Voting against wrestling and angering the former Olympians who are IOC members would be risky.
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He got himself quoted in newspapers demanding the resignation of IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch.
The IOC in February recommended that wrestling be dropped from the Olympic program starting in 2020.
The International Olympic Committee, or IOC, will decide on the 2020 host city in September 2013.
On enhancing the knowledge base, she stressed the importance of UNESCO-IOC's Global Ocean Observing System.
The IOC established the world's first tsunami warning system in the Pacific in 1965.
In that context, the IOC disciplinary commission will submit its recommendations to the IOC Executive Board.
The IOC reserves its right to take into account any other relevant developments or facts.
Previous IOC statements have suggested that the IOC would follow suit with the IAAF.
The organization issued a statement calling its executives "greatly astonished" by the IOC's move.
The IOC board says it will reconsider this week's blunder at a meeting in May.
The IOC should ask itself whether all this makes sense, whether this is rational or madness.
So why then did the IOC's members stay so loyal to their former president?
The endearment is perhaps surprising considering that Samaranch had led the IOC through its greatest crisis.
For these reasons, the USOC and IOC must love L.A. over all other alternatives.
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He said IOC president Jacques Rogge had travelled by Docklands Light Rail instead of car.
National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice defended the IOC, saying it was their decision to make.
He and wrestlers worldwide have mobilized to try to persuade the IOC to reverse course.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) pays Olympic athletes zero dollars for competing in the games.
The IOC requires transgender athletes to undergo hormone therapy long enough to remove gender-related advantages.
The meeting was co-chaired by Wendy Watson-Wright (UNESCO-IOC) and Biliana Cicin-Sain (Global Ocean Forum).
The IOC channel will also continue to feature historic content from past Olympic Games.
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This was the first operation of the Multi One Attitude Foundation in partnership with UNESCO-IOC.
The official said the documents had been burned as a "courtesy" to IOC members.
" Significantly, he says: "It was difficult to turn down requests from IOC members.
The IOC of UNESCO is very pleased to have been able to participate in this project.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) already has something of an image problem in this regard.
Others credit softball's perceived lack of popularity in Europe, where the IOC is headquartered.
The new drug, called Aranesp or darbepoetin, was not on the IOC's banned drugs list.
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