International Olympic Committee News

[Dragon 1,887]

https://olympics.com/ioc/news/ioc-executive-board-approves-medal-reallocations-from-olympic-games-london-2012-1

[Bearas 522]

 moved their NOC's headquarters from Mbabane to Lobamba as new headquarter with facilities to host all sports federations built for $138k

 

more: https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1135745/eswatini-noc-headquarters

[Federer91 2,861]

Not really IOC news, but couldn't find a better thread for this.

 

FIS are going to introduce their own 2 weeks special event - The FIS Games - every 4 years beginning from 2028 in one location. It is going to include both Olympic and Non-Olympic events. 

 

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fw09NLcXwBASwIM?format=jpg&name=large

 

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fw09X7cXwA40CnL?format=jpg&name=large

 

 

[NearPup 3,116]

1 hour ago, Federer91 said:

Not really IOC news, but couldn't find a better thread for this.

 

FIS are going to introduce their own 2 weeks special event - The FIS Games - every 4 years beginning from 2028 in one location. It is going to include both Olympic and Non-Olympic events. 

 

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fw09NLcXwBASwIM?format=jpg&name=large

 

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fw09X7cXwA40CnL?format=jpg&name=large

 

 

Some notes on this, in no real order:

 

* Seems like it will be pretty hard to find a host for this, especially given ski flying is included.

* Another step in the FIS growing their presence in freeride (hard to imagine they aren’t hoping to get this into the Olympics)

* Mixed team event in dual moguls is exciting to me personally (would prefer a same gender team event but oh well) :P

* Seems like the national team event in alpine skiing isn’t dead after all? I wonder if the FIS will change the format.

[Olympian1010 8,053]

27 minutes ago, NearPup said:

* Seems like the national team event in alpine skiing isn’t dead after all? I wonder if the FIS will change the format.

They should take a page out of the ICF’s book and just have teams of three complete a timed run down the competition piste for each discipline 

Edited May 24, 2023 by Olympian1010

[Monzanator 4,579]

The alpine skiing team event only has any sense if they make it a combined event with athletes in speed/tech events. The parallel format has been exposed as a joke, one course is always better and makes it completely unfair and prone to manipulating especially since they ditched the real time gaps after run 1. Just kill this format off and move on...

[NearPup 3,116]

Looks like the FIS has also approved making the alpine combined a team event starting next season, so still one run of Downhill and one run of Slalom but now with a different athlete skiing each leg.

[Monzanator 4,579]

9 hours ago, NearPup said:

Looks like the FIS has also approved making the alpine combined a team event starting next season, so still one run of Downhill and one run of Slalom but now with a different athlete skiing each leg.

Yeah, Team Alpine Combined will be included in the World Cup from next season.

[Dragon 1,887]

 

[phelps 7,746]

3 hours ago, Dragon said:

 

it was time to do it!

 

actually, they should have sacked the old AIBA since London 2012, at least...