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This Week In Olympic News | | |
This week we bring you the latest news from the IOC, update you on what's going on in Tokyo, PyeongChang and Rio, take you back to the Athens 2004 Closing Ceremony and cast a spotlight on the Youth Olympic Games! |
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| | | IOC and Official Timekeeper OMEGA extend global Olympic partnership to 2032 | | The International Olympic Committee announced an extension to its global partnership with official timekeeper OMEGA through to 2032, extending its existing partnership by 12 years to include the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 through to the Games of the XXXV Olympiad (2032). | | |
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| | | IOC President visits OlympAfrica centre in Mozambique | | IOC President Thomas Bach took a trip out of Maputo to visit one of the OlympAfrica centres supported by the IOC. The centre in Boane, an hour from Mozambique's capital, provides sports and recreational facilities and training for thousands of local children. | | |
| | IOC tackles the topic of nutritional supplements, their use and their effects | | A panel of leading medical and scientific experts concluded a three-day meeting at the IOC headquarters to discuss the use of dietary supplements, their effects on athletes' health and performances and the risk of contamination and anti-doping issues. | | |
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| | | IOC President addresses ANOCA General Assembly in Djibouti and meets country's President | | IOC President Thomas Bach has been in Djibouti, where he addressed representatives of the 54 African NOCs gathered there for the 17th General Assembly of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA). | | |
| | Olympians and the IOC #SlowDown to promote road safety | | Road accidents are the biggest cause of mortality among young people aged 15 to 29. As the United Nations kicked off its fourth edition of Global Road Safety Week, the IOC and Olympians are helping to spread the word on the need to #SlowDown for safer roads and to save lives. | | |
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