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    10 September 2013 - News

    IOC Session votes on Executive Board positions
    Anita L. DeFrantz will succeed John Coates, who was elected as a new Vice-President, a slot left vacant by Ser Miang Ng, whose term of office came to an end today. The Executive Board, founded in 192...
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    10 September 2013 - Press releases

    Thomas Bach elected new IOC President
    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).* “Th...
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    10 September 2013 - News

    IOC Session elects nine new members
    -Octavian Morariu of Romania, candidature as an individual member -Bernard Rajzman of Brazil, candidature as an individual member-Mikaela Maria Antonia Cojuangco-Jaworski of the Philippines, candidatu...
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    09 September 2013 - News

    Four candidates running for IOC Executive Board positions
    Anita L. DeFrantz, HRH Prince Tunku Imran and Richard W. Pound will vie to succeed John Coates, who himself will seek the Vice-Presidency slot left vacant by Ser Miang Ng, whose back-to-back four-yea...
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    09 September 2013 - News

    Next IOC President to be elected this Tuesday
    Vying to succeed current President Jacques Rogge, whose 12-year term in office ends with the closing of the Session, are six candidates: Thomas Bach, Sergey Bubka, Richard Carrión, Ser Miang Ng, Denis...
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    08 September 2013 - News

    Wrestling celebrates Olympic continuation
    Addressing the IOC members, the President of the International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles (FILA), Nenad Lalovic, said: “With this vote, you have shown that the steps we have taken to im...
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    08 September 2013 - News

    Wrestling added to Olympic programme for 2020 and 2024 Games
    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...
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    08 September 2013 - News

    IOC Session approves 25 core sports for 2020 Games
    The 25 sports, as proposed by the IOC Executive Board (EB) in February, are: athletics, rowing, badminton, basketball, boxing, canoeing, cycling, equestrian, fencing, football, gymnastics, weightlifti...
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    07 September 2013 - News

    IOC Session to decide on composition of 2020 Olympic programme
    Two votes are scheduled – the first on the 25 core sports for the 2020 Olympic programme and the second on the possible inclusion of an additional sport for the 2020 and 2024 editions of the Games, bo...
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    07 September 2013 - Press releases

    IOC selects Tokyo as host of 2020 Summer Olympic Games
    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 ...
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