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OCTOBER
EOC
Preparing for the future! The activities of the EOC in October have again mostly been focused on the future, with President Patrick Hickey,the Executive Committee and the Commissions busy preparing for the Olympic Movement’s next big rendezvous: the ANOC General
Assembly in Bangkok. This event will be shortly followed by the EOC’s own General Assembly inBaku – the city which will host the inaugural European Games next June – and the IOC Session inMonaco in early December, when the Olympic Movement’s new blueprint, Olympic Agenda2020, will be revealed. This winter is a key period for the European Olympic family and will, no doubt, keep all ENOC lea-‐ders very busy. In October, President Hickey was one of the most active members of the European OlympicCommittees, travelling from one end of the continent to the other, and even further. In the firstweek of October he was in Baku, before heading on to Kiev for the NOC of Ukraine’s GeneralAssembly, where he was among the first to congratulate Sergey Bubka for his re-‐election asPresident, then on to Armenia and Georgia with IOC President Thomas Bach.
President Hickey’s duties as an IOC member and as a member of the IOC Marketing Commission then took him to New York, Lausanne andMontreux, where the IOC Executive Board was occupied, primarily, by matters concerning Olympic Agenda 2020.At the end of October, EOC Secretary General Raffaele Pagnozzi accompanied President Hickey to Sofia to celebrate the 90th anniversary ofthe Bulgarian NOC.Yet another busy and highly productive four weeks!
COMMISSIONS
The new Commission in charge of the European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF), chaired by Victor Sanchez (ESP), had its first meeting inRome on 30 October.EOC Secretary General Raffaele Pagnozzi (ITA), who had just returned from Bulgaria, joinedthe team for lunch while Guido De Bondt (BEL), who chaired the EYOF Commission for manyyears, attended to ensure continuity between the previous Commission and the one carryingthe baton until 2017. EYOF Manager Katerina Nycova (CZE)was also present. The 2015 winter and summer EYOFs will take place in Vorarlberg/Liechtenstein and Tbilisi,Georgia, respectively, whilst the 2017 EYOFs will be staged in Sarajevo (Bosnia andHerzegovina) and Gyor (Hungary). As well as discussing organisational matters for the upco-‐ming EYOFs, the key issues being addressed included the EYOF Charter, the need to review theEYOF reference documents and how to reinforce the strong reputation the EYOF has earnedover the years.
EYOF
2015 WINTER EYOF -‐ The EOC Coordination Commission (CoCom) revisited Vorarlberg and Liechtenstein this month to check on the progressof preparations for the 2015 European Youth Olympic Festival taking place from 25-‐30 January 2015.The two-‐day meeting between the CoCom and the Organising Committee was highly successful, and the Organising Committee was roundlycomplimented on its professionalism, particularly in regard to its on-‐schedule preparations. The biggest challenge facing the two organising countries, Austria and Liechtenstein, will be the transportation of 1,600 athletes and officials.But their transport plan is very impressive and shows every indication that the host countries are prepared for all eventualities. There are stillalmost 100 days to go until the Opening Ceremony, but the Organising Committee is already in its operational phase; the majority of the workis done and all that is left is some fine-‐tuning.The CoCom visit was followed by the Chefs de Mission Seminar. This was a three-‐day programme, including workshops and plenary sessions,
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and a full one-‐day venue tour in Vorarlberg and Liechtenstein, meticulously prepared by theOrganising Committee. The visit helped the Chefs de Mission get a clear picture of the prepa-‐rations and familiarise themselves with the whole 2015 EYOF project.As well as the presence of the Organising Committee, the ENOCs, CoCom, the hosting citiesand the NOC representatives, the Seminar was also attended by observers from future EYOFOrganising Committees, including Tbilisi 2015, Sarajevo & East Sarajevo 2017, and Györ 2017.Last but not least, Alpy, the Festival's mascot also showed up. Alpy is a marmot and his nameincludes the word Alp and Y for Youth. The Festival motto is Rock the Alps!The organisers of the first EYOF to be jointly run by two countries – theVorarlberg/Liechtenstein EYOF – also celebrated the 100-‐day-‐to-‐go countdown to theEuropean Youth Olympic Games , which starts on 25 January. On that special day, Liechtenstein Sport Minister Marlies Amann-‐Marxer pre-‐sented the first three medals for the Games out of a total of 228 to be won.
