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OLYMPIC
HIGHLIGHTS
N°998 16 MAY 2012
www.olympic.org [email protected] FAX + 41 21 621 6216
IOC ACTIVITIES
PRESIDENT
Presidential meeting (l to r:) Franco Carraro, Giovanni
Petrucci, Jacques Rogge and Giorgio Napolitano
On 15 May, IOC President Jacques Rogge
was in Rome, where he met the President of
the Italian Republic, Giorgio Napolitano.
President Rogge then went to the Italian NOC
headquarters to receive the “Giulio Onesti”
Prize, awarded by Onesti Foundation, whose
President is IOC member Franco Carraro. This
Prize was presented to him by IOC Vice-
President Mario Pescante, in the presence of
other IOC members Ottavio Cinquanta and
Francesco Ricci Bitti, IOC honorary member
Manuela Di Centa as well as NOC President
Giovanni Petrucci and Secretary General
Raffaele Pagnozzi.
On this occasion the “Giulio Onesti Lo Sport
Italiano” book was officially presented, which
was published to mark the 100th anniversary of
the birth of the man who was President of the
NOC and an IOC member. More info at
www.coni.it.
MEMBERS
As President of the International
Paralympic Committee (IPC)
Philip Craven received the Order
of Friendship from acting Russian
Deputy Prime Minister, Dmitry
Kozak, for his outstanding contribution to
developing the Paralympic Movement. It was
presented to him during a visit to Moscow and
Sochi in the framework of the preparations for
the Sochi 2014 Winter Games. More info at
www.paralympic.org
OTHER NEWS
Collectors from across the world will be in
Athens (Greece) from 17 to 20 May for the 18th
World Olympic Collectors’ Fair. Organised by
the IOC and the Greek NOC, the Fair will
coincide with the ceremony to hand over the
Olympic flame by the Greek NOC to the
Organising Committee for the London Games,
which will take place in the Panathinaiko
Stadium on 17 May 2012. Read the news at
www.olympic.org (News section).
INTERNATIONAL SPORTS
FEDERATIONS SUMMER IFS
To mark the centenary of the
International Association of
Athletics Federations (IAAF),
Beijing (People’s Republic of China),
which will host the 15th World
Championships in 2015, organised a special
event for young people on 13 May. Some 100
12 year-olds, split into 50 mixed teams of two
runners, took part in a 100m relay race on a
50m track specially laid in the Central Piazza of
the Olympic Park, in the shadow of the famous
Bird’s Nest Stadium. This relay was organised
jointly by the IAAF, Chinese Athletics
Association, Beijing Municipal Bureau of Sports
and Beijing Sports Competitions Administration
Centre. Info at www.iaaf.org.
The 7th edition of the Women’s World
Boxing Championships are being
staged till 20 May in Qinhuangdao
(People’s Republic of China), with a
record number of participants (343)
and countries represented (77). This
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International Boxing Association (AIBA)
competition is also an Olympic qualifying
tournament for three categories (flyweight,
lightweight and middleweight). More info at
www.aiba.org.
The International Gymnastics
Federation (FIG) has just announced
the death of Swiss gymnast Jean
Tschabold on 29 April at the age of
86. Tschabold was a member of the
Swiss “Dream Team” in the 1950s, coached by
Arthur Gander, the “father” of the modern Code
of Points and former FIG President. This team
obtained the greatest victories for Switzerland of
all time in artistic gymnastics, with a world
championship title in Basle in 1950, a silver
medal at the Helsinki Games in 1952, and a
bronze medal at the worlds in Rome in 1954.
Info at www.fig-gymnastics.com.
The International Rugby Board
(IRB) has signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) with the
Chinese city of Guangzhou and the
Chinese Rugby Football Association.
This MoU is designed to jointly foster the game
and give structure to rugby’s growth in the
Guangzhou region, with all parties giving their
full commitment to making sure the game goes
from strength to strength in one of rugby’s most
exciting emerging markets. Info at www.irb.com.
With a little over two months until the
London Games, the International
Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has
confirmed the names of the 16 teams
(eight men’s and eight women’s) who
have qualified. Find out which at www.fivb.org.
There are still four places for both men’s and
women’s teams to be allocated in the upcoming
qualification tournaments. Detailed info at
www.fivb.org.
WINTER IFS From 27 May to 2 June, Kangwonland
(Republic of Korea) will host the 48th
International Ski Congress of the
International Ski Federation (FIS).
On the agenda is the election of the
16 members of the FIS Council for 2012-14. As
at 1 May, the FIS member national associations
had put forward 19 candidates. Read the list at
www.fis-ski.com.
NATIONAL OLYMPIC
COMMITTEES
Joachim Gauck (right in photo), the recently
elected President of the Federal Republic of
Germany, has taken over the patronage of the
German NOC and Sports Confederation. At a
meeting with NOC President and IOC Vice-
President Thomas Bach (left in photo), the Head
of State underlined the value-based policies and
the full autonomy of the 28-million member
organisation. He highlighted the great
importance of sport for society and thanked
Thomas Bach for the many activities linked to
integration, health, education and tolerance. Info
at www.dosb.de.
