138th International Olympic Committee Session: Day one

Tuesday, 20 July 2021

insidethegames is reporting LIVE from the 138th IOC Session in Tokyo

By Duncan Mackay, Liam Morgan, Michael Pavitt, Dan Palmer, Geoff Berkeley and Philip Barker in Tokyo

Timeline

2 years ago: First day of 138th IOC Session draws to a close
2 years ago: Hoevertsz confirmed as sole candidate for IOC vice-president position
2 years ago: Coates says key focus on close contact definitions, transport and testing
2 years ago: Hashimoto says decision on spectators for Paralympics to be made after Olympics
2 years ago: Six Federations granted full IOC recognition
2 years ago: Athletes representatives to have seats at NOC General Assemblies and executive body
2 years ago: IOC motto becomes "faster, higher, stronger - together"
2 years ago: Ski mountaineering confirmed onto Milan Cortina 2026 programme
2 years ago: Beckers-Vieujant pays tribute to victims of floods in Belgium and Germany
2 years ago: Ban Ki-Moon re-elected as chair of IOC Ethics Commission
2 years ago: Journalist identified as close contact forced to spend two weeks in quarantine
2 years ago: WADA claims sample collection numbers highest since pandemic hit
2 years ago: Latest COVID-19 positive cases update from Tokyo 2020
2 years ago: Bach says "IOC never abandons the athletes" with cancellation of Tokyo 2020 "not an option"
2 years ago: Fourteen members absent from IOC Session
2 years ago: Suga claims Tokyo 2020 will inspire youth and pledges safe and secure Games
2 years ago: Suga says vaccination efforts put exit from pandemic in sights
2 years ago: World Health Organization director general to attend IOC Session
2 years ago: Opening day of 138th IOC Session set to begin

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When British skaters Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean won the Olympic gold medal in ice dance at Sarajevo 1984 with 12 perfect 6.0s from every judge, for their interpretation of Maurice Ravel's Boléro, an important member of their team was singer-actor Michael Crawford. Crawford, who had played Frank Spencer in British sitcom Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em and the title role in the musical The Phantom of the Opera, had become a mentor to the pair in 1981 and went on to help them create their Olympic routine. Crawford said he “taught them how to act". He was present with their trainer Betty Callaway at the ringside at Sarajevo as they created one of the most iconic moments in Olympic history.

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Pierre de Coubertin once said cricket has "practically no appeal for those who are not British". While he expressed doubts about the Olympic viability of cricket, lacrosse and baseball, Philip Barker wonders how the man who helped revive the modern Games would have reacted to new sports at Los Angeles 2028.

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