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Coates re-elected Australian Olympic Committee President

  • ONOC

John Coates has held off the challenge of rival Danielle Roche to be re-elected President of the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC), extending a reign which stretches back to 1990. 

Athletics Australia’s Mark Arbib, Craig Carracher from Volleyball Australia, Kitty Chiller from Modern Pentathlon





Coates receives non-unanimous support of AOC Athletes' Commission but they call for change

  • ONOC

Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) President John Coates has received the "non-unanimous" backing of the organisation's Athletes’ Commission for re-election on Saturday (May 6), but the body have claimed there is an overwhelming desire for change.

Mark Arbib by Athletics Australia, Craig Carracher by Volleyball Australia, Kitty Chiller by Modern Pentathlon





Heide Rosendahl

  • Universiade Legends

s first international flourish came at the 1966 European Championships, where she won silver in the pentathlon

She also took silver behind Great Britain’s Mary Peters in a dramatic pentathlon competition.Rosendahl



IOC Executive Board member promises 50-50 gender equality at Tokyo 2020

  • Tokyo 2020

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) have promised to ensure full gender equality on a 50-50 basis at the 2020 Games in Tokyo, an Executive Board member has proclaimed.

 Archery, judo, modern pentathlon, table tennis, taekwondo and triathlon have all proposed new or


Roche vows to inject cash into least-funded sports if elected AOC President

  • ONOC

Money saved by reducing the salary of the President of the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) will be injected into the nation's 15 least-funded sports under plans unveiled by candidate Danielle Roche today.

the 15 sports who receive the least funding in Australian sport - fencing, handball, karate, modern pentathlon


Special high jump session approved for 2018 World Indoor Championships

  • Athletics

A special high jump session has been approved for the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Indoor Championships in Birmingham next year.

the Friday morning will focus on multi-event competitions.Three events from both the heptathlon and pentathlon

session.The women’s 1,500m final will feature on Saturday evening at the Championships ©Getty ImagesThe pentathlon


Nick Butler: Changing the Olympic programme is rather fun but a classic example of sport politics at play

  • Inside the Blogs

Whisper it quietly, but in the spirit of festivities I am going to begin with some rare praise for the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

in the name of gender equality but without replacing old ones.In the cases of archery, judo, modern pentathlon

consider scrapping sports for Tokyo in 2013, Juan Antonio Samaranch immediately spoke in support in modern pentathlon

Evolutionary change, such as what we have seen in modern pentathlon, should be encouraged.I also think