The Chinese
NOC has
informed us
that its
President, Liu
Peng (right in
photo), met
IOC member
Juan Antonio
Samaranch Jr (left in photo) on 9 May. Their
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discussions focused on the London Games,
China-Spain relations in the fields of sport and
culture, the development of Olympism, and
Sport for All. Some weeks beforehand, Chinese
NOC Vice-President Yang Shu’an received
British Immigration Minister Damien Green, with
whom he addressed the issue of entry
procedures as well as preparations for the 2012
Games and the Chinese Olympic delegation.
Info at www.olympic.cn.
The NOC of the Cook Islands has
just informed us of the death of its
President, Geoffrey Henry, on 9 May
in Takamoa, Rarotonga. He had also
been Prime Minister and President of
the Parliament of the Cook Islands. Info at
www.oceaniasport.com/cookis/.
At the end of April, the Guatemalan NOC
organised a training workshop on the 3x3
basketball project run by two instructors from
the International Basketball Federation (FIBA).
Taking part in this were coaches, physical
education teachers and referees representing
24 educational and sporting institutions (photo
above). At the closing ceremony, NOC
President Sergio Arnoldo Camargo Muralles
underlined the importance of this project in the
development of basketball at national level.
More info at www.cog.org.gt.
On 6 May, i.e. two days before the lighting of the
2012 Games flame at Olympia, the Olympic
torch arrived in Israel for the very first time. TOP
Partner Samsung delivered a torch, which was
presented to the media in the presence of
Israeli NOC President Zvi Varshaviak,
Secretary General Efraim Zinger, Honorary
Treasurer Arie Zeif and Samsung Marketing
CEO Barack Fallachi. The torch was unveiled by
Israel’s first Olympic medallist, judoka Yael
Arad, and judoka Alice Schlesinger, who has
qualified for London. The same day, the NOC
organised Olympic Day in Haifa. The
programme included a meeting between the
NOC President and Secretary General,
accompanied by five athletes from the Israeli
delegation for London 2012, with pupils from
two schools. The children were pleased to be
photographed with the Olympic torch, specially
brought to Haifa for this occasion (see photo).
The day ended with a race in the city in which
over 10,000 runners of all ages took part. Info
on www.olympic.one.co.il
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On 11 and 12 May, Italian NOC President
Giovanni Petrucci and Secretary General
Raffaele Pagnozzi welcomed Thomas Bach, on
a visit to Rome for the World Modern Pentathlon
Championships. Also present were IOC Vice-
President Mario Pescante, IOC members
Ottavio Cinquanta, Francesco Ricci Bitti, IOC
honorary member Manuela Di Centa and the
presidents of the baseball and bobsleigh IFs,
Riccardo Fraccari and Ivo Ferriani respectively.
Their discussions focused on the important
dates in international sports policy and the
London Games. Info at www.coni.it.
At the end of April in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia),
a continental seminar was held on the Olympic
Values Education Programme (OVEP). The aim
was to establish a strategic action plan for the
region and review the challenges as regards the
integration of the OVEP on a national level.
Over 100 participants representing 35 NOCs
(photo above) were able to learn more about the
OVEP Toolkit. The Honorary Secretary of the
Malaysian NOC, Dato’ Sieh Kok Chi, welcomed
the participants, followed by opening remarks
from IOC Director of International Cooperation
and Development Thomas A. Ganda Sithole,
NOC Director General Husain Al Musallam and
NOC Deputy President Dato’ A. Sani Karim. The
themes of the five sessions were: the OVEP and
a Sustainable Framework; Talking to Young
People; Olympic Values Education – Education
Through Olympism; Plan of Action; and Closing
Summary.
The Mongolian NOC recently organised “Team
Mongolia Introduction Day” in London. The
Ambassador for Mongolia in London, B,
Altangerel, the shooting and athletics teams,
and several representatives from the NOC and
the Mongolian community in London were
present on this occasion (photo above). The aim
of this event was to increase the involvement of
Mongolians living in the UK to support the
national team. So far, 29 Mongolian athletes
have already qualified in seven sports. More info
at www.olympic.mn.
TOP PARTNERS
Worldwide Olympic
Partner Visa is inviting
fans around the world
to use social networks
to “cheer” their favourite Team Visa athletes and
to victory at the London Olympic and Paralympic
Games, by participating in the “Global Cheer”
initiative. This initiative is the core of Visa’s
Olympic Games-themed integrated marketing
campaign, “Go World”. More info at
www.olympic.org (News section).
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RECOGNISED
ORGANISATIONS
The Organising
Committee of the
“Sports Movies and TV
2012 - 30th International
Festival” has declared
that submissions to participate in the Festival
are open. This Festival will take place from 5 to
9 December 2012 in Milan (Italy), at the end of
14 other festivals that will take place on the five
continents. It will be placed under the slogan
“FICTS Is Culture Through Sport”. More info at
www.ficts.com, site of the Fédération
Internationale Cinéma Télévision Sportifs
(FICTS).
ERRATUM
In last week’s edition, we omitted to mention in
the “Commissions” section that the
Nominations Commission met in Vidy.
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