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Sports such as athletics, ice hockey and swimming would no longer by managed by the International Paralympic Committee as part of a new proposal made at the organization’s meeting in Germany. Under the strategic plan that has been put forward after more than a year of consultation, the IPC would cease being the international federation […]
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Paris 2024 has unveiled a new emblem for its upcoming Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games that combines images of a gold medal, the Olympic flame and Marianne, the French feminine image that organizers say embodies the revolutionary spirit of the event. For the first time since individual Games have commissioned their own logos, the image […]
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The International Paralympic Committee has launched a revamped logo as part of a wider strategy aimed at making the Paralympic brand more impactful and meaningful to a global audience. In the new look, the Agitos—the Paralympic symbol—has been redrawn and recolored. It is the first overhaul of the design since 2004. In addition, the IPC […]
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The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee has hired Bahati VanPelt as its chief of athlete services. Reporting to CEO Sarah Hirshland, VanPelt will lead a division committed to advancing the support and resources available to Team USA athletes off the field of play. “With a role this important, it was critical that we found […]
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Minneapolis will host the 2020 U.S. Paralympic Team Trials for cycling, swimming and track and field, the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee has announced. It is the second time that the trials will have three sports concurrently organized, having been held in that fashion in 2016 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The 2020 event, to […]
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The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee has unveiled new brand marks and identities for U.S. Paralympics Cycling, U.S. Paralympics Swimming and U.S. Paralympics Track & Field—the three Paralympic summer sports managed by U.S. Paralympics. According to the USOPC, the new visual identities are designed to create unique identities for each sport and to raise […]
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The Utah Olympic Park will expand the number of ski runs in Park City and renovate training facilities as part of an $11 million capital project with an eye toward Salt Lake City’s bid for a second Olympic Winter Games. As many as 10 new ski runs will be built over the next five years […]
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With one year to go until the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games in Tokyo, the local organizing committee and the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee are recognizing the date and stepping up efforts to build publicity around the event. In Tokyo, where the opening ceremony will take place July 24, 2020, organizers have released […]
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The process of bidding for the Olympic Games is about to undergo a dramatic overhaul after a series of proposals was approved by International Olympic Committee members, including the removal of a requirement that a host be selected seven years in advance. The proposal also creates a set of commissions that will control the selection […]
Continue ReadingThe International Olympic Committee has awarded Milan-Cortina, Italy, the 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. The decision to award the Italian bid the Games over a competing bid from Stockholm-Åre, Sweden, was made during the 134th Session of the IOC in Lausanne, Switzerland. “We can look forward to outstanding and sustainable Olympic Winter Games in […]
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