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	World Olympians Association Loses Exec Member to Doping January 25, 2017 (ATR) The World Olympians Association says it is extremely “saddened and disappointed” to learn that Tatyana Lebedeva is being sanctioned by the International Olympic Committe...
	WOA Statement on Tatyana Lebedeva January 25, 2017 World Olympians Association (WOA) has released the following statement following the announcement by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that WOA Executive Committee mem...
	IOC Sanctions Two Athletes for Failing Anti-Doping Test at Beijing 2008 January 25, 2017 THE PROTECTION OF CLEAN ATHLETES AND THE FIGHT AGAINST DOPING ARE TOP PRIORITIES FOR THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (IOC), AS OUTLINED IN OLYMPIC AGENDA 2020, THE IOC’S S...
	President Xi First Chinese Leader to Visit IOC January 18, 2017 (ATR) China President Xi Jinping visits the Olympic Museum in Lausanne on Wednesday during his three-day trip to Switzerland. China President Xi Jinping and IOC chief Thoma...
	Anti-Doping Should be Job One for IOC in 2017 -- OpEd January 16, 2017 In September, the International Olympic Committee is scheduled to select the city to host the 2024 Summer Olympics, the successor to Tokyo in 2020. IOC Session in Rio de Jane...
	Four Athletes Lose Medals in Final Beijing 2008 Retests January 12, 2017 (ATR) Three Chinese weightlifters and a shotputter from Belarus have failed doping retests from the Beijing 2008 Summer Games. Xiexia Chen is sanctioned by the IOC for dopi...
	IOC sanctions eight athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008 and London 2012 January 12, 2017 As part of this process, the IOC today announced that eight athletes have been disqualified from the Olympic Games Beijing 2008 and London 2012. The details follow. Lei CAO...
	Chinese Director to Organize Second Olympic Flag Handover January 10, 2017 (ATR) A familiar face to the Olympic Movement will direct the Beijing 2022 Olympic flag handover to close out the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Games. Zhang Yimou will direct the...
	China's Sports Minister Tapped to Lead Olympic Committee December 29, 2016 (ATR) Gou Zhongwen is replacing Liu Peng as president of the Chinese Olympic Committee. Chinese Olympic Committee president Gou Zhongwen (Peking University) Zhongwen was a...
	Golden 25 - #1 - World Leaders Shape Olympic Future January 01, 2017 (ATR) The heads of state of the Olympics Big Three – U.S. , Russia and China --will make an impact in 2017, each in distinctive manner. Vladimir Putin Vladimir Putin (r)...
	Putin in Doping Denial as IOC Crackdown Begins December 23, 2016 (ATR) Twenty-eight Russian athletes are now facing disciplinary proceedings from the International Olympic Committee following Sochi 2014 doping retests. IOC president Thom...
	IOC: More London 2012 Doping Cases to Come December 07, 2016 (ATR) The IOC’s medical director says he expects “many more” positives in reanalysis of doping samples from the London Olympics in the run-in to Tokyo 2020. Richard Budgett (...

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