The 2012 Summer Olympics programme will feature 26 sports and a total of 35 disciplines. London's bid featured 28 sports, in line with other recent Summer Olympics, but the IOC voted to drop baseball and softball from the 2012 Games two days after it selected London as the host city. The UK's Guardian newspaper reported on Friday 28 October 2005 that open-air swimming disciplines will be added to the Beijing and London Olympic schedules. The paper also reported that women's boxing may be added to London; the IOC confirmed that women's ...

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The mission of the IOC is to promote Olympism throughout the world and to lead the Olympic Movement. The IOC’s role is: 1. to encourage and support the promotion of ethics in sport as well as education of youth through sport and to dedicate its efforts to ensuring that, in sport, the spirit of fair play prevails and violence is banned; 2. to encourage and support the organisation, development and coordination of sport and sports competition ...

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For most of its existence, the IOC was controlled by members who were co-opted, which means they were selected by other members. Countries that had hosted the Games were allowed two members, others one or none. When named, they became not representatives of their respective countries to the IOC, but rather to opposite, IOC members in their respective countries. For a long time, members of the royalty were popular targets of cooption, and there are still some around, like Prince Albert de Monaco, and then former athletes. These last 10 ...

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The powers of the IOC are exercised by its organs, namely: 1. the Session, 2. the IOC Executive Board, 3. the President International Olympic Committee - The IOC Session. The Session is the general meeting of the members of the IOC. It is the IOC’s supreme organ. Its decisions are final. Each IOC Member has one vote. An ordinary Session is held once a year. Extraordinary Sessions may be convened by the President or upon the written request of at least one third of the members. Among others, the powers of t ...

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Chris Hoy - Olympic Games. 2004 - Gold, 1 km track time trial 2000 - Silver, team sprint (with Craig MacLean and Jason Queally) Chris Hoy - Commonwealth Games. 2002 - Gold, 1 km time trial; Bronze, team sprint (with Craig Maclean and Ross Edgar) Chris Hoy - World Championships. 2005 - Gold, team sprint; Bronze, 1km time trial 2004 - Gold, 1 km time trial 2003 - Bronze, team sprint 2002 - Gold, 1 km time trial; Gold, team sprint< ...

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Demetrius Vikelas (1894–1896) | Pierre de Coubertin (1896–1925) | Henri de Baillet-Latour (1925–1942) | Sigfrid Edström (1942–1952) | Avery Brundage (1952–1972) | Lord Killanin (1972–1980) | Juan Antonio Samaranch (1980–2001) | ...

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The Greeks were unable to keep the schedule for 1910. On the one hand problems in the Balkans made things difficult, but on the other, the modern Greeks found out the ancient Greeks were right: A two year interval was too short. Where there had been a gap of six years before Athens 1906 (because of the almost All-American nature of the 1904 St Louis games), a gap of two years after London 1908 did not leave people enough time to prepare. With Athens 1910 a failure, the faith in Athens diminished, and as a result Athens 1914 got even l ...

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Starting August 14, there will be four preliminary games each day until August 20 for a total of 28 games. Two semi-final games will be played August 22, with the game for third place following later that day. The final game for the gold medal will be played on August 23 at 4pm local time. Softball at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Standings. Softball at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Preliminary round. ** Perfect game See also:

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London 2012 Olympic bid - Dates and timing. The London 2012 bid proposed that the Games take place between Friday 27 July 2012 and 12 August 2012. This was chosen to coincide with the best weather and with school holidays, with the theory being that the demands on the facilities in London would be lower when schools and universities were closed. It would also allow younger people the opportunity to attend the events. ...

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In one of the most dominating runs in Softball History, the team of the United States led by head coach Mike Candrea won the olympic gold medal by defeating Australia 5-1 in the championship game on August 23. It was the first time in 9 games that an opponent scored a run against Team USA. Throughout the tournament the team outscored its opponents 51-1. Crystl Bustos hit two homeruns to provide all the run-support pitcher Lisa Fernandez required. Fernandez pitched all six innings, picking up her second win in two days against Australia. She also won the semi-final game. Team ...

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London 2012 Olympic bid - Bidding process. 15 July 2003 – Deadline for the initial bid 15 January 2004 – Deadline for the full bid proposal details 18 May 2004 – Announcement of the five shortlisted candidates 3 July 2005 – Tony Blair PM flies to Singapore to "lobby for London". 4 July 2005 – David Beckham, and other sport stars fly to Singapore to show support for London's Bid. 6 July 2005 – Nomination of Candidature of the Olympic Games received by the 120 members of the IOC at a ceremony in Singapore. London wins the vote 54-50. (Watch ...

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Greg Louganis was born January 29, 1960. At age 16, he took part in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montréal, where he placed second in the tower event, behind Italian Klaus Dibiasi. Two years later, with Dibiasi retired, Louganis won his first world title in the same event. In 1978, he accepted a diving scholarship to the University of Miami where he studied Theatre Arts. He would later transfer to the University of California, Irvine in 1981, wh ...

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Kupets began competing in gymnastics in 1989, reaching the elite level in 1999. She has been competing at the senior elite level since 2002, and was selected to join the U.S. national team shortly after reaching that level. At the 2002 world championships in Debrecen, Hungary, Kupets passed all other competitors, including five-time defending champion Svetlana Khorkina, to win the uneven bars event, making ...

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The Southeast Asian Games owes its origins to the Southeast Asian Peninsular Games or SEAP Games. On May 22, 1958, delegates from the countries in Southeast Asian peninsula attending the 3rd Asian Games in Tokyo, Japan had a meeting and agreed to establish a sport organization. The SEAP Games was conceptualized by Laung Sukhumnaipradit, the then Vice-President of the Thailand Olympic Committee. The proposed rationale was that a regional sports event will help promote cooperation, understanding and relatio ...

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Magda Julin - Olympic Games. 1920 – 1st place Magda Julin - World championships. 1913 – 6th place ...

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Gillis Grafström won the Olympic Gold medal three times (1920, 1924 and 1928) and won the Silver medal at the 1932 Winter Olympics just beaten by Karl Schäfer. At his first Olympics in Antwerp one of his skates broke and he had to go to town to buy a new pair. Unfortunately only curly-toed skates were available. He still was able to win. At his last Olympics in 1932 in Lake Placid he collided with a photographer on the ...

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Felix Kaspar - Olympic Winter Games. 1936 – 3rd place Felix Kaspar - World championships. 1936 – 3rd place 1937 – 1st place 1938 – 1st place Felix Kaspar - European championships. 1934 – 7th place 1935 – 2nd place 1936 – 4th place 1937 – 1st ...

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A number of organizations are involved in organizing the Olympic Games. Together they form the Olympic Movement. The rules and guidelines by which these organizations operate are outlined in the Olympic Charter. At the heart of the Olympic Movement is the International Olympic Committee (IOC), currently headed by Jacques Rogge. It can be seen as the government of the Olympics, as it takes care of the daily problems and makes all important decisions, such as choosing the host c ...

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One of the major problems facing the Olympics (and international sports in general) is doping, or performance enhancing drugs. In the early 20th century, many Olympic athletes used drugs to enhance their performance. For example, the winner of the marathon at the 1904 Games, Thomas Hicks, was given strychnine and brandy by his coach, even during the race. As these methods became more extreme, gradually the awareness grew that this was no longer a matter of health through sports. The first and only olympic death caused by doping occurr ...

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The origin of the ancient Olympic Games has been lost, although there are many legends surrounding its origins. One of these legends associates the first Games with the ancient Greek concept of εκεχειρία (ekecheiria) or Olympic Truce. The first recorded celebration of the Games in Olympia was in 776 BC, although this was certainly not the first time they were held. From then on, the Games slowly became more important throughout ancient Greece, reaching their zenith in the sixth and fifth centuries BC. The Olympics were ...

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The Olympic movement uses many symbols, most of them representing Coubertin's ideas and ideals. The best known symbol is probably that of the Olympic Rings. These five intertwined rings represent the unity of five continents. They appear in five colours on a white field on the Olympic Flag. These colours, white (for the field), red, blue, green, yellow, and black were chosen such that each nation had at least one of these colours in its national flag. The flag was adopted in 1914, but the first Games at which it was flown were Antwerp, 1920. ...

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At the 2004 Olympics, events were held in 28 sports categories, per IOC count. If each sport such as aquatics was counted separately, there were 37. Nine sports were on the original Olympic program in 1896: athletics (track and field), cycling, fencing, gymnastics, weightlifting, shooting, swimming, and wrestling. If the 1896 rowing events had not been cancelled due to bad weather, they would have been included in this list as well. At the most recent Winter Olympics, seven sports were conducted, or 15 if each sport such as skiing and ...

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