ENOCs
ARMENIA – On 9 October, President Patrick Hickey visited Armenia alongside an IOC delegation headed by IOC President Thomas Bach. President Bach and President Hickey both met with the President of Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan,to discuss the development of sport in the country. Patrick Hickey presented the preparationsfor the European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan in 2015 whilst Thomas Bach assured the Presidentof Armenia that the IOC and the EOC will assist Armenia in creating the appropriate conditionsfor Armenian athletes and their coaches during the Games.The IOC delegation also visited the new headquarters of Armenia’s National OlympicCommittee as well as the Olympic Sports Complex. They also had an official meeting with MrGagik Tsarukyan, the President of the NOC of Armenia, and discussed Armenia's participationat Baku 2015.In addition, the IOC delegation attended the Opening Ceremony of a monument dedicated toHrant Shahinyan, the first Armenian Olympic champion (in gymnastics).
BULGARIA– A strong delegation from the Olympic Movement was in Sofia on 29 October to celebrate the Bulgarian NOC’s 90th anniversary. Bulgarian NOC President Stefka Kostadinova, Secretary General Belcho Goranov, and Executive Committee members welcomed theirguests, which included IOC President Thomas Bach, IOC members, NOC and IF officials, all ofBulgaria’s Olympic champions, and many other athletes. Europe was represented by EOC President Patrick Hickey, Secretary General Raffaele Pagnozziand leaders from a number of ENOCs.The delegates also attended a ceremony at which the President of the Republic of Bulgaria, RosenPlevneliev, awarded the Bulgarian National Olympic Committee an Honorary Award. The cere-‐mony took place in the Coat of Arms Hall of the Presidency in the presence of the Minister forYouth and Sport, Ms Evgenia Radanova, and a number of government and sports leaders.Later in the evening, the Official Celebration for the 90th Anniversary of the Bulgarian OlympicCommittee took place at the Kempinski Hotel, followed by a gala dinner.For the 90th anniversary celebrations, the Bulgarian Olympic Committee unveiled a book called"Olympic Glory of Bulgaria”, which includes chronicles, documents and photographs from all the most valuable and important moments inthe history of the Olympic Movement in Bulgaria. At the same ceremony, an exhibition sharing Bulgaria’s moments of Olympic glory was alsoopened. More than 200 photographs and facsimile documents help to trace a rich 90-‐year history of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee andthe Olympic Movement in Bulgaria.
FRANCE – A delegation from Azerbaijan – led by Konul Nurullayeva, who heads the international relations department at the NOC, and inclu-‐ding five young Azerbaijan medallists from the recent Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games – were in France as observers at the "Sentez-‐VousSport" week, an initiative established in 2010 and which aims to encourage physical activity in France. This took place within the scope of theagreement between the French National Olympic and Sports Committee, CNOSF, and the Ministry of Youth and Sport of Azerbaijan.The purpose of the agreement is to promote the European Games in France as well as launch an initiative in Azerbaijan similar to the "Sentez-‐Vous Sport" week. This initiative forms part of the Baku 2015 Organising Committee’s commitment to using the European Games to promotesport and physical activity in general in Azerbaijan.Among other activities, the delegation visited the National Sports Expertise and Performance Institute (INSEP), went backstage at the RolandGarros stadium, and watched a women's basketball match between France and the USA, in preparation for the World Cup in Turkey. They alsomet with French athletes, learned about their sports and had a meal with French wrestlers at INSEP.
