INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC ACADEMY 7th JOINT - IOA

How can we make this perception more Olympic? I find that in the
future focusing on the sport and the sport participants instead of the
entertainment field and the implementation of the new world anti
doping code, will make it possible to write a new and a better
manuscript for the Games. A manuscript which is based on turning
back to the original idea of what the Olympic Games are all about: a
competition with respect for the fundamental rules of the sport such as
fair play, friendship, harmony and the possibility for the best athletes
in the world to show how far you can get when you have a talent
based on will and discipline. And as we know, belief can move
mountains…
NOTES
1 One of the policies of the present IOC-president Mr Jacques Rogge is that The
Olympic Games must not grow bigger in size. An IOC-Commission is right now
evaluating the Olympic program to find out where to cut down the size and
extent of the games.
2 The Olympic Partners (TOP) are a number of world-wide companies buying
exclusive rights from the IOC to market their own products in connection with
the Olympic Games and to use the five Olympic rings in marketing.
The Olympic Partners counts - in the writing moment - Coca Cola, Hancock,
Kodak, McDonalds, Panasonic, Samsung, Schlumberger Sema, Sports
Illustrated/Time, VISA and Xerox. (www.olympics.org).
3 Torben Grimmel and Mette Jacobsen past and future participants in the Games.
It is important to take into consideration that the interaction with the Olympic
setting is built of subjective evaluations. However, it creates a picture of what
kind of interactions that take place during the Olympic Games.
4 The sporting level is in fact lower at the Olympic Games in some sports. For
instance in handball, which is very widespread in most European nations, the
European Championships are a far more difficult tournament than the Olympic
handball tournament, since all continents must be present at the Olympics and
only five European nations are allowed to participate. Similarly in other sports,
there are restrictions on how many athletes each nation must enter.
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