Permission has been given for the remodelling of the Alpine skiing venue which will be used at the Lausanne 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games.
Champéry has replaced Morges as the venue for curling at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne, it has been announced.
Lausanne 2020 will welcome the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Coordination Commission in December, who will assess their progress towards the Youth Olympic Games.
Lausanne 2020 President Patrick Baumann claimed the changes to the format of the Winter Youth Olympic Games would not have an adverse impact on their budget or deadlines during a presentation to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session.
Ski Mountaineering has been approved as the eighth sport on the programme for the 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne.
The official groundbreaking ceremony for the Lausanne 2020 Youth Olympic Village was held today in the Swiss city.
Swiss Olympic President Jürg Stahl has claimed Olympism in Switzerland is "more alive than ever before" as the country continues preparations for the 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne.
Lausanne 2020 has celebrated three years to go until the next edition of the Winter Youth Olympic Games.
Lausanne 2020 have confirmed bobsleigh, luge and skeleton competition at the Winter Youth Olympic Games will take place in St Moritz.
Danka Bartekova asserted that the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) Coordination Commission were "very impressed" by the progress made by Lausanne 2020 after conducting their first visit to the Winter Youth Olympic Games host city.
Lausanne 2020 are hopeful of reaching a solution which would allow for bobsleigh, luge and skeleton competitions to take place at the Winter Youth Olympic Games in four-years time, with a venue in France a possibility.
Lausanne 2020's foundation plan and concept will be placed under the microscope tomorrow when the first International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission meeting takes place here in the Swiss city.
Lausanne 2020 chief executive Ian Logan has claimed they will make use of local schools to ensure a "very good" cultural programme takes place during the next edition of the Winter Youth Olympic Games.
Lausanne 2020 will show the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that the Youth Games should not be scrapped by putting on a “magic” spectacle, newly-appointed chief executive Ian Logan told insidethegames here.
A delegation of Lausanne 2020 representatives is set to take part in an Observer Programme at Lillehammer 2016 as the Olympic capital prepares to follow in the footsteps of the Norwegian town as hosts of the Winter Youth Olympic Games (YOG).
The first Winter Paralympic Games were held in Örnsköldsvik in Sweden in 1976. The disabilities included were blindness and amputees. A total of 16 countries took part with 53 athletes. Events were held in Alpine and Nordic skiing for amputee and visually impaired athletes and a demonstration event in ice sledge racing. West Germany finished top of the overall medals. They won a total of 28 medals, including 10 gold. The event was originally known as the 1st Winter Olympic Games for the Disabled.
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A new book about former International Rowing Federation President Thomi Keller by insidethegames columnist David Owen. Thomi Keller – a Life in Sport, will be published this week. This exclusive extract recalls the long campaign to get women's rowing on the Olympic programme.
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