The bribery scandals with the International Olympic Committee (I.O.C.) and the bid cities, and the drugs many athletes use, are two examples that I.O.C. members should consider more carefully about. ... Each country elects only one member to represent them in the committee. (Organization Of The Modern Olympics 1,2) On the other hand, as it is written in organization of modern Olympics, apart from the I.O.C. each country that wants to participate in the Olympic games must have a National Olympic Committee. ... Four years later, Tom Welch was heading the committee. ... Switzerland contented th...

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The rise and struggle of female sport participation in the Olympic Games since 1896. In this essay I will explain and justify the rise and development of female participation in the Olympic Games with specific reference to the 14 year struggle between the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and La Federation Sportive Feminine Internationale (FSFI) Times were changing. ... Although women had competed at the international Olympic Committee Games since 1900 in tennis and golf, and later on in archery, gymnastics, skating and swimming. ... She started the Women's Games in direct...

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Thesis The sport of wrestling has been voted out of the 2020 Olympic Games by the International Olympic Committee (IOC); however, many athletes, fans, and supporters of wrestling are upset and feel it must remain part of the Olympic tradition. ... A recent Coalition was formed, Committee for the Preservation of Olympic Wrestling (CPOW), whose primary objective is to ensure that wrestling remains a core sport in the Olympics (keep). ... The committee that forms the CPOW is highly respected throughout the wrestling community, most with deeply celebrated wrestling backgrounds. ... The moderniza...

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It's the Olympic Games. ... He became the president of the IOC, or the International Olympic Committee. ... Olympic Committees are allowed to make a design for the back of the medals. ... The Games are placed and given rules by the International Olympic Committee. There are also National Olympic Committees, or NOCs. ...

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On June 16, 1995 the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced the selection of Salt Lake City, Utah as the site for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games. ... Olympic Committee - as a governing body representing the US. ... Develop an Olympic Ethical Board of Trustees. Establish a governing board of Representatives that is developed to ensure that each city is following the rules and regulations provided by the International Olympic Committee. ... In a trail starting October 28, 2003 involved Tom Welch, 58, who was president of the Salt Lake bid and organizing committees, and Dave Johnson, 44...

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A constant battle has been fought as the International Olympic Committee struggles to keep drug testing up-to-date and effective. ... Performance-enhancing drug use is not limited to the Olympic Games. ... This presents the International Olympic Committee (IOC) with one of it's greatest challenges; trying to keep drug testing procedures at a par with the technology of today's pharmacists. ... Lifting the bans would effectively force all serious Olympic hopefuls to take potentially dangerous drugs. Even with the current bans and testing procedures, the nationalistic driving force for ...

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This problem will not stop until every athlete is examined and the International Olympic Committee takes charge. Christian Science Monitor stated that, "The International Olympic Committee has formed a new World Anti-Doping Agency to eliminate drug use... Slowly but surely, the Olympic Committee has been taking charge and showing the world that they have a no tolerance policy for all athletes who cheat themselves and their country. ... However, the Olympic Committee will take affirmative action and do their best to cease the use. This year's Games had its flaws, just like previous Ol...

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With an entire continent, or the entire world for that matter, beginning to show the first signs of a World War, a new committee is formed. ... During this congress many things were set up for what would soon become the single greatest sporting event in the World, including the IOC (International Olympic Committee). ... The International Olympic Committee, was formed in 1894, and had a tremendous impact on Europe. "Acting as a catalyst for collaboration between all parties of the Olympic family, from the National Olympic Committees (NOCs), the International Sports Federations (IFs), the ...

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THE MODERN OLYMPICS HAS NO PLACE IN OUR WORLD The International Olympic Committee's slogan is "Celebrate humanity" Their aim is to promote communication and show the extraordinary and inspiring values embodied within the Olympic Games; A german athlete advice to friend Jesse Owens enabled the African-American athlete to win a gold medal at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. ... The first drug tests were held by the Olympic Committee during the 1968 Games in Mexico City; and only one athlete was caught for alcohol use. ... Is the money really necessary or is it simply a chance for the In...

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All sports though, and especially in the Olympics are being tested. ... Possibly the strictest area of sports drug testing is in the Olympics. ... In 1967 The International Olympic Committee (IOC) established the IOC Medical Commission. ... All this brings about the question do the Olympics test too much? ... Lester Lee former head of testing for the United States Olympic Committee says absolutely not. ...

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The SLOC could say that the monies used were to increase the popularity of holding the Olympic Games in Salt Lake City. The SLOC could also argue that the gifts of scholarship were given not to win over the minds (and wallets) of the committee members, but to further the education of their children by awarding them with the gift of continuous education. ... The gifts could be argued as a token of Utah's affection for holding the Olympics, and demonstrating the generosity of the people of Utah. 4. ... If the SLOC is found guilty of extreme bribery, then I feel that they should have to p...

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Performance enhancing drugs in the international circuit are currently banned by the International Olympic Committee who try to prevent the use of them in competitive and recreational sport. ... Athletes need to be made aware, especially through the International Olympic Committee, that it will not be tolerated. ...

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The Munich massacre was an attack during the Olympic games in Munich, West Germany in 1972. ... Touny, an Egyptian member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), also tried to negotiate with the terrorists but to no avail. At 4.30pm, a small squad of German police was sent to the Olympic Village. They were disguised as athletes wearing Olympic tracksuits and carrying submachine guns. ... Walter Troger, the Olympic Mayor, was allowed to briefly enter the building to speak with the Israeli athletes. ...

