International Olympic movement news

Shortly before the opening ceremony of the 3^rd Winter Youth Olympic Games, the President of the ROC visited the Olympic village of Lausanne where many young athletes are staying. He held informal talks with young Russian athletes due to compete in the Games, their coaches and supervisors.

On Christmas Eve at the Novogorsk Training Center, a seeing-off ceremony was organized for the Russian Olympic team set to participate at the the 3^rd Winter Youth Olympic Games scheduled to kick off in Lausanne on January 9. The first group of young Olympians numbering 68 athletes arrives in Switzerland on January 7.

The 10th European Olympic Committees (EOC) Athletes’ Forum was held in Dublin and was attended by more than 60 representatives from Athletes’ Commissions of the National Olympic Committees across the continent.

The President of the Russian Olympic Committee took part in the opening ceremony of the 4th World Hockey Forum.

The President of the Russian Olympic Committee made an official statement following the scheduled meeting of WADA’s Executive Committee held today in Lausanne.

ROC President Stanislav Pozdnyakov held a working meeting in Moscow with the head of the International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI) and member of the IOC Ingmar De Vos. Both sides discussed prospects for developing equestrian sport in our country, the participation of the Russian dressage team in the Olympic Games in Tokyo, as well as issues related to organizing major international competitions in the Russian Federation.

The IOC Programme Commission met in Lausanne on November 11. The meeting was attended by the leaders of National Olympic Committees, IOC experts, as well as the representatives of WADA and international federations.

Advisor to the President of the Russian Federation, First Vice President of the ROC and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Table Tennis Federation of Russia (TTFR) shared his views on the development of table tennis and encouraged young people to take up this sport.

As part of the 48th General Assembly of the European Olympic Committees, which took place on 25-26 October in Warsaw, the Secretary General of the ROC Anastasia Davydova met with the Vice President and Secretary General of the Beijing 2022 Organizing Committee, Han Zirong.

The President of the Russian Olympic Committee delivered a report during the ANOC General Assembly in Doha. As the President of the ANOC Culture and Education Commission, Stanislav Pozdnyakov spoke in detail about its main areas of activity.