GEORGIA – On 13 October EOC President Patrick Hickey travelled to Tbilisi with an IOC delegation headed by IOC President Thomas Bach.They were joined by other delegations from 14 European NOCs to celebrate the Georgian NOC's 25th anniversary.They met with the Prime Minister of Georgia, Irakli Garibashvili, and President Giorgi Margvelashvili, and discussed the infrastructure for theEuropean Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) in 2015. They participated in the official inauguration of the monumental sculpture "Ode to GeorgianOlympians", which represents all Georgian Olympic champions and medal winners and is sitiuated proudly in front of the NOC’s headquar-‐ters.
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ITALY – On 21 October, the EU sports ministers held an informal meeting at the Farnesina – the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Italy cur-‐rently holds the presidency of the European Union Council and discussions included issues suchas education through sport, and sport as a tool for integration and peaceful coexistence.Italy was represented by Graziano Delrio, Deputy Minister in charge of Sport, and other dignita-‐ries attending included Androulla Vassiliou, the outgoing EU Commissioner for Education,Multilingualism, Culture and Youth, and UEFA President Michel Platini.CONI President Giovanni Malagò gave an address on the importance of fair play in the fields ofsport and related financial matters, underlining how "ethics is at the heart of the reform pro-‐gramme CONI has undertaken."During the meeting of the 28 EU ministers responsible for sport, Italy presented each of themwith a coin with the inscription "The Italian Government for Sport" on the obverse and the Expo2015 brand and motto "Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life" on the reverse.
The EU sports ministers ended their stay in Rome with a gala dinner at the new National Museum of the 21st Century Arts, the MAXXI, wherean exhibition entitled "Art, Sport and Video, beyond limits and boundaries" has recently opened, with works by artists from 18 countries.The initiative was made possible thanks to the support of a number of international partners, including the Italian Republic, CONI, theEuropean Olympic Committees and the IOC.
IRELAND – At the Olympic Council of Ireland Executive Committee meeting on Monday 20 October, the first ever athlete selections weremade for the inaugural European Games in Baku 2015. The honour of being among the first five athletes selected went to athletes from thesports of boxing and wrestling.The five athletes selected are:-‐ Women's boxing : Katie Taylor, 60 kg -‐ Michaela Walsh, 54 kg -‐ Ciara Smith, 51 kg-‐ Wrestling – men's freestyle : Alex Dolly, 84 kg – Soslan Tuaev, 74 kg
ISRAEL – The grandchildren and great-‐grandchildren of the 11 victims of the Munich 1972 Olympic Games tragedy were in attendance at the42nd memorial ceremony held by the Olympic Committee of Israel. The ceremony took place in Tel Aviv and was attended by OlympicCommittee of Israel leaders, representatives of the Israeli Government and Tel-‐Aviv Municipality, surviving athletes and their families fromMunich, the families of the 11 victims, delegates from Rio 2016 and other guests. Israeli NOC President Igal Carmi opened the ceremony,saying that everyone still felt "a great sense of loss". He also added his hopes that Rio 2016 would commemorate the tragic event.
SLOVAKIA -‐ A memorial dedicated to hundreds of Olympians from Slovakia was unveiled this month at the most revered place on Slovak soil,the National Cemetery in the city of Martin, where many outstanding names from Slovakpublic life and culture are buried.The ceremony was attended by 200 people, together with NOC President Frantisek Chmelar,the IOC member from Slovakia, Danka Bartekova, the mayor of the city, NOC secretary gene-‐ral Jozef Liba and, above all, some 20 Olympians.Five huge globes made of Tatra granite dominate the memorial in a symbolic representationof the Olympic rings. The black base of the monument symbolises the country's soil. Slivers ofgold, silver and bronze within the base create a specific national Olympic DNA structure.Coloured plates posthumously commemorate 24 Olympic Slovak medallists who representedhistorical Hungary (at Olympic Games from 1896 – 1912), Czechoslovakia (at Olympic Gamesfrom 1920 – 1992), and Slovakia (since Lillehammer 1994).The very first of the athletes represented – the versatile Alojz Szokol (Alajos Szokolyi in Hungarian) – took part in the Games of the I Olympiadin Athens 1896, winning third place in the 100 m.The unveiling of the memorial was performed by six Slovak Olympians, led by the two-‐time Olympic champion and five-‐time world medallist:white-‐water canoeistMichal Martikan. Martikan won Slovakia’s first ever Olympic gold medal (at Atlanta 1996) since the country gained independence in 1993.The IOC awarded Mojmir Vychodil, the artist who created the National Olympians' Memorial, the IOC Sports and Art Trophy just after theunveiling of the memorial. The trophy was handed over by Slovak IOC member, Danka Bartekova, and the Slovak NOC President, FrantisekChmelar.
