Actualités olympiques
IOC ACTIVITIES
PRESIDENT
Les principaux représentants du Mouvement olympique se sont réunis à Lausanne à l’occasion du cinquième Sommet olympique convoqué et présidé par le président du CIO, Thomas Bach. Le Sommet s’est entendu sur l’énoncé de propositions de principe relatives à la révision complète du système antidopage institué par l’Agence Mondiale Antidopage (AMA). Lire le texte de la déclaration ici.
Leaders of sport, religion and politics came together in the Vatican for the first Global Conference on Faith and Sport. Before the conference, IOC President Thomas Bach was received for a private audience by Pope Francis.
The conference saw the IOC President, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Pope Francis give welcoming speeches ahead of the three-day conference, which aims to put “sport at the service of humanity”. The inaugural conference is described by organisers as a “chance for a new drive to promote and extol the virtues of Faith and Sport in our lives.” The meeting is organised under the six principles “shared by faith and sport” of compassion, respect, love, enlightenment, balance and joy. After the conference, the IOC President held a meeting with the UN Secretary General to discuss the cooperation with the IOC and the UN with regard to refugees and the Sustainable Development Goals. IOC Honorary President Jacques Rogge, IOC Vice Presidents John Coates, Juan Antonio Samaranch and Uğur Erdener, and IOC Members Franco Carraro, Mario Pescante, Sovereign Prince Albert II, Sam Ramsamy, Philip Craven, Prince Feisal Bin Al-Hussein, Kirsty Coventry and Nita Ambani also attended the conference. Read the complete press release here.
The IOC President welcomed the President of the Chinese NOC, Liu Peng, who is also Director General of the Organising Committee of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games, accompanied by IOC Vice-President Yu Zaiqing. They discussed the first meeting of the Coordination Commission for the Beijing 2022 Winter Games, which will soon be travelling to the Chinese capital.
President Thomas Bach met the President of the International Triathlon Union, IOC Member Marisol Casado, and discussed the success of the Olympic Games Rio 2016 and the smooth running of the Olympic triathlon event as well as the protection of clean athletes.
The President had meetings with IOC Members Craig Reedie, Angela Ruggiero, Sam Ramsamy, Alexander Zhukov and Lawrence F. Probst as well as IAAF President Sebastian Coe.
This week at the Olympic Museum, the IOC President took part in the commemoration of the Day of German Unity, which was organised by the German embassy in Switzerland.
HONORARY MEMBERS
James L. Easton a reçu le trophée de la torche olympique du CNO américain, en reconnaissance de sa contribution au Mouvement olympique et à la promotion des idéaux olympiques.
Carlos Arthur Nuzman a été réélu président du CNO brésilien pour la période 2017 – 2020. Il est à la tête du CNO brésilien depuis 1995. (voir aussi sous ‘CNO’).
COMMISSIONS
The Coordination Commission for the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 wrapped up its seventh visit pleased with the progress of venue construction. The Commission, led by IOC Executive Board Member Gunilla Lindberg, assessed every aspect of Games preparations during three days of venue visits and collaborative discussions with the PyeongChang 2018 Organising Committee. The Games organisers reported that, on average, the new venues in PyeongChang and nearby Gangneung are 90 per cent complete in advance of 26 test events scheduled between this November and April 2017. Representatives from all seven winter IFs also joined the discussions in PyeongChang. Read the complete press release here.
OTHER OLYMPIC NEWS
On 29 September, Interpol and the IOC led a workshop on “Sports integrity – training the trainers” in Zagreb (Croatia), for Croatian sports federations. The workshop strengthened understanding of the threats to the values of sport caused by unethical behaviour such as match-fixing. It also reinforced knowledge and understanding of the international response to match-fixing, including the Olympic Code on the Prevention of Manipulation of Competitions. The workshop was followed on 27 and 28 September in Zagreb by a regional seminar of the Council of Europe / European Union (DG Home Affairs) joint project “Keep crime out of sport” (KCOOS). The IOC, as an official partner in the KCOOS Project, made a presentation to representatives of law enforcement and justice, ministries, betting operators, betting regulatory authorities and the sports movement from Austria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Germany, Hungary and Ukraine. The seminar comes after the recent International Conference on the Manipulation of Sports Competitions held in Strasbourg (France) at the Council of Europe headquarters on 20 and 21 September. More info on www.coe.int/sport/kcoos.
