Tag: I.O.C
Munich: Rhodesia’s athletes excluded from the Olympics 50 years ago. – Munich
The 1972 Games begin, but 44 athletes are not allowed to take part: Because African countries are protesting, the International Olympic Committee excludes Rhodesia’s athletes at short notice – and…
SZ Series: Olympic Legacy: "The images rolled around the orbit"
50 years ago, Heidi Schüller was the first woman to take the athletes’ oath at the Summer Games. It was a socio-political statement – Olympia itself struggled with equality for…
European Championships in Munich: cheerful and nice and small – opinion
As fantastic as the competitions at the European Championships in Munich are: That’s why it’s audacious to drum up an Olympic bid for 2036. comment by Joachim Molter It’s hard…
A year after the Olympics in Tokyo: It wasn’t useless – sport
The shocking thing is that one is not at all shocked by this new suspicion of corruption surrounding the Olympic Organizing Committee Tocog, which has since been dissolved. Shortly before…
IOC and Russia: It’s a tragedy what sport delivers – sport
Wow, the President of the International Olympic Committee has strongly distanced himself from Russia’s aggressors. According to the Russian media, IOC boss Thomas Bach should receive a special Russian medal…
Nordic combined at the Olympics: “We will keep fighting” – Sport
The Nordic Combined women will not get a place at the 2026 Winter Games in Milan and Cortina. The head of the International Olympic Committee decided on Friday against including…
Withdrawal from Barcelona as a candidate for the Winter Games: Samaranch quarrels – sport
Barcelona, it has now been reported from Spain, is saying goodbye to the group of applicants for the 2030 Winter Games. This hits the International Olympic Committee hard. Although there…
Skicrosser Daniela Meier: Dispute about the Olympic medal – Sport
Brawlers look different. When the last competition of the winter was over with the ski cross competition in Andermatt at the weekend, the sixth and second placed fell into each…
After sanctions: Russia creates a sports parallel world – Sport
Counter-competitions to world cups, soccer games against their own offspring: after the comprehensive international exclusion, Russia is creating its own world in sport – Putin uses this for his victim…
Commentary on the IPC: A Record of Wretchedness – Sport
The decision to allow Russian para-athletes to compete in Beijing paints a disturbing picture: organized sport has been deeply corrupted by the world it claims to want to improve. comment…