TURKEY – A delegation from the EOC Secretariat was in Antalya this month for a site visit before the EOC Seminar ,next May. SabrinaRettondini and Federico Pizzardi , who were accompanied by NOC Secretary General Nese Gundogan and the president of the TurkishArchery Federation, reported that the visit went very well, saying that the venue had all the necessary requisites for a good meeting – and apleasant stay – for Europe’s sports leaders.
UKRAINE -‐ Ukraine NOC President Sergey Bubka and his Georgian colleague Leri Khabelov this month signed a Memorandum of Cooperationbetween their National Olympic Committees.The agreement aims to consolidate their friendly and effective cooperation in various spheres, including the IOC’s Sport for All programme,sport for special needs, sports medicine, anti-‐doping programmes, and management of sports venues. The parties also plan to involve the athletes, coaches and experts from both countries in training camps and sports competitions both inGeorgia and Ukraine.
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EUROPEAN GAMES
Preparations for the inaugural Baku 2015 European Games continue at full tilt, with the NOCs kept regularly informed on all aspects throughBEGOC’s e-‐Qazet. Meanwhile Azerbaijan’s Sports Minister Azad Rahimov is travelling far and wide to spread the good news about the Games.His travels have included going to the United States, where he gave a speech at the 69th General Assembly of the United Nations and met withSam Kutesa – the President of the General Assembly – as well as holding a gala lunch where he spoke about the first European Games. EOC President Pat Hickey also visited Baku earlier this month, noting the Baku 2015 European Games Operations Committee’s (BEGOC)excellent progress. Meanwhile, Baku 2015 Head of Protocol Paul Foster visited the EOC offices in Rome for meetings with Secretary GeneralRaffaele Pagnozzi to outline some key aspects concerning protocol at Baku 2015. In mid-‐October, a team of Baku 2015 European Games organisers and the Azerbaijan NOC attended the Regional Forum organised in Tbilisiby the Georgian NOC as part of its 25th anniversary celebrations.BEGOC updated the guests, including members of the International Olympic Committee, on the latest developments for Baku 2015.
The Baku 2015 European Games will now provide qualification for Rio 2016 in 11 sports, including archery, athletics, boxing, cycling, shoo-‐ting, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, triathlon, wrestling and volleyball.
OLYMPIC GAMES
RIO 2016 – At the end of its seventh visit (29 September to 1 October), the IOC CoordinationCommission, chaired by Nawal El Moutawakel (MAR), left Rio satisfied with the progress thatthe organisers had made since their previous visit in March.During the three-‐day stay, the Commission visited the Olympic golf course, the OlympicVillage, the Deodoro Olympic Park, and the Barra Olympic Park, where they were joined byBrazilian President Dilma Rousseff.During its meetings, the Coordination Commission received updates from the organisers andtheir partners in areas such as athlete and NOC services, sport and IF services, media opera-‐tions, spectators, transport, test events, marketing and the Paralympic Games.The Commission next returns to Rio de Janeiro in February 2015.
TOKYO 2020 -‐ Japan came together to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Tokyo 1964 Olympic and Paralympic Games. On 10 October 50years ago, the Opening Ceremony of the Games of the XVIII Olympiad took place. The legacy of the Games is still palpable in present-‐dayTokyo and stories of the 1964 Games are still cherished by the population.The Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee marked this special day by organising several events to commemorate the 1964 Games, and will usethese celebrations to build an ongoing momentum towards the 2020 Games.The festivities brought together the whole city of Tokyo, with many exhibitions opening at this time to promote “Olympic passion”, includingone hosted by the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) which showcased medals, the Olympic torch, posters and other memorabilia from the1964 Games.The JOC also extended its invitation to the entire Olympic family to join in with the celebrations. Several 1964 Olympians, IOC members andrepresentatives from NOCs and IFs were also present in Tokyo on this special day.
