TEAM IRELAND ATHLETES’ COMMISSION WORKSHOP 2 DEC, SPORT IRELAND INSTITUTE The Athletes’ Commission is hosting a very important workshop on the 2 December, where we are looking for feedback from athletes regarding doping in sport. The workshop will be the basis of a piece of research conducted by Brian MacNeice and will be used as […]
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THREE-TIME Olympian and world-renowned ‘Clean Sport’ advocate Beckie Scott said she was ‘hugely encouraged and inspired’ by her recent visit to Ireland. The former Olympic cross-country champion, who is Chair of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Athlete Committee, was here as a guest of the Olympic Federation of Ireland’s Athletes’ Commission at an event last
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Some 350 athlete representatives from 185 National Olympic Committees (NOCs), 50 International Federations (IFs), five continental Athletes Commissions (ACs), the ACs of all the Organising Committees of the upcoming Olympic Games, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the World Olympians Association (WOA) met over the past three days in Lausanne
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Building on a successful 2017 International Athletes’ Forum, the International Olympic Committee Athletes’ Commission (IOC AC) is pleased to announce the attendee list in 2019 will top 300. All 206 National Olympic Committee ACs have been invited for the first time to the IAF. and will join the International Federation ACs, WADA AC, Paris 2024
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Statement from Shane O’Connor, Chairman, Athletes’ Commission of the Olympic Federation of Ireland Over the past 2 weeks our Athletes’ Commission was approached by an athlete in relation to the Karate Ireland ONAKAI team who competed at the recent World Championships in Madrid. Concerns were raised in relation to the difficult position these athletes
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Sport Ireland and the Athletes’ Commission of the Olympic Federation of Ireland have joined the international call for an independent investigation into alleged bullying by a number of WADA Executive Committee members at its recent meeting in the Seychelles. Sport Ireland’s Chief Executive, John Treacy, and Director of Participation and Ethics, Dr Una May,
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