The participants of the annual Olympic Meeting held on December 15 in the ROC facility on Luzhnetskaya Embankment gave a positive account on the activities of the Russian Olympic Committee in 2023.
260 delegates from All-Russia sports federations, Olympic councils and Olympic academies, executive authorities, physical culture and sports organizations attended the meeting of the ROC supreme body. Prominent athletes and coaches, current and honorary IOC members were among the participants.
Having heard and discussed the report of Stanislav Pozdnyakov, the ROC Head, the delegates gave a positive assessment of the work of the ROC governing bodies and the apparatus, noting successful accomplishment of their functions, which contributed to the development of Olympic sports and sustainable activities of the ROC members.
The Olympic Meeting expressed its gratitude to the ROC Innovation Center for scientific and methodological support for the training of athletes, and to the Russian International Olympic University for assistance in implementing educational programs aimed at training specialists in the field of sports and the Olympic movement.
The Olympic Meeting recommended that All-Russia sports federations, regional Olympic councils, and sports organizations continue to actively participate in the implementation of key areas of the ROC Strategy.
Within the framework of the event, the Minister of Sports of the Russian Federation Oleg Matytsyn presented commemorative medals dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the formation of the state governing body in the field of physical culture and sports, to the Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation, First Vice-President of the ROC Igor Levitin, President of the ROC Stanislav Pozdnyakov, Honorary Presidents of the ROC Vitaly Smirnov and Leonid Tyagachiov, Vice-Presidents of the ROC Vladimir Kozhin, Vasily Titov, Sergey Shishkariov, ROC Director General Vladimir Sengleev, ROC Secretary General Rodion Plitukhin, and Sports Director Andrey Konokotin – for their contribution to the development of the sports movement of the Russian Federation.
The honorary diploma of the President of the Russian Federation was awarded to the head of the ROC Legal Department, Alexandra Brilliantova.
– On behalf of the Ministry of Sports and on my own behalf, I would like to thank the Russian Olympic Committee and all colleagues for their collaboration. It was a difficult year, but we remained united. That’s the thing. And despite all the difficulties, we continue to work on solving the tasks set by the President of Russia in the field of physical culture and sports development, said Oleg Matytsyn.
ROC Honorary President Vitaly Smirnov announced the completion of filming of the documentary series “Games and People” dedicated to the Olympic history of the country. A 12-episode series about the main victories of Soviet and Russian sports is already available on an online platform.
Vladimir Kozhin, ROC Vice President, said that next February the All-Russia Winter Olympic Sports Games will be held in Sochi, which will be timed to the 10th anniversary of the XXII Olympic Winter Games.
A scheduled meeting of the ROC Executive Committee was also held before the Olympic Meeting, where the organization’s financial plan for 2024 was approved and a decision was made to award a large group of representatives of the sports industry with the ROC Badge of Honor “For merits in the development of the Olympic movement in Russia”.
Following the results of the Olympic Meeting, the ROC President Stanislav Pozdnyakov answered questions from journalists.
– Together with the All-Russia sports federations, Olympic councils and academies, we discussed the results of the year and discussed plans for the future. The most important result of 2023 is that the Russian Olympic Committee remains a full-fledged organization trusted by our members and partners. We are moving forward together, making plans and building the current agenda.
This year, the ROC has built its international presence on the basis of bilateral cooperation with those foreign NOCs and sports organizations that respect and comply with the Olympic Charter. Of course, we cannot say that the current situation has not affected us. Nevertheless, we look into the future with confidence.
Today, I have also given my account on the actions of the IOC, which, with its unconstructive position towards the ROC and the entire Russian sport, continues to split the Olympic family, threatening its integrity. We urge our colleagues from Lausanne to disavow their own recommendations, fully restore the rights of ROC, and follow the path that the founder of the modern Olympic movement, Baron de Coubertin, dreamed of – to make our imperfect world a better place through the peaceful and creative mission of sport.