2022 OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES CANDIDATURES -‐ The IOC this month announced the composition of the Evaluation Commission for the 2022Olympic Winter Games candidatures-‐ Almaty (Kazakhstan) and Beijing (China).The Commission’s chair is Alexander Zhukov (RUS) and the selected IOC members are Barry Maister (NZL), Adam Pengilly (GBR) andTsunekazu Takeda (JPN). Eight expert advisors are also members of the Commission.The 2022 candidate cities have until 7 January 2015 to submit their Candidature File to the IOC. They are available to read atwww.olympic.org.The election of the 2022 host city will take place at the IOC Session in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on 31 July 2015.
WADA
The 3rd Symposium on the topic of Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUE) was hosted by the French National Olympic and Sports Committee(CNOSF) last 23-‐24 October in Paris.Dr. Klaus Steinbach (GER), Chair of the EOC Medical and Scientific Commission and EOC’s Chief Medical Officer, was among the participants.Following successful symposia in Bonn (2005) and Strasbourg (2009), this symposium offered representatives from National Anti-‐DopingOrganisations (NADOs), IFs and some international sports organisations the opportunity to address a number of important topics, with theprimary objective being to ensure a consistent approach to the TUE process.The two-‐day programme, specifically tailored for physicians and chairs of TUE committees, addressed key topics, including: changes to thecode and the international standard for TUEs; medical conditions that require the use of androgens, stimulants, glucocorticosteroids or beta-‐blockers; TUE principles and practices; supplement use in sport; and challenging TUE cases and the appeal process.
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EUROPEAN UNION
Sport added to Commissioner Navracsics’s portfolio – The European Commission’s President-‐elect, Jean-‐Claude Juncker,announced in hisspeech ahead of the European Parliament’s vote on the college of Commissioners, that sporthad been added to the portfolio of Tibor Navracsics (now entitled “Education, Culture, Youthand Sport”). EOC President Patrick Hickey commented on the good news, saying: “We are pleased that therole of sport in European society has been properly recognised with this correction and I hopethat this is the start of more meaningful dialogue with all stakeholders in Europe who want toplace sport higher up on the EU’s agenda. I am confident that if the EU firmly embraces sportit can be a force for good in Europe’s social development and peaceful coexistence.” When Jean-‐Claude Juncker presented his team in early September, the European OlympicCommittees’ EU office published a statement to condemn the fact that sport was being over-‐looked by the new EU Commission. The European Parliament has approved the new EUCommission, which will start its five-‐year term on 1 November.
IN MEMORIAM
Nina Popova, member of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee since 1967, passed away at the age of 82 in her native Bulgaria, after having alsospent many years of her life in Spain. She was a member of the NOC Executive Board (1990-‐1995), member of the leadership of theBulgarian Olympic delegations at the Olympic Games from Mexico 1968 to Barcelona 1992,and Olympic attaché at Barcelona 1992. For 25 years she was in charge of the InternationalRelations Department of the Bulgarian Union for Physical Culture and Sport. She was also acti-‐ve within the association of European NOCs as a member of the EOC Juridical Commission(1984-‐1994).Nina Popova was the first woman elected onto the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB)Administrative Council, in 1997, and was a member of the FIVB Statutes Commission and anauditor, member of the CEV Administrative Council (1979-‐1991), Vice President of theBulgarian Volleyball Federation until 1991, and the General Association of International
Sports Federations’ (AGFIS) auditor.She was a holder of the Olympic Order (1997) and of numerous other distinctions, including the Olympic Merit medal of the Bulgarian OlympicCommittee, the FIVB golden pin, and the FILA silver pin.In all her activities Nina Popova promoted Olympic values with commitment, performing her duties with great competence and a great lovefor sport.The EOC expresses its sincere condolences to the Bulgarian NOC, to the FIVB, and to her family.