The International Olympic Committee (IOC) welcomes the new Guidelines on Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour published today by the World Health Organization (WHO), which outline recommendations for the amount of physical activity required to provide significant health benefits and mitigate health risks.

Marking one year since the start of their major global Olympic partnership, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Airbnb have been honoured with a prestigious Sport Industry Award.

Following the initiative of Pierre de Coubertin, who wanted to combine “muscles and mind” at the Games, seven editions, from 1912 to 1948, included Olympic events in painting, sculpture, literature, music and architecture. After these were dropped, the cultural programmes created for the Games successfully continued the vision of the man who revived the Games.

Olympic House, the IOC headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, and one of the most sustainable buildings in the world, has won two prestigious Architizer A+ Awards which recognise its innovative sustainability features and the iconic, five-ring Unity Staircase.

The Lausanne 2020 Youth Olympic Games (YOG) came to a close almost five months ago to the day. This presented an opportunity for the Organising Committee to look back on the great sporting and popular success of the YOG as well as the positive financial results. Now, it's time to look at the legacy, which will be managed by a new structure set up for this purpose. 

Since winning K1 gold at the YOG Nanjing 2014, French slalom canoeist Camille Prigent has been crowned world under-23 champion and won team titles at the World and European Championships.