Top 10 Moments for Canadian Olympians – Feature Stories – Vancouver 2010
March 30th, 2009
If you had to choose the most outstanding achievement of a Canadian winter
Olympian, what would it be?
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One-Year Countdown to the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games – Feature Stories – Vancouver 2010
March 30th, 2009
In less than 365 days Paralympic Games history will be made and winners will be
crowned in (Paralympic) alpine skiing, biathlon, cross-country skiing, ice
sledge hockey and wheelchair curling.
Coca-Cola’s Top Environmental Sponsorship
March 30th, 2009
To coincide with the 8th World Conference on Sport and the Environment, which is being held in Vancouver, Canada, Worldwide TOP Partner Coca-Cola has announced details of its environmental action plan.
The plan demonstrates how the company is using the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games as a forum to showcase its ”Olympic Games Sustainability Programme” and its ongoing environmental commitments.
The Programme was created through consultation with WWF-Canada and the David Suzuki Foundation, and includes targets of 100% collection of all PET containers in the Olympic Village and the venues during the Games, and 100% reduction in Olympic carbon emissions.
Live positively and run with the Torch
Coca-Cola is also rewarding Canadians who Live Positively and reduce their environmental footprint, by providing them with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to carry the Olympic torch in the build-up to the Games. Any Canadian who increases the amount they recycle, conserves energy and water and/or sets examples of environmental sustainability, can nominate themselves to become an Olympic torchbearer by logging on to www.icoke.ca.
Coca-Cola is also rewarding Canadians who Live Positively and reduce their environmental footprint, by providing them with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to carry the Olympic torch in the build-up to the Games. Any Canadian who increases the amount they recycle, conserves energy and water and/or sets examples of environmental sustainability, can nominate themselves to become an Olympic torchbearer by logging on to www.icoke.ca.
Coca-Cola has announced that Gerald Butts, President and CEO, WWF-Canada has been nominated by Coca-Cola as its first environmental Olympic torchbearer. He said: “We are excited by Coke’s commitment to introducing an Olympic Games Sustainability Programme at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, and by its efforts to support Canadians in living more sustainable lives."
“Congratulations to Coca-Cola,” says Linda Coady, Vice President, Sustainability, VANOC. “This is an example of a business using its Olympic sponsorship to incorporate and highlight environmental innovation in its own practices.”
For more information on Coca-Cola’s environmental programme in Canada visit:
http://www.cocacola.ca/corporate_responsibility_environment.htm
IOC supports the sustainable sport and environment toolkit
March 30th, 2009
While the 8th World Conference on Sport and Environment is starting today in Vancouver, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has already pledged its commitment to provide sustainable legacies by strongly supporting the Sustainable Sport and Event Toolkit (SSET), a joint initiative by the International Academy of Sports Science and Technology (AISTS) and the Vancouver Organising Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC). In fact, the IOC is the Principal Supporting Partner of the new toolkit, the SSET.
Best practices and innovations from sports organisations
“As one of its founding members, the IOC is proud to partner with the AISTS to support new projects that promote sport and sustainable development,” stated Gilbert Felli, IOC Executive Director for the Olympic Games. “The SSET initiative profiles best practices and innovations developed by VANOC and other Olympic Games Organising Committees, federations and sport organisations, as well as the AISTS, a leading academic research centre in sport.”
A toolkit as a guide
Specifically designed as a “How To” guide for sports organisers, as well as national and International Federations and National Olympic Committees, the SSET provides a practical way to create a sustainable commitment and strategy around environmental, social, and economic issues ranging from selection and construction of the venue to community and supply chain involvement, and from transportation and accommodation to marketing and communications.
For more information on the SSET, please visit www.aists.org/sset.
All eyes on Vancouver 2010
March 30th, 2009
After a successful International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission visit to Vancouver last October, the Commission will make its eighth visit to Vancouver at the end of this month. The visit is particularly notable as it is the penultimate time the IOC Coordination Commission will be present in Vancouver before the city hosts the 2010 Olympic Winter Games.
The Countdown Begins
With less than one year to go until the start of the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, the spotlight is well and truly on this city. The Coordination Commission will attend various meetings and receive updates and presentations from the Vancouver 2010 Organising Committee (VANOC) regarding its progress in a number of key areas, including sports events, venues, transport, and culture and education.
