Montreal and Toronto, Canada’s new Olympic bet
Their latest projects haven’t even seen the start line, but Canadians still dream of the Olympics. And even, surprise, of the Summer Games. The National Olympic Committee (COC) has been working for a few months on a possible candidacy. It would bring together two host cities, Montreal and Toronto. It would target the next decade.
The information is revealed by
La Presse. The Quebec daily cites six sources which all confirm the existence of the project.
Topping the list is COC Executive Director David Shoemaker. “
The Canadian Olympic Committee believes in the value of hosting the Olympic and Paralympic Games and we have been open about our desire to bring the Games back to Canada as early as the 2030s“, he admits in a written note sent to
Honorary IOC member Troger passes away
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GENEVA, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) Walther Troger, an Honorary International Olympic Committee (IOC) member, has passed away at the age of 91.
Troger, who became an IOC member in 1989 and an Honorary member in 2010, is also a former IOC sports director and member of the Olympic Order. Walther Troger made a great contribution to the IOC, first as its sports director, then as a member and lately as an Honorary member, said IOC President Thomas Bach. I got to know him as a person with a great passion for sport and an immense knowledge about the Olympic Movement already when we met for the first time in the 1970s, when he was secretary general of the NOC and I was an athlete.
Top Story Replay: Weightlifting, Boxing Hit Hardest for Paris 2024 12/12/20
IOC president Thomas Bach addresses the media in a virtual press conference.
(ATR) Weightlifting and boxing, two sports whose international federations are currently on the outs with the IOC, take the hardest hits in the Paris 2024 sports program.
IOC President Thomas Bach announced on Monday the program and athlete quotas. Skateboarding, sport climbing, surfing and breaking, the additional sports proposed by the Paris organizers, were confirmed as additional sports.
Breaking and sport climbing both appeared as medal events at the Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires 2018, while skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing will make their debut on the Olympic program in Tokyo next year.
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