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Modern Olympics The revival of the Modern Olympic was on account of a French educator named Baron Pierre de Coubertin. He started this dream in 1894 when he founded the International Olympic Committee with the intention of restoring the Ancient Olympic Games which had been held bettween 776 BC and AD 393. ... Olympic Symbols and Ideals THE OLYMPIC FLAG The Olympic flag or symbol is constituted by 5 different coloured rings, blue, yellow, black, green and red. ... OLYMPIC FLAME The Olympic flame which symbolizes the endeavor for perfection and the struggle for victory, was first introduced ...

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This year, however, at the 2002 winter Olympic games in Salt Lake City, Utah, history was made. ... The International Olympic Committee (IOC) took action on the misconduct by eliminating Le Gougne's vote, which left a tie for first between Canada and Russia. For only the fourth time in Olympic history a second medal was awarded at a special, double-gold medal ceremony that was held on February 15. ... The first article, "An Olympic Reversal Exposes the Sleazy Side of Skating,"" discusses the scandal in an overview, stating what an event like this could do to the reputation of the O...

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Robert Voy former chief medical officer of the United States Olympic Committee. 1989 became the year of the steroid with an explosion of interest and coverage with stories from all sports and society. ... Today the elimination of doping in sport is one of the fundamental objectives of the Olympic movement. As stated on the International Olympic Committee Web page: "The Anti-Doping Code, which the entire Olympic Movement must observe, contains the following key points:  It applies to the Olympic Games, the various championships and all competitions to which the IOC grants its patr...

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In later ancient Greek times Olympic victory was worth a modern day equivalent of $500,000 to an athlete. ... The public outrage lead to the Olympic committee to study doping in sports. The first drug test was held by the Olympic committee during the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. ... By the 1972 Olympics in Munich drug testing had become widespread and seven athletes tested positive for use of a banned substance. In 1988 Canadian Ben Johnson tested positive for steroid use at the Seoul Olympic Games and lost his gold medal. ...

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Further, the Olympic games are a huge target due to the large amounts of people and mass media coverage. ... Another incident, the Centennial Olympic Park Bombing was a terrorist bomb attack on the Centennial Olympic park in Atlanta, Georgia in the 1996 Summer Olympics. ... The relationship between the Olympics and the tobacco industry grew to be quite close over the next four decades, until the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the governing body of the Olympic Movement, adopted a tobacco-free policy (Steakley, 2012, para. 1). ... The 2002 Winter Olympic Games were the first Olympics to...

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In 1984 the International Olympic Committee, the NCAA and the American College of Sports Medicine ruled, "Any blood doping procedure used in an attempt to improve athletic performance is unethical, unfair, and exposes the athlete to unwarranted and potentially serious health risks (Catlin, 1996, 231)." ... Presently blood doping is still banned from Olympic events and college competitions but will continue to be a controversial issue for years to come. ...

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Carl Lewis said that when he was at the Key Olympics. ... In the 1984 Olympic games in Los Angeles, California, Lewis tied Jesse Owens' record of winning four gold medals in one Olympics. Carl made every Olympic team from 1980 through 1996. ... Many of his Olympic performances were in world or Olympic record time. ... In December of 2002, Carl Lewis and the Camp and Festival Committee were proud to present the Carl Lewis Youth Track & Field Awards, with the recognition of Olympic Medalists in Santa Barbara, California. ...

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Recreational drugs are also among the substances banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), the international organization that enforces drug rules for the Olympics and other international sporting events. ... The East Germans showed up at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, Canada, with a team of women swimmers sporting man-sized muscles and deep voices ("Performance"). ... The first major Olympic disqualification due to steroids occurred in 1988, when the Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson was stripped of both his gold medal and his world record in the 100-meter sprint after testing positive for ...

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The 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome mark the true turning point and initiated the drug real crack down by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). During these Olympics Danish cyclist, Knut Jensen became the second athlete ever to die during Olympic competition. ... The IOC instituted its first compulsory doping controls at the Winter Olympic Games in Grenoble, France in 1968 and again at the Summer Olympic Games in Mexico City in the same year. ... Now over 600 sports organizations including international sports federations, national anti-doping organizations, the International Olympic Commit...

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The very first Olympic game was held in 776 BC and was meant to signify dedication to the Olympic gods. ... "Although mortal, their Olympic victories immortalized them." (National Olympic Committee) The running contest in that day included three types of races: the stade race which was the test of speed and was the length of the Olympic track, the dialuos which equaled two stades, and the dolichos which ranged between 7-24 stades! (National Olympic Committee) Today, although the concepts are similar, the races are a little bit different. ... So what makes an Olympic sprinter? ...

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Anabolic Steroids were banned from Olympic competition just before the nineteen seventy six Olympics, but steroids were introduced to athletes years before the Montreal Olympics. ... Johnson had to give back all the gold metals that he won during the Olympics, and in the one hundred meter dash the winner was Carl Lewis. ... In the nineteen eighty eight Olympics Ben Johnson, a Canadian Olympic sprinter, was the first athlete caught testing positive for anabolic steroid use. During the Montreal Olympics Johnson won the Gold medal in the one-hundred meter dash and also broke the world record, ...

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