The IOC has launched a revamped edition of its Olympic Values Education Programme (OVEP) toolkit. The IOC has updated its series of free and practical learning resources – the OVEP toolkit, version 2.0 – which blends sport with education and cultural expression so as to make learning fun and dynamic and to form well-rounded individuals. Read the complete press release here.
To provide a level playing field for all clean athletes at the Olympic Games Rio 2016, the IOC put special measures in place, including targeted pre-tests and the re-analysis of stored samples from the Olympic Games Beijing 2008 and London 2012, following an intelligence-gathering process that started in August 2015. As part of this process, the IOC announced on 6 October that Anna Chicherova of the Russian Federation has been disqualified from the Olympic Games Beijing 2008, in which she competed in the women’s high jump event, ranked third and was awarded the bronze medal. Read the complete press release here.
INTERNATIONAL SPORTS FEDERATIONS
SUMMER IFS
A record number of entries have been received for the World Rowing Coastal Championships, which are due to take place from 21 to 23 October in Monaco. Nearly 700 athletes from 30 countries will take part, including a number of rowers who recently competed in the Olympic Games. More info on the World Rowing Federation (FISA) website, www.worldrowing.com.
For the fifth consecutive year, the International Centre for Sports Studies (CIES) and the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) have joined forces to produce the International Basketball Migration Report (IBMR). The 2016 edition is accompanied by an additional Evolution Report which focuses on trends since the inception of the IBMR in 2012. More info on www.fiba.com and www.cies.ch.
C’est en présence du président de l’Association Internationale de Boxe (AIBA), le membre de la commission exécutive du CIO, Ching-Kuo Wu, que les commissions ‘arbitres et juges’, et ‘technique et règles’ de l’AIBA se sont réunies à Lausanne du 3 au 5 octobre (photo ci-dessus). L’objectif était de réfléchir sur les Jeux Olympiques de Rio 2016 et de planifier des actions positives à développer lors du nouveau cycle olympique. Plusieurs recommandations cruciales ont été faites dans les domaines des arbitres et des juges, de l’éducation des boxeurs et des entraineurs, et de l’amélioration du dialogue avec les fédérations nationales. Infos sur www.aiba.org.
La Fédération Internationale de Hockey (FIH) a confirmé que l’Angleterre, la Belgique et l’Afrique du Sud accueilleront les demi-finales de la Ligue mondiale de hockey entre le 15 juin et le 23 juillet 2017. Les deux demi-finales masculines et les deux demi-finales féminines seront des épreuves qualificatives pour la Coupe du monde de hockey de 2018. Infos sur www.fih.ch.
The International Judo Federation (IJF) has launched its fifth educational tour in India, after successful events in China, Northern Canada, Oceania and Australia. The tour, organised jointly by the IJF and the Indian Judo Federation, opened at the iconic Taj Mahal in Agra, in the presence of 100 judokas (see photo above). Over the next two weeks a delegation of Indian officials led by federation president Mukesh Kumar and IJF representatives will travel throughout northern India to promote the educational values of judo. The IJF delegation includes Nicolas Messner, IJF Media and Communication Director and Judo for Peace Director and, for the first time, Olympic and world championship medallist Ungvari Miklos of Hungary. After Agra the tour will move on to Haridwar, Dehradun, Jalandhar, Gurdaspur, Sonipat, Rohtak and Narnaul, before the final stage in New Delhi. The IJF delegation will then continue on to Nepal to meet the judokas who were affected by the 2015 earthquake. More info on www.ijf.org.
The top 18-and-under swimmers in the world will go to Indianapolis (USA) for the 2017 International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Junior Swimming championships. The event, hosted by USA Swimming and United States Aquatic Sports, will take place in August (dates to be confirmed) at the Indiana University Natatorium on the Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis campus. These championships were launched in 2006 in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), and were subsequently held in Monterrey (Mexico) in 2008, Lima (Peru) in 2001, Dubai (United Arab Emirates) in 2013 and Singapore (Singapore) in 2015. Nearly 1000 athletes from around 100 countries are expected in Indianapolis in 2017. More info on www.fina.org.
