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IOC wraps up penultimate visit to London

07/10/11 - Concluding its ninth and penultimate visit to the city of London (5-7 October), the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Coordination Commission for the 2012 Olympic Games found good progress being made... |

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ITU Honorary President Receives IOC Women & Sport Award

23/06/10 - ITU Honorary President Les McDonald today received a continental trophy at the International Olympic Committee (IOC) 2010 Women and Sport Awards, held at the IOC headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland. Five... |

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ITU Honorary President Les McDonald Awarded Olympic Order

28/02/10 - Les McDonald, founding president of International Triathlon Union, was honoured with an Olympic Order on the final day of the 122nd IOC Session held during the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in ITU’s hometown of... |

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ITU Attends IOC Session in Vancouver

12/02/10 - Marisol Casado, President, Loreen Barnett, Secretary General, and Les McDonald, Honorary President participated in the first day of the IOC Session in Vancouver. Awarding the 2014 Youth Olympic Games to... |

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Triathlon Heads to Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games

02/10/09 - With the International Olympic Committee announcement that Rio de Janeiro in Brazil will be the host city for the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, triathlon can look forward to returning a city and country... |

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Tomoko Wada Accompanies Delegates to IOC

01/10/09 - Tomoko Wada, Chair of the ITU Women’s Committee, accompanied a delegation from Yokohama on a visit to Lausanne recently to meet with IOC President Dr. Jacques Rogges. The purpose of the visit was to present... |

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Tell The IOC What You Think

28/08/09 - The IOC have launched a contest on Youtube in which they invite the general public to post a video reply to the question “What do you think is the future of the Olympic Games?” Triple Olympic gold medallist and... |

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IOC meets with ITU in Vancouver

28/02/08 - IOC executives were in Vancouver for a visit to monitor to the progress of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games but took time to meet with ITU staff and tour ITU headquarters. IOC Sports Director Christophe Dubi met... |

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ITU Athlete report from IOC Forum

23/11/07 - The 3rd International Olympic Committee International Athlete Forum Dubai, October 27- 28, 2007 Report from Richard Stannard, ITU and ETU Athlete Representative Two years ago I had the privilege of... |

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Five More Spots for Triathlon

06/02/06 - CANADA, Vancouver - The International Triathlon Union (ITU) announced today that the IOC Executive Board has awarded 5 additional spots for the triathlon competition in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. This... |

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Triathlon Added To ICSE Coaching Course

05/12/05 - Attention all Triathlon Coaches! ICSE, the institute of Coaching and Sport Education located at Semmelweis Univerity Faculty of Phycial Education and Sport Sciences in Budapest, Hungary has just announced that... |

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Triathlon on 2012 Olympic programme

07/07/05 - Singapore IOC 117th Session: For Immediate Release: The IOC today confirmed that Triathlon will continue to be a full programme sport at the Olympic Games through the 2012 London Olympic Games. The IOC also... |

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Richard Stannard reports from IOC Conference

20/06/05 - Richard Stannard reports on the 2nd International Athletes’ Forum 11th- 12th June 2005 Olympic Museum Lausanne Richard Stannard, Chair of the Athletes Committee writes: The 2nd International Athletes’... |

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ITU team meet IOC top brass

13/03/05 - ITU CONGRESS MINUTES: The minutes of the ITU Vancouver 2004 Congress have been posted and are available in the "downloads" section. LAUSANNE MEETINGS: Several of ITU’s leaders met at the Olympic Museum on... |

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