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SECTION 3 SHARING THE VALUES THROUGH SPORT AND THE OLYMPIC GAMES
WELCOMING THE WORLD:
HOSTING THE
OLYMPIC GAMES
HOST CITIES TAKE ON A HUGE ORGANISATIONAL AND FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY WHEN THEY
AGREE TO HOST AN OLYMPIC GAMES.
READING
Let the Games begin! Vancouver wins
2010 3
2 July, 2003 – Vancouver’s winning bid for
the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter
Games was announced this morning to
cheering crowds dressed in a sea of red
and white… When IOC President Jacques
Rogge made the announcement, GM Place
erupted in a roar – streamers fell from the
ceiling and the crowd of thousands
jumped to their feet in excitement, waving
Canadian flags and white towels. The
cheering continued for several minutes.
FOR DISCUSSION
What are the emotions of the people
that you see in the picture above.
Why do you think so many people are
feeling this way? What Olympic values
are demonstrated in this story?
READING
London beats Paris to 2012 Games
6 July, 2005 – The 2012 Olympic Games
will be held in London, the International
Olympic Committee has announced.
London won a two-way fight with Paris
by 54 votes to 50 at the IOC meeting in
Singapore, after bids from Moscow, New
York and Madrid were eliminated.
Prime Minister Tony Blair called the win
“a momentous day” for Britain.
FOR DISCUSSION
What are the emotions of the people
in the picture below?
Now that they have won the Games,
what are some of the things that the
city of London has to do to plan and
prepare for the Olympic Games in
2012? Do you think this is a difficult
job? Why?
Left Vancouver, British
Columbia, Canada
2003: People celebrate
the announcement
that Vancouver has
won the right to host
the 2010 Olympic
Winter Games. Fifteen
thousand people
gathered in the
stadium to hear the
International Olympic
Committee make the
announcement.
Below London 2006:
One year after winning
the right to host the
2012 Olympic Games,
then London Mayor
Ken Livingstone (L),
then British Prime
Minister Tony Blair and
Tessa Jowell, then
Secretary of State for
Media, Culture and
Sport, celebrate with
citizens and climb
aboard the 2012
double-decker touring
bus.
TASKS OF THE
ORGANISING
COMMITTEE FOR AN
OLYMPIC GAMES 4
To choose and, if necessary,
build the required sports
facilities, competition venues,
stadiums and training halls
To arrange for the required
equipment
To pay attention to
environmental and sustainability
issues
To give equal treatment to every
sport on the program and
ensure that competitions are
held according to the rules of
the International Sports
Federations (IFs)
To provide accommodation for
the athletes, their support group,
and the officials
To organise medical services
To solve transport problems
To meet the requirements of the
mass media in order to offer the
public the best possible
information on the Games
To organise cultural and
educational programmes that
are an essential element of the
celebration of the Olympic Games
To ensure that no political
demonstration or meeting is
held in the Olympic City or its
surroundings
To write the Games Report on
the celebration of the Games in
the two official languages
(English and French) and
distribute it within two years
after the end of the Games
3 Vancouver Board of Trade. “The Spirit of Vancouver, 24 July, 2006. Online:
http://www.boardoftrade.com/sov_page.asp?pageID=938. Sourced 24 July, 2006.
4 Adapted from the International Olympic Committee: 2004. Pamphlet on the Olympic
Movement. Online: http://multimedia.olympic.org/pdf/en_report_670.pdf Sourced 5 July, 2006.
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