuss the progress on the foundation for the event. ... read more

posted June 14th 2013.

Spain's new anti-doping legislature a boost to Madrid 2020

CHAD WISE / Sports Features Communications (SFC) The lower house of the Spanish parliament approved a new anti-doping law today, a move Spanish Olympic Committee and Madrid 2020 Bid President Alejandro Blanco described as adding to Spain’s ‘credibility’ in the ... read more

posted June 14th 2013.

Rogge pinpoints the row over the 2008 torch relay as his disappointment as IOC President

Flashback: Jacques Rogge greeted Russian President Vladimir Putin as outgoing IOC Chief Juan Antonio Samaranch looked on in Moscow after the elections / Russian Presidential Office THE JOHN GOODBODY COLUMN / An authoritative and exclusive series from Sports Features Communications (SFC) Dr. Jacques Rogge, whose 12  year presidency of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) ends in September, has restored much credibility to the Olympic Movement after ... read more

posted June 14th 2013.

NOC Leadership to present Istanbul 2020 Games Plan at ANOC General Assembly

MARISSA FLANDERS / Sports Features Communications (SFC) This weekend, Istanbul 2020 will be delivering their Games' plan presentation to a very important group the Association of National Olympic Committee’s (ANOC) General Assembly  taking place in Lausanne. After presenting to the ... read more

posted June 13th 2013.

Madrid 2020 will be represented at ANOC Assembly in Lausanne

CHAD WISE / Sports Features Communications (SFC) A Madrid 2020 delegation will attend the Association of National Olympic Committees General Assembly in Lausanne, Switzerland, this week. “The importance of this assemble is that it provides a forum for development and ... read more

posted June 13th 2013.

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