IOC, Olympic Games and president

Olympic athletes call on incoming IOC president to prioritise climate change
Olympic athletes call on incoming IOC president to prioritise climate change - The call to action follows the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles, which will host the 2028 Olympic Games.
It’s Time For That Rarest Of Olympic Events: Picking An IOC President
Thomas Bach’s tenure as International Olympic Committee President is almost at an end, and a new leader of the Olympic movement will be chosen by the IOC membership
Here’s what the outgoing IOC president says about Utah’s Games — and a push to bar transgender athletes at the Olympics
Outgoing IOC President Thomas Bach had plenty of praise for Utah; blamed a push to change the IOC policy on transgender athlete participation on a Russian "fake news campaign."
David Lappartient's Olympic Ambitions: The Path to the IOC Presidency
David Lappartient, candidate for the International Olympic Committee presidency, is ready to negotiate with US President Trump on respecting IOC autonomy. Currently serving as UCI president, Lappartient considers his extensive experience advantageous.
How Should The Olympics Evolve? IOC Presidential Candidates Have Plenty Of Ideas
The seven IOC Presidential candidates vying to replace Thomas Bach as the top Olympics official have no shortage of suggestions about how to improve the Games.
Olympics-Olympians Make Climate Plea to IOC Presidential Candidates
The signatories to an open letter calling for IOC action on climate change range from Australia's most decorated Olympian, swimmer Emma McKeon, to Cyrille Tchatchet II, a weightlifter who represented the refugee team at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
Warming climate should be top priority, Olympians urge IOC presidential hopefuls
More than 400 athletes, including more than 20 Canadians, speak up about threat of climate change to both the Winter and Summer Olympic Games.
Olympians make climate plea to IOC presidential candidates, 400-plus send signed letter
Hundreds of athletes ask next IOC President for a meeting to discuss their environmental concerns Trump effect on NATO spending is 'staggering,' Secretary General says Here's the Average Social Security Benefit at Ages 62,
Olympians urge IOC to prioritise climate action amid growing environmental threats
More than 350 Olympians, including 57 Olympic champions, call on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to prioritize environmental sustainability. They emphasize climate change's immediate impact on sports and urge the IOC to reduce carbon emissions and promote green initiatives in Host Cities.
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The race to elect the next head of the Olympics is heating up
The IOC has long marketed the Olympics as the sporting world’s most prestigious tournament. It organises just two events ...
IOC’s Bach sees ‘new world order’ ahead of LA Olympics and says Trump will ‘fully support’ Games
Thomas Bach says he feels a rare calm in his final weeks as IOC president even as a “new world order” gains speed ahead of ...
Risch, GOP lawmakers demand Olympic committee comply with Trump order to ban trans athletes in women's sports
More than two dozen Senate and House Republicans demand the International Olympics Committee to align with President Donald ...
Republicans Call on Olympic Committee to Bar Transgender Women From Women’s Sports
More than two dozen G.O.P. members of the House and Senate called on the International Olympic Committee to align its ...
Olympics-IOC confident of Trump support for LA 2028 Olympics, says Bach
United States President Donald Trump has been a long-time supporter and promoter of the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics and the ...