Nanjing 2014 - Marcus D'almeida of Brazil competes during the Men’s Recurve Individual match of Archery event at the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu Province, on Aug. 26, 2014.

Nanjing 2014 - Gold medalist Lee Woo Seok (C) of Republic of Korea, silver medalist Marcus D'almeida(L) of Brazil and bronze medalist Atul Verma of India on the podium during the awarding ceremony of the Men’s Recurve Individual match of Archery event at the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu Province, on Aug. 26, 2014. 

Nanjing 2014 - Marcus D'almeida of Brazil competes during the Men’s Recurve Individual match of Archery event at the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu Province, on Aug. 26, 2014.

Nanjing 2014 - Lee Woo Seok of Republic of Korea celebrates the winning after the Men’s Recurve Individual match of Archery event at the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu Province, on Aug. 26, 2014.

Nanjing 2014 - Lee Woo Seok of Republic of Korea competes during the Men’s Recurve Individual match of Archery event at the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu Province, on Aug. 26, 2014. 

Nanjing 2014 - LI Jiaman from China wins the gold medal of women’s recurve individual, Fangshan Archery Field, 25 August 2014

IOC President Thomas Bach has been awarded the prestigious Cem - Papandreou Peace Award.  The ceremony took place in Athens today. The international award is given to individuals and groups who have made "an outstanding contribution to peace".

Softball players such as Victoria Hayward have waited more than a decade for their sport to return to the Olympic stage. The Canadian believes that the world is going to fall in love with it at Tokyo 2020, that the matches will create one of the Games’ best atmospheres – and that the exposure can help more players into the professional game.

In August 1948, the 30-year-old Fanny Blankers-Koen won an astonishing 11 races in eight days as she claimed four gold medals at the London Olympic Games and changed the perception of women’s sport forever. It is little wonder world-renowned Dutch athletics coach Charles Van Commenee labels his compatriot as the “greatest sports person we have ever produced as a nation”.