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Bach attends BOA stakeholders' dinner as Robertson's guest

  • EOC

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach attended a private British Olympic Association (BOA) dinner for stakeholders following a personal invitation from the body's chairman Sir Hugh Robertson.

t.co/u6nlsFYtHh pic.twitter.com/u6Oczkwa5b— IOC MEDIA (@iocmedia) November 7, 2022Double Tokyo 2020 swimming



Wide range of athletes attend Zambian NOC's engagement workshop

  • ANOCA

A total of 31 sportsmen and women attended the annual engagement workshop organised by the National Olympic Committee of Zambia (NOCZ) Athletes' Commission in Lusaka.

Representatives of judo, hockey, football, weightlifting, swimming, boxing, skateboarding, taekwondo,



Ledecky breaks second short-course world record in a week

  • Swimming

Seven-time Olympic swimming champion Katie Ledecky continued her sensational form by setting a world

finished the 800m race in a stunning time of 7min 57.42sec on the final night of the International Swimming

Federation Swimming World Cup in Indianapolis.Her time was nearly two seconds off the previous record

of 7:59.34 set by Spaniard Mireia Belmonte at the 2013 Swimming World Cup in Berlin."

#swimming World Cup pic.twitter.com/jO1YVpmG1V— FINA (@fina1908) November 5, 2022"I was putting some



Equipment investment needed for Paris 2024 legacy, says Sports Ministry

  • Paris 2024

French Sports and Olympic and Paralympic Games Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra has stressed President Emmanuel Macron's plan to create and renovate 5,000 local sports facilities will not be enough, saying structuring equipment improvements have to be made too.

courts and skate parks.The Sports Minister says this has to be extended to stadiums, gymnasiums and swimming


British engineering consultants lead Brisbane 2032 legacy strategy consortium

  • Brisbane 2032

British engineering and consulting firm Buro Happold have been appointed as part of a consortium along with Australian companies Urbis and Articulous to develop a legacy strategy and plan for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Brisbane.

of experts, including Dr Tim Williams from Grimshaw Architecture +Planning, and three-time Olympic swimming


"Hidden Gem" among venues for 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games

  • Trinidad and Tobago 2023

Swimming at the Commonwealth Youth Games (CYG) next year is set to be held at the pool used by Trinidad

The pool has been described as a "hidden gem" by Amateur Swimming Association of Trinidad and Tobago


Gold medallist Adams among New Zealand Paralympians to receive official pins following Tokyo 2020

  • Tokyo 2020 Paralympics

Tokyo 2020 champion Lisa Adams highlights a group of five athletes from New Zealand who made their Paralympic debuts in the Japanese capital, and their success has been recognised through presentations of their official Paralympic pins and numbers.

pins and numbers at the Disability Sport Auckland Awards, which was overseen by three-time Paralympic swimming



OCA begins stage two of development programme for officials in Tashkent

  • OCA

The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) is set to get underway with the second stage of its development programme for coaches and referees, through an event beginning today in Tashkent.

Committees (NOCs) across Central and South Asia are to enhance their officiating skills in boxing, judo, swimming



Votes on 2025 Caribbean Games host, next President to headline CANOC General Assembly

  • ANOC News

Discussions and negotiations are set to continue until the last minute before Caribbean Association of National Olympic Committees (CANOC) delegates vote on the host city of the 2025 Caribbean Games in Port of Spain on Saturday.

Guadeloupe which had competitions in athletics, 3x3 basketball, cycling, futsal, judo, netball and swimming


ParaTough Cup raises CAD 70,000 for Paralympic Foundation of Canada

  • Winter Paralympic Sports

The ParaTough Cup, primary fundraiser for the Paralympic Foundation of Canada, has held its first event since early 2020 and raised more than CAD 70,000 (£45,000/$51,000/€52,000) for people with a disability who want to participate in sport at all levels.

for the cause.They finished ahead of Fasken in second place and RBC - featuring 17-time Paralympic swimming