Word: ioc
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...Channel has an economy that is motoring along at a steady clip, while France's is mired in high unemployment and anemic growth. President Jacques Chirac was reported earlier this week to have said of the English that "one could not trust people with such awful cooking." The IOC didn't care...
...fact, most other athletic organizations are clearly aware of performance-enhancing drugs’ downfalls. The National Basketball Association (NBA), the NFL, as well as the International Olympic Committee (IOC), to name but a few, have all instituted random steroid and amphetamine testing. They have also enforced strict penalties in an effort to keep sports drug-free. The IOC, according to its official web site, has been “radically against doping” for the past 30 years, operating under the principles of “protecting athletes’ health, respecting medical and sporting ethics, and maintaining...
...Dream" every night for broadcast a few hours later on Australia's Seven network. Due to popular demand, Seven also fed the show live through an internal Olympic television channel to the athletes' village and the International Olympic Committee. Day Five was dedicated "President's Day", for "his awesomeness," IOC President Jacques Rogge, who appeared on the show. A former surgeon, Rogge was asked by Roy whether he missed operating, and when the last time was that he had cut someone up. "This morning, actually," Rogge replied. "And was it a successful operation?" Roy asked. "It was an executive board...
...every single athlete competing here there are four members of the press who are eager to get the story back to their even more eager editors. According to the IOC there are 2,527 athletes here at the Games, and 8,418 people covering them - a spectacularly imbalanced figure that's merely disconcerting until you find yourself face to face with the media mob. Then it's terrifying...
...Internation Olympic Committee (IOC) initially agreed only to allow the World Trade Center flag to be raised at the opening ceremony, afraid that the proposal to carry the flag in the parade of nations might violate IOC rules against political commentary. A compromise was reached just before midnight Tuesday...