‘My heart felt so warm’: Nonnewaug uniform donation to South Africa inspires others to give
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Children in Khayelitsha neighborhood of Cape Town receive and wear their uniforms donated by the Nonnewaug athletic department.ContributedShow MoreShow Less
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Nonnewaug girls soccer players sort and package uniforms, cones and balls to be sent to South Africa.ContributedShow MoreShow Less
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Children in Khayelitsha neighborhood of Cape Town receive and wear their uniforms donated by the Nonnewaug athletic department.ContributedShow MoreShow Less
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When the first images were sent back of smiling school children in South Africa playing soccer wearing Nonnewaug jerseys, athletic director Declan Curtin could not have been prouder.
- Women s middle distance - freestyle - vision impaired
- Women s sprint - freestyle - vision impaired
Para snowboard
- Women s banked slalom LL1
- Women s snowboard cross UL (NEW)
- Women s snowboard cross LL1
Wheelchair curling
Paris 2024 venue masterplan
Following six-months of stakeholder engagement by the Organising Committee, the IPC Governing Board approved a new, optimised venue masterplan for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. The plan makes budget savings, enables certain venues to be shared, increases sustainability and further enhances the Paralympic sport programme and athlete experience.
As part of the updated plan, Para swimming will now take place at the La Défense Arena, Para powerlifting in the La Chapelle Arena and wheelchair rugby at the Champs de Mars Arena. The latter two venues will also host two Para sports back-to-back during the Games in order to drive efficiencies.
Saturday, 12 December 2020
The majority of Para athletes who took part in a consultation process have signalled their desire for protests on the podium or the field of play at the Paralympic Games to remain banned, according to International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletes Council chairperson Chelsey Gotell.
Gotell said the IPC Athletes Council, which has held a series of workshops to gather views from athletes on demonstrations at the Games, would present its final recommendations to the Governing Board by late February.
It appears the Council will recommend existing rules which prevent protests on the podium and other areas of the field of play be maintained.
American Athletes May Peacefully Protest at the Olympic Trials Without Fear of Penalization
First Published: December 11, 2020
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Photo: American sprinters Tommie Smith (center) and John Carlos (right) demonstrating during the men s 200-meter medal ceremony at the 1968 Olympic Games.
On March 30, the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) announced participant rules for anyone wanting to demonstrate during the US Olympic and Paralympic trials, stating once again that the committee will not penalize athletes for peaceful protests regarding social or racial justice. This came after the USOPC said in December 2020 that it will no longer penalize athletes who choose to take part in peaceful protests. The committee is supporting the efforts of the Team USA Council on Racial and Social Justice, which released its recommendations for amending longstanding policies put in place by governing bodies International Olympic Committee (IOC) and International Paralympic Committee (I
Declaration of the 9th Olympic Summit IOC - Greg Martin
th Olympic Summit, which was held virtually.
The Olympic Summit involves the leading representatives of the Olympic Movement. It forms part of the ongoing dialogue and consultation on important issues and subjects of significance for the future of the Olympic Movement. The main areas under discussion were the following:
-International support for the role of the Olympic and Paralympic Movement
-Upcoming Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 and Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022
-The international fight against doping
-Rule 50
International support for the role of the Olympic and Paralympic Movement.
The Summit warmly welcomed the most recent declarations of the G20 Leaders’ Summit and the United Nations (UN) General Assembly concerning the role of the Olympic and Paralympic Movements.