IOC member René Fasel is the Chairman of the Coordination Commission for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, and will lead the two-day visit, which will take place from 31 March to 1 April 2009.
VANCOUVER 2010
World Conference on Sport and the Environment underway
March 30th, 2009
The eighth World Conference on Sport and the Environment is underway in Vancouver, Host City for the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Joint Statement from the IOC and the U.S. Olympic Committee
March 27th, 2009
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) have held a very constructive meeting on the issue of Olympic revenue distribution.
Gerhard Heiberg, chairman of the IOC Marketing Commission, led a three-member IOC delegation that included Denis Oswald, president of the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations, and Mario Vazquez Raña, president of the Association of National Olympic Committees. They met on the sidelines of Sportaccord with USOC Chairman Larry Probst, Acting CEO Stephanie Streeter and 1st Vice President, International, Bob Ctvrtlik.
They found the following points of agreement:
- USOC agreed to the principle of participation in the Games costs at an appropriate level.
- In light of the changed economic environment since 1996, the IOC and the USOC agreed to enter into discussion in 2013 to resolve the issue of revenue sharing for the period after 2020 in the best interest of the Olympic Movement and Olympic Solidarity.
The IOC and USOC delegations agreed to continue to work in good faith and a constructive spirit and to meet again before end of the year.
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For further information, please contact the IOC Communications Department, Tel: +41 79 250 9850, e-mail: pressoffice@olympic.org.
YOG at SportAccord: a matter of connecting
March 26th, 2009
What’s the potential of the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) for a 17-year-old American swimming champion, world champion in the 100-metre freestyle event? The answer was provided by Samantha Turner in Denver at the SportAccord podium.
Making friends
“For me it is the value of unity. It’s also the possibility to connect with people, to make friends. And of course also the possibility to compete on the highest level, if possible even against boys as this might be possible at the YOG”. Like Samantha, Erik Kaiser, former ice skating champion, underlined the importance of “connecting”: “It’s great that the YOG offer a platform for non-athletes to connect with young people all over the world.”
“We”-volution
The eagerness of young people to connect is also reflected in an in-depth study carried out by the advertising company UNITED on behalf of the IOC. “We can characterise the “youth” as a generation going through a “we”-volution. Never before has it been so important for 12-19-year-old boys and girls to connect with other teenagers close to their lifestyle. A 14-year-old hip-hop fan in Tokyo now has more in common with a 14-year-old hip-hop fan in New York, than with most of his classmates at school”, explained Daniel Wadia, who presented on behalf of UNITED the most important youth trends to the SportAccord panel.
Connecting with top athletes
To allow this connection to gain an additional level at the first Youth Olympic Games in Singapore in 2010, the participation of top elite athletes will be essential. “We have to play a major role and are most willing to spend these 12 days in Singapore to talk with the young athletes about our ideas, dreams and how we dealt with crucial issues such as doping”, testified former 200m track and field champion Frank Fredericks in his capacity as Chairman of the IOC’s Athletes’ Commission. “Singapore will welcome the world and offer an ideal platform to connect,” concluded IOC member Ser Miang Ng, Chairman of the Singapore Organising Committee, during the panel discussion.
Meet Travis, Sammy and Leah — the latest Aboriginal athletes to be highlighted in the Vancouver 2010 inspirational poster series aimed at Canadian youth – News Releases – Vancouver 2010
March 26th, 2009
Three more young Aboriginal athletes learning to throw rocks, block shots and
race downhill with the best in the world are joining the inspirational poster
series “Find Your Passion in Sport,” produced by the Vancouver Organizing
Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC), in
partnership with the Government of Canada and the Four Host First Nations. The
posters are part of a larger ongoing program to achieve unprecedented
Aboriginal participation in the planning and hosting of the 2010 Winter Games.
VANOC launches ‘Sustainability Star” awards program to recognize partner sustainability innovations in economic, environmental and social initiatives – News Releases – Vancouver 2010
March 26th, 2009
To recognize the innovative efforts Vancouver 2010 and its many partners and
sponsors are taking to be sustainable, the Vancouver Organizing Committee for
the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) has created the
Sustainability Star program.