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125th IOC Session
125th IOC Session
Thomas Bach elected new IOC President
Thomas Bach of Germany was elected as the ninth President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) following two rounds of votes at the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Bach was chosen over fellow presidential candidates Sergey Bubka (Ukraine), Richard Carrion (Puerto Rico), Ser Miang Ng (Singapore), Denis Oswald (Switzerland) and Ching-kuo Wu (Chinese Taipei).
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125th IOC Session
IOC selects Tokyo as host of 2020 Summer Olympic Games
The International Olympic Committee awarded the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in 2020 to Tokyo, which was chosen over fellow Candidate Cities Istanbul and Madrid after two rounds of voting during the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires. Tokyo received 60 votes to Istanbul’s 36 in the final round, with Madrid having been eliminated in the first round after losing a tie-breaker with Istanbul. Tokyo, which also bid for the 2016 Olympic Games, previously hosted the Games in 1964.
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125th IOC Session
Watch the videos from the 125th Session
The 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires, Argentina, took place from 7 to 10 September. You can watch here the whole Session as video on demand.
125th IOC Session
Wrestling added to Olympic programme for 2020 and 2024 Games
In the latest step in the process of evaluating and refining the Olympic Programme, the sport of wrestling was elected as an additional sport for the Summer Olympic Games of 2020 and 2024. The decision was made at the 125th Session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, after the full membership of the IOC agreed on the 25 sports that will form the core for the 2020 Games, awarded to the city of Tokyo.
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125th Session
London delivers final report, as Games report to Session
On the second day of the 125th International Olympic Commission (IOC) Session in Buenos Aries, the Organising Committees of the Olympic Games reported to the IOC Membership about the state of preparations of their editions of the Games. The Session also heard the final report from the London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG), which was given by its Chairman Sebastian Coe, eight years after their election as a host city in Singapore in 2005.
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IOC News
Nanjing 2014 and Lillehammer 2016 well on track for successful summer and winter Youth Olympic Games
Nanjing 2014With less than one year to go to the second Summer Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in Nanjing, preparations are well on track for “an excellent and successful” event. This message was delivered by the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee...
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