Posts Tagged ‘athletes’

IOC opens an upcoming meeting on the sudden death of athlete

July 8th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
A consensus meeting on the sudden death of athletes will take place on 9 and 10 December at the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne, Switzerland.
At this meeting, the Working Group ad hoc sudden death of athletes, chaired by Professor Erik J. Meijboom Center Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV) in Lausanne, hopes to [...]

Paris: Olympic and Paralympic athletes to become ambassadors of sport

June 26th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
Regional Council of Ile-de-France voted unanimously Friday to a device that gives the Olympic and Paralympic athletes Ile recent Athens Games a role as “Ambassadors of the Paris Sport and Olympism” said a statement.
The area opens to athletes training schemes and integration of the region, they offer a “skills assessment” and “qualifying checkbooks. It also [...]

Check out the first group of Chinese athletes for Athens

April 20th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
The first group of 267 members of the Chinese Olympic delegation of 637 people strong left Beijing Sunday to Athens to attend the 28th Olympic Games.
This group is formed by 240 athletes and 27 coaches and officials.
The group is led by Yuan Weimin, director of the State General Administration for Sports, President of Chinese Olympic [...]

List of the Chinese sports delegation for Athens Olympics

April 5th, 2010 | Tags: , , ,
Deputy Director of the Office of State Administration of Sports, Duan Shijie, has revealed the list of the Chinese sports delegation for the 28th Olympic Games at the meeting held July 20 in Beijing at 9 hours (local time).
Delegation Chairman: Yuan Weimin,Vice-Chairmen: Yu Zaiqing, Li Furong, Duan Shijie, He Huixian, Xiao Tian, Cui DalinSecretary: Xiao [...]

73 Tunisian athletes will participate in Athens Olympics

March 11th, 2010 | Tags: , , ,
73 Tunisian athletes will partala Athens Olympics, against 48 for 4 years ago at the Sydney Games, said Monday the government daily “La Presse de Tunisie.
These 73 athletes will participate in 57 sports épreuvres 15 of the next Olympic Games a total of 28 sports, while in Sydney, the Tunisians had taken part in 34 [...]

The competition will be tough for Chinese athletes at the Athens Olympics

March 11th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
The National Administration of Sport was held June 24 a press conference on the Athens Olympics. He Huixian, vice-president of Chinese Olympic Committee, said that a groundbreaking ceremony would be held July 13 to celebrate the formation of the Chinese delegation to the Athens Olympics.
According to Xiao Tian, deputy director of the National Sport and [...]

Thirty-two athletes stand for election to the Athletes Commission of the IOC

March 9th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
Thirty-two athletes in total from an equivalent number of countries running for election to the Athletes Commission of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to be held during the 2004 Olympics in Athens, said Tuesday the IOC in Lausanne. Of these 32 candidates, four will be elected to the Committee for a term of eight years [...]

China selects athletes for Athens Olympics

December 5th, 2009 | Tags: , , ,
345 Chinese athletes have achieved the Olympic qualifying date for 171 tests (301 total), 100 days after the opening of the Athens Olympics, said Xiao Yian, assistant director of the General Administration of Sports.
The games selection is continuing for 12 other sports including water sports, athletics, judo, rowing and cycling, “he added.
China will participate in [...]

Morocco: the 5th National Games for athletes with intellectual disabilities from 27 to 30 April in Ifrane

November 27th, 2009 | Tags: , , , ,
The Special Olympics Morocco will host the April 27 to 30 current Ifrane (210 km east of Rabat), the 5th National Games for athletes with intellectual disabilities, reported Monday the agency Maghreb Arabe Presse.
This sporting event sets itself targets for the promotion of sports for the mentally disabled, strengthening relations of cooperation and coordination between [...]

Athletics: the change of nationality to study the IAAF

November 24th, 2009 | Tags: , , , ,
The International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) is being further reflect on the change of nationality of the athletes in developing countries and adopt measures at its Congress in Helsinki (Finland) in 2005, said President IAAF, Lamine Diack.
Mr. Diack who was speaking at a seminar held last week at the Regional Development of the IAAF [...]