IOC Athletes’ Commission’s recommendations on Rule 50 and Athlete Expression at the Olympic Games fully endorsed by the IOC Executive Board The Athletes’ Commission (AC) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) today received the full support of the IOC Executive Board (EB) for a set of recommendations in regard to Rule 50 of the Olympic […]
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the 2021 edition of the Olympic Solidarity programme for Entrepreneurship is now available for all athletes and Olympians in three languages (English, French and Spanish) and in a new format adapted to the current situation. Last year Olympic Solidarity supported 31 Olympians through the three programme phases and 11 Olympians developed their businesses. You can
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Last month we announced the official launch of the Indeed Career Coach programme, which was designed to assist elite athletes in developing skills for life outside sport. Today the dates for the March 2021 and October 2021 sessions have been revealed. The sessions are broken into two parts – career skills and practical skills, detailed
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The new initiative by the Olympic Federation of Ireland calls on the public and sporting stakeholders to take a zero-tolerance approach to online hate speech and to #DeleteBanReport it Team Ireland athletes have collectively taken a stand against online hate speech this week as the Olympic Federation of Ireland launched their new campaign ‘Don’t Scroll
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Indeed teams up with the Olympic Federation of Ireland to launch ‘Indeed Career Coach’ programme, helping athletes develop skills for life outside sport.
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Rio Olympian and world class hockey goalkeeper, David Harte, announced as one of twenty Olympians to complete the World Academy of Sport’s Athlete Friendly Education Centre Assessor training programme Twenty Olympians, today, celebrated the completion of the World Academy of Sport’s (WAoS) Athlete Friendly Education Centre (AFEC) Assessor training programme in a Virtual Graduation ceremony
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Irish Olympic and aspiring Olympic athletes would like to see a relaxation of IOC Rule 50 to allow for considerate protest. The Olympic Federation of Ireland Athletes’ Commission, following a two-part consultation with Irish Olympic and aspiring Olympic athletes are calling for a relaxation of IOC Rule 50 to allow for considerate protest if it
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OCTOBER 2020 Athletes’ Commission Network UpdateAfter a busy few months, Athlete365 takes a look at some of the key IOC AC updates and other developments in the world of athlete representation. VOICE Last chance to apply for an NOC AC Grant for 2020 The Olympic Solidarity funding opportunity for each
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Olympic Federation of Ireland Athletes’ Commission calls for halt to execution of Iranian Wrestler The Olympic Federation of Ireland Athletes’ Commission have added their voice to the call for clemency for Navid Afkari, the Iranian wrestler whose execution was scheduled for this week. Sporting bodies, athletes’ representative groups, athletes’ commissions, and athletes from around the
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INITIAL FINDINGS INDICATE AN APPETITE FOR SOME RELAXATION IN RULE 50 17 August 2020 A survey of Irish Olympic hopefuls and Olympians by the Olympic Federation of Ireland (OFI) Athletes’ Commission indicates that there is an appetite amongst Team Ireland athletes for some relaxation in Rule 50, to allow for forms of considerate protest. The
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MESSAGE FROM AC CHAIR SHANE O’CONNOR TO ATHLETES REGARDING TWO UPCOMING CONSULTATION PIECES: DISCRIMINATION AND THE IOC RULE 50 Dear Athletes, In a previous message I referred to the unprecedented times in which we are now living – history is being written around us as the world continues to adapt to the challenges presented
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Team Ireland Athletes’ Commission backs the call by the Olympic Federation of Ireland for minor exemptions to be offered to Tokyo focussed athletes to support their return to sport. They are asking for a travel exemption to be offered to a small number of Olympic athletes, and under the strict health protocols that have already
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