The IOC

Get news and updates on the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which is a not-for-profit organization in charge of the Olympics. Find news and articles on the IOC background and formation. The IOC formed in 1894 by a French educator and historian Pierre de Coubertin. Demetrius Vikelas, a Greek businessman and writer, was the first President of the IOC. The IOC is located in Lausanne, Switzerland. Check out RT.com for the news and details about the structure of the IOC. Today, it consists of 95 active members, 41 honorary members, an honorary president and one honor member (Henry Kissinger) – find the news on RT on those members. The IOC’s goal is to lead the Olympic Movement. Follow RT for the issues related to IOC, like the one with Russian Olympic team. Russia was banned from the PyeongChang Olympic Games in 2018 after a number of Russian athletes were accused of doping. However, later the same year the IOC announced the return of Russian team in to the Olympic family. Don’t miss the news on this and other scandals with involvement of the IOC.

Ice hockey chief given 5yr ban for threats, discrimination against athletes who politically oppose Belarusian president Lukashenko
The head of the Belarusian Ice Hockey Federation has been banned for five years by the sport's governing body, with a 10-month investigation ruling that he threatened athletes and abused his position to back Alexander Lukashenko.
Sep 10, 2021 12:36
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Olympic champs claim material is ‘peeling off’ gold medals made from recycled electronic devices – just 4 weeks after Tokyo Games
Two Chinese athletes have claimed that the medals they won at the recent Tokyo 2020 Olympic games are starting to lose their shine and disintegrate, sharing pictures of the coveted items 'peeling off'.
Aug 26, 2021 16:02
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Ex-Olympic winner Zhurova claims judges have bias for Japan, warns ‘we know what would happen’ if decisions took place in Russia
Ex-Olympic champ Svetlana Zhurova has claimed that Japan has been awarded medals at the Games as a form of gratitude for continuing as hosts despite the pandemic, adding that the judging would be scandalized if it was in Russia.
Aug 3, 2021 21:11
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Transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard crashes out of Tokyo Olympics after three failed attempts on first Games appearance
Laurel Hubbard, the controversial New Zealand weightlifter who is the first transgender athlete to compete at the Olympics, has bowed out of the women's competition at the first time of asking after failing with three lifts.
Aug 2, 2021 12:11
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‘I am worried about my safety’: Athlete fears she will go to jail if she returns to Belarus, could seek asylum in Germany, Austria
In one of her first interviews since a reported attempt to forcibly repatriate her back to Belarus from Tokyo for criticizing sports bosses, Kristina Timanovskaya has claimed she was threatened, fears jail and will seek asylum.
Aug 1, 2021 20:31
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Belarusian beauty who ‘criticized bosses over doping tests’ taken to airport but escapes being flown home from Olympics – reports
A Belarusian athlete who reportedly criticized her country's Olympic officials over a lack of doping tests and a decision to move her into a relay race is said to be seeking asylum after being forced to the airport to return home.
Aug 1, 2021 13:32
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