IOC Olympic Solidarity Approves the Village and Hopes To Rack Up A Good 16 Medals From Scholarship Athletes
Pere Miro, IOC Director of Olympic Solidarity, in a press conference prior to the Sydney Games gave a briefing on the Olympic Village declaring ita great success and the best one ever. He also confirmed that the Chef de Mission meetings with the delegations have been going very smoothly and the general atmosphere was very high level.
He also explained that there were currently 7,000 people residing in the Village from 153 NOCs around the world, and that at the maximum high point the number of athletes and officials would be around a little less than 16,000.
The figure was high but not expected to create problems for the services in the Village and that all the 199 NOCs that will have their delegations staying there should not bear any inconveniences.
Yesterday the athletes from East Timor arrived who will be competing at the Games as Individual Olympic Athletes (IOA). They are set to march ahead of Australia in the Opening Ceremony under the Olympic flag and in the event of winning medals they will rise to the podium to the Olympic Anthem.
This marks the first time that the IOC has permitted athletes to compete from a nation still under a United Nations transitional administration which is not yet a full fledged independent country.
The Olympic Solidarity Director concluded his intervention by announcing that the Olympic Solidarity scholarship program ‘Sydney 2000’ that was established for underdeveloped countries has signed up more than 700 athletes. Of these 481 athletes will be participating at the Games from 110 countries and he confirmed that the IOC is hoping for a good 16 medals from these participants.
Olympic Solidarity is funded through shares of the television rights for the broadcasting of the Olympic Games. This money is the sole income and is intended for the benefit of the NOCs.
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He also explained that there were currently 7,000 people residing in the Village from 153 NOCs around the world, and that at the maximum high point the number of athletes and officials would be around a little less than 16,000.
The figure was high but not expected to create problems for the services in the Village and that all the 199 NOCs that will have their delegations staying there should not bear any inconveniences.
Yesterday the athletes from East Timor arrived who will be competing at the Games as Individual Olympic Athletes (IOA). They are set to march ahead of Australia in the Opening Ceremony under the Olympic flag and in the event of winning medals they will rise to the podium to the Olympic Anthem.
This marks the first time that the IOC has permitted athletes to compete from a nation still under a United Nations transitional administration which is not yet a full fledged independent country.
The Olympic Solidarity Director concluded his intervention by announcing that the Olympic Solidarity scholarship program ‘Sydney 2000’ that was established for underdeveloped countries has signed up more than 700 athletes. Of these 481 athletes will be participating at the Games from 110 countries and he confirmed that the IOC is hoping for a good 16 medals from these participants.
Olympic Solidarity is funded through shares of the television rights for the broadcasting of the Olympic Games. This money is the sole income and is intended for the benefit of the NOCs.
Sportcal.com