The International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) and the International Military Sports Council (CISM) incorporated the first-ever Coaches Clinic into the 44th CISM Military World Modern Pentathlon Championships in Warendorf (Germany). Strong links remain between the modern pentathlon and the military, as can be seen by the fact that two of the Rio 2016 Olympic women’s medallists – Elodie Clouvel (France, silver) and Oktawia Nowacka (Poland, bronze) competed in the World Military Championships, along with current men’s world champion Valentin Belaud of France. More info on www.pentathlon.org.
World Rugby’s committees and board members met in Buenos Aires (Argentina) for a week of meetings. Agenda items included a review of the closed law trials currently operational in competitions around the world, player welfare injury-prevention strategies, mass participation and high performance strategies, a review of Rio 2016, Rugby World Cup 2019 preparation, Rugby World Cup 2023 host selection process and further consideration of the global calendar. World Rugby President Bill Beaumont and Vice-President Agustín Pichot also met Argentina’s President, Mauricio Macri. For more info visit www.worldrugby.org.
World Sailing has launched a new brand identity. This new visual identity is accompanied by a new vision and mission which put sport, nature and technology at its core and fully completes the transition from the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) to World Sailing which commenced in November 2015. The new brand will come to life at the IF’s Annual Conference in Barcelona (Spain). The federation will lay down plans for a healthy, sustainable future for the sport, as well as the more specific subject of sustainability in the waters of the world. The dialogue and engagement will be centred on an overarching theme of 'Our Sustainable Future'. More info on www.sailing.org.
WINTER IFS
The International Skating Union (ISU) has launched its ISU Online Shop, which will feature ISU publications including A History of the International Skating Union – Seasons 1991/92 through 2014/15 published on the occasion of the 2016 ISU Congress which took place in Dubrovnik (Croatia). More info on www.isu.org.
NATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEES
Suite à la recommandation 39 de l’Agenda olympique 2020, les CNO d’Albanie et de l’Ex-République yougoslave de Macédoine ont organisé conjointement un séminaire le 23 septembre à Ohrid (ex-République yougoslave de Macédoine) dans le cadre du programme ‘cours avancé en administration sportive’ (photo ci-dessus). L’objectif de ce séminaire a été entre autres l’échange de connaissances et d’expériences des deux pays dans le domaine de la gestion du sport, ainsi que le renforcement du réseau des dirigeants du sport dans la région. Les participants ont été accueillis par le vice-maire d’Ohrid, Angel Janev, le président du CNO macédonien, Vasil Tupurkovski et le président du CNO albanais, Viron Bezhani. Ce séminaire a réuni 16 participants (huit de chaque pays) autour du thème de la bonne gouvernance dans les organisations sportives. Infos sur www.nocalbania.org.al et www.mok.org.mk.
La ‘Course des légendes – Festival des stars du biathlon pour la paix’ s’est tenue le 18 septembre dernier au centre national olympique à Raubichi. À cette occasion, le président de la République du Bélarus, Alexander Lukashenko, est venu rencontrer les participants (photo ci-dessus). Cette manifestation s’adresse avant tout aux athlètes de biathlon qui ont arrêté leur carrière sportive. De nombreux champions olympiques étaient ainsi présents à Raubichi où le CNO du Bélarus proposait aussi du tir à l’arc, du mini-golf et du curling. Cette manifestation est conjointement organisée par la fédération bélarusse de biathlon, le ministère des sports et du tourisme, le CNO, le club sportif du président, la ville de Minsk et les comités exécutifs de la région de Minsk. Infos sur www.noc.by.
Le 4 octobre dernier, Carlos Arthur Nuzman et Paulo Wanderley Teixeira ont été réélus respectivement à la présidence et à la vice-présidence du CNO brésilien pour la période 2017-2020. La composition du conseil d’administration du CNO a également été annoncée. Jusqu’aux Jeux Olympiques de Tokyo 2020, le CNO entend consolider l’héritage sportif des Jeux Olympiques de Rio 2016 afin d’assurer un développement durable du sport de haut niveau dans le pays. À cette occasion, Carlos Arthur Nuzman a annoncé qu’Agberto Guimarães, athlète olympique et champion panaméricain du 800m, sera le nouveau directeur exécutif des sports du CNO. Infos sur www.cob.org.br.
