Guardian Posted July 26, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2004 It is about 1 month from now before the Olympic athletes themselves determine which 4 Olympians, out of the list of 32 listed in this topic earlier, will be part of the IOC as members. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Rols Posted July 26, 2004 Report Share Posted July 26, 2004 I hadn't noticed that. I know a lot of unregistered guests try to post (I sure as heck unsuccessfully tried before I signed up), but that's the first time I've ever seen one make the boards! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian Posted August 8, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2004 BBC sports article about Ivan Slavkov: Slavkov Suspended By IOC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian Posted August 19, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2004 This is not good here, in my point of view. Even though Kim of South Korea and Slavkov of Bulgaria is in the news for the wrong reasons, they both are NOT being expelled from being IOC members at this time. I just looked in the IOC website and the number of IOC members is down again by one to 123. For those who are Indonesian, this is not good for you people. For some unknown reason that I haven't found out yet, Indonesia has now NO IOC members. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
germanqr Posted August 19, 2004 Report Share Posted August 19, 2004 I can't see their Swiss account numbers anywhere in that link. And that's far more important than their nationality. ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
germanqr Posted August 19, 2004 Report Share Posted August 19, 2004 It surprises me that China, Japan and Brazil ahve less than countries like Sweden and Switzerland. Well, nearly half of all the IOC members come from Europe. By the way, Israel is considered part of Europe in this regard. Who considers Israel as part of Europe in that regard? Just because they have lighter skin, doesnt make them European. Israel couldn't get into the EU if it wanted to. Israeli Sports Federations and associations are members of their European counterparties (UEFA, Eurobasket, Eurohandball and so on) and participate in all European International Federation. Israel is safely included in European Sport, just as they should be. They're after all a European transplant in a not-so-distant region (a few sea miles from Cyprus, for example). It's not a question of skin tone. It's politics (arabs will not take them in their associations and federations), security (mostly) and, arguably, cultural affinity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian Posted August 23, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2004 In less than a week now, before the Athens Games are over, 4 Olympic athletes will become IOC members out of the 32 eligible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olympian Posted August 24, 2004 Report Share Posted August 24, 2004 I was reading in Around the Rings that the Indonesian IOC member was expelled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian Posted August 25, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2004 I was reading in Around the Rings that the Indonesian IOC member was expelled. OUCH! Expelled? For what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ripley Posted August 25, 2004 Report Share Posted August 25, 2004 I've done some rough estimates based mainly on politics and cultural links about who the IOC memebers are most likely to vote for. If the end game comes down to Paris v London, I reckon it will go something like this: AFRICA/OCEANIA: London 12; Paris 10 ASIA: London 14; Paris 10 AMERICAS: London 10; Paris 10 EUROPE (3 votes for France and 4 for GB not counted) London 16; Paris 35 TOTAL London 52 Paris 65 In my scenario paris would win.... mainly as a result of strong support from other European countries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olympian Posted August 27, 2004 Report Share Posted August 27, 2004 I was reading in Around the Rings that the Indonesian IOC member was expelled. OUCH! Expelled? For what? expelