This week we take a look at the IOC Session in Lima, where Paris and Los Angeles were elected as Host Cities for the 2024 and 2028 Olympic Games. All about this historic moment and all the other decisions from Peru!
Olympic Agenda 2020 reaches half-time
As Olympic Agenda 2020 reaches the halfway point in its implementation, the IOC takes stock of the far-reaching impacts of the strategic roadmap and reviews the profound changes it is having on the IOC and the wider Olympic Movement.
The Olympic Games are the world's foremost sporting event, and keeping them unique is an important part of the IOC's Olympic Agenda 2020. The IOC Session's half-time assessment of Olympic Agenda 2020 in Lima showed just how this strategy is ensuring that the Olympic Games are remaining relevant and unique in an ever-changing world.
Olympic Partners vital in the delivery of Olympic Agenda 2020
The IOC Session heard reports on how collaborations with Olympic partners across areas such as sustainability, technology, youth engagement, and athlete support is proving critical in delivering Olympic Agenda 2020.
An important part of the implementation of Olympic Agenda 2020 for the Olympic Games is Games Management 2020, which comes out of Recommendation 12. This project looks at the actual delivery of the Games, and is being worked on by a steering committee led by IOC Vice-President John Coates and composed of representatives of IFs, NOCs and athletes.
As part of the Olympic Agenda 2020 half-time overview, the IOC Session heard a video message from INTERPOL Secretary General Jurgen Stock on how its successful partnership with the IOC has yielded "positive results."
IOC elects former United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to head its Ethics Commission
The IOC elected a new Chair, and elected or re-elected four members of its Ethics Commission during the IOC Session, following a proposal by its Executive Board in July.
IOC launches Olympic Refuge Foundation in its commitment to support refugees
The IOC launched the Olympic Refuge Foundation, aimed at pursuing the work undertaken throughout the Olympic Movement over recent years to support refugees around the world. The creation of the Foundation is a further major initiative that has emerged from the strong and longstanding partnership between the IOC and the UNHCR.
The International Olympic Committee Session heard reports today from the Inquiry and Disciplinary Commissions, as well as from the President of the World Anti-Doping Agency, Sir Craig Reedie
The IOC Session in Lima also heard from the existing Organising Committees of the Olympic Games in PyeongChang, Tokyo and Beijing that their preparations are on track to deliver outstanding Olympic Games.
Positioned as a global event for the world's best young elite athletes, the Youth Olympic Games are a core element in the development of future generations of top-level athletes. Extensive plans have been revealed today that will make the YOG even more impactful, effective and relevant for elite young athletes, and for the cities and nations that host them.
Athletes to take the lead as oaths at future Olympic Games openings are unified
The IOC Executive Board agreed to amalgamate the oaths taken by athletes, followed by officials and then coaches, into one oath, with athletes taking the lead.