Le CNO espagnol et la Fondation INCYDE ont signé un accord de coopération pour le développement du projet ‘Construis ton futur’ (Construye tu futuro) dans le cadre d’un programme pour jeunes entrepreneurs cofinancé par le Fonds social européen (FSE). Étaient présents à la cérémonie, le président du CNO, Alejandro Blanco, le trésorier du CNO, Manuel Parga, le directeur général de la Fondation, Javier Collado, et le directeur technique de la Fondation, José María Párraga (photo ci-dessus). Ce programme vise à promouvoir une série d’actions qui ont une influence directe sur l’application des nouvelles technologies et l’amélioration des technologies existantes, avec comme objectif de soutenir des initiatives d’entreprises au sein de la communauté sportive en Espagne. Infos sur www.coe.es.
Le CNO israélien a organisé à Tel Aviv la 44e cérémonie annuelle en mémoire des 11 victimes de l’attaque menée durant les Jeux Olympiques de Munich 1972 (photo ci-dessus). Ont assisté à cette cérémonie des centaines de personnes, parrmi lesquelles le président du CNO, Igal Carmi, le directeur général du CNO, le membre du CIO, Alex Gilady, l’ambassadeur d’Allemagne en Israël, Clemens von Goetze, des représentants du gouvernement israélien et de la municipalité de Tel-Aviv, des survivants de Munich, les familles des victimes avec leurs petits-enfants et arrière-petits-enfants, ainsi que des athlètes olympiques, des membres de la délégation aux Jeux de Rio 2016 et de nombreux autres invités. Dans son discours, Igal Carmi a rappelé la cérémonie d’hommage tenue au village olympique des Jeux de Rio 2016 en présence du président du CIO. Infos sur www.olympic.one.co.il.
The International “Artek” Youth Centre in Kyiv hosted the grand final of the 6th annual “Olympic Stork” project, an initiative of the NOC of Ukraine. The objective is to promote the Olympic values, an active lifestyle, friendship, respect and patriotism among school kids aged between 10 and 12. The qualification process involved thousands of children in all 25 regions, who competed at several levels including school and regional competitions. 300 finalists from all over Ukraine took part in a week-long series of sports competitions and creative contests. Some thirty champions including 15 Olympic medallists shared their life stories with the children (see photo above). In November selection for the Olympic Stork 2017 will be launched in every school in the country. More info on www.noc-ukr.org.
ORGANISING COMMITTEES FOR THE OLYMPIC GAMES
PYEONGCHANG 2018
The Organising Committee of the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 has ended its volunteer recruitment drive after receiving four times more applicants than the number of volunteers needed for the Olympic Winter Games. More than 91,000 candidates from 145 countries offered to help the PyeongChang 2018 Organising Committee deliver successful Games. The Organising Committee expects to select about 22,000 volunteers to assist with a variety of tasks, from medical services to helping spectators find their seats at sports venues. Read the complete press release here.
TOKYO 2020
An enthusiastic crowd estimated at 800,000 filled Tokyo’s downtown streets on 7 October to give 87 Japanese medallists from the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games an ecstatic homecoming (see photo above). The parade proceeded for about 2.5 kilometres from the Ginza district, Tokyo’s world-famous shopping and dining area, to the traditional Nihonbashi district, the city’s historical centre. The event, which provided a taste of the kinds of scenes the world’s athletes can expect when the Japanese capital hosts the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2020, was preceded by an opening ceremony. Attending it were three-time Olympic wrestling champion and Rio 2016 silver medallist Saori Yoshida and Paralympic wheelchair tennis bronze medallist Yui Kamiji, who respectively carried the Olympic and Paralympic flags for the occasion. Joining them were a number of dignitaries, among them Japanese Minister of Education Matsuno Hirokazu, and President of the Japanese Olympic Committee and IOC Member Takeda Tsunekazu. More info on www.tokyo2020.jp.
RECOGNISED ORGANISATIONS
The President of the Association of IOC-recognised International Sports Federations (ARISF), Raffaele Chiulli, and ARISF Council member Anna Arzhanova were invited to the European Parliament to talk about the Universal Language of Sport. Anna Arzhanova underlined the increasingly important role of women in sport and Raffaele Chiulli stressed ARISF’s support for all sport initiatives designed to promote participation, physical activity, dual careers for athletes, good governance, integrity and social inclusion. More info on www.arisf.org.