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Fencing Grand Prix live on Olympic Channel
From ice hockey Olympic Qualifiers for PyeongChang 2018 to world-class competitions from around the globe, the Olympic Channel will present live coverage of more than 35 events in partnership with 10 International Sports Federations (IFs) in 2016.
The new, ground-breaking digital platform where fans can experience the power of sport and the Olympic Movement all year round is now available worldwide via mobile apps for Android and iOS devices and at olympicchannel.com after launching 21 August following the Rio 2016 Closing Ceremony.
The Olympic Channel collaborations to broadcast events aim to complement the International Federations’ current broadcast and distribution arrangements. In addition to these events, the Olympic Channel team is currently working with the IFs to create innovative partnerships, including event coverage, highlights, magazine shows, news coverage and original programming with further announcements expected this Fall.
“We look forward to working with our IF partners to help distribute their events and extend their reach to fans around the world. Placing a spotlight on Olympic sports and athletes outside of the Games themselves is one of the key priorities of the Olympic Channel,” said Mark Parkman, General Manager of the Olympic Channel. “Launching the Olympic Channel with this event programming already in place ensures that fans will be able to continue their excitement of Rio and the Olympic Games all year long.”
Olympic Channel agreement with the FIE include the following fencing events:
2 - 4 Dec. : Torino Fencing Grand Prix (Torino, IT)
9 - 11 Dec. : Doha Fencing Grand Prix (Doha, QA)
16 - 18 Dec. : Montreal Fencing Grand Prix (Montreal, CA)
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Heidemann elected to IOC Athletes’ Commission
Britta Heidemann from Germany (fencing), Seug-min Ryu from Korea (table tennis), Daniel Gyurta from Hungary (swimming) and Yelena Isinbayeva from the Russian Federation (athletics) have been elected to the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s Athletes’ Commission by their peers at the Olympic Games Rio 2016 for a term of eight years.
IOC President Thomas Bach said: “The athletes are at the heart of the Olympic Games. Their voice is very important in the IOC. My congratulations go to the newly elected members of the IOC Athletes’ Commission. We are looking forward to working closely with them to further advance the Olympic Movement.”
Heidemann was elected with 1,603 votes, followed by Ryu with 1,544, Gyurta with 1,469 votes and Isinbayeva with 1,365. A total of 5,185 athletes voted. The four new members will replace outgoing members Claudia Bokel, Dae Sung Moon, Alexander Popov and Yumilka Ruiz Luaces, who were elected to the Athletes’ Commission at the Beijing Games in 2008 for a term of eight years each.
Claudia Bokel, who will be handing over the title of Chair of the Commission to Angela Ruggiero at the end of the Games, said after the announcement: “Congratulations to the four newly-elected members to the IOC Athletes’ Commission, which is the voice of all the athletes within the Olympic Movement. I wish them all the best in their contribution to the Commission under the leadership of incoming Chair Angela Ruggiero.”
Some 11,245 athletes were eligible to vote, and had 23 candidates from the same number of countries to choose from. Votes needed to be cast for four different athletes from four different sports. The candidates had to be presented by their National Olympic Committees, which were required to have their own athletes’ commission to select the candidate. In order to be eligible, the candidates had to have participated either in the Olympic Games in London in 2012 or in Rio in 2016.
