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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is the "supreme authority of the Olympic movement." It selects venues and otherwise administers a massive sports festival every couple of years, either the Games of the Olympiad held in the summer or the Olympic Winter Games. About four billion people across the world watch the Summer Games on television, yet former president Lord Killanin once called IOC executive board, filled with aristocrats, "the most exclusive club in the world." The IOC takes in revenues from licensing memorabilia and postage stamps and coins, selling television rights, and selling admission tickets. About a billion dollars a year is taken in; roughly 93 percent of the money is redistributed to the National Olympic Committees, the International Federations that regulate individual sports, and the Organizing Committees from the cities that host the Games.
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The International Olympic Committee is an international non-governmental and non-profit organisation and the creator of the Olympic Movement. The IOC is the supreme authority of the Olympic Movement. It is the sole owner of all rights on the Olympic symbols: the Olympic flag, the Olympic motto, the Olympic anthem and the Olympic Games. Its primary responsibility is the supervision of the organisation of the Summer and Winter Olympic Games.
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The appointment of Jacques Rogge as the new president of the International Olympic Committee has come as no surprise. The mild-mannered Belgian was considered favourite to succeed Juan Antonio Samaranch once it was announced that Spaniard would step down. Unlike his fellow candidates, Rogge has not courted controversy. He came out with a clean slate following the Salt Lake City scandal that saw 10 members of the IOC resign.Coupled with his diplomatic skills and the ability to fluently speak five languages - Flemish, French, English, Spanish and German - made the final decision easy for the voting members of the Committee. Rogge has been an integral part of the Olympic movement for over 10 years.
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The Deaflympics, which is under the patronage of the International Olympic Committee, began in Paris in 1924 and is the second-oldest multi-sport and cultural event in the world. The deaf and hard-of-hearing have their own international sports competition because they are able-bodied under Olympic rules and cannot participate in the Paralympics. At the same time, communication barriers like sound-based starting devices and verbal officiating keep many deaf and hard-of-hearing athletes from participating in the Olympics. In the Deaflympics, rules and procedures are similar to those in Olympic competitions except flashing lights and hand signals or flags are used instead of starting guns or whistles.
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The President of the International Olympic Committee, Jacques Rogge, has arrived in Russia for a two-day visit. This is his first visit to the country since Russia’s southern city of Sochi was named the host of the 2014 Winter Olympics …
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NYC2012, the committee leading New York’s Bid, will schedule daily press briefings for the media during the four days of the IOC Evaluation Commission visit and the Commission will hold a final press conference on the last day of the visit. The Commission consists of eight members, plus three technical experts. The Evaluation Commission members are: Chairwoman el Moutawakel, Els van Breda Vriesman (Netherlands), Paul Henderson (Canada), Patrick Jarvis (Canada), Mustapha Larfaoui (Algeria), José Luis Marco (Argentina), Ser Miang Ng (Singapore) and Sam Ramsamy (South Africa). The experts are Simon Balderstone (Australia), Philippe Bovy (Switzerland) and Bob Elphinston (Australia).
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