During its meeting at the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the full IOC membership agreed on the 25 sports that will form the core for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. Tokyo was elected as the host city of the 2020 edition. The 25 sports, as proposed by the IOC Executive Board (EB) in […]
Thomas Bach (GER) has today been named as the new President of the International Olympic Committee, succeeding Jacques Rogge. The 1976 Olympic fencing gold medallist became the ninth President of the IOC since it was founded in 1894. Congratulations!
After two years of hard work and planning, the results are in and Tokyo has been elected as the host city for the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2020. Following three very passionate presentations from the candidate cities – Istanbul, Tokyo, and Madrid – the Tokyo 2020 team was already feeling confident about their chances. […]
The article deals with the comparative statistical analysis of the results of male and female lifters, achieved in London, UK, at the 2012 Olympic Games. It has been established that in case of male weightlifters there are significant differences between the results of different bodyweight categories; the winner of the given category would have been […]
The President of Poland Bronislaw Komorowski took the Honorary Patronage over 2013 IWF World Championships Wroclaw, Poland which will be held on 19-27 October at the Centennial Hall in Wroclaw. For updates, info, regulation and photos about the 2013 IWF World Championships Wroclaw, Poland, check out the official website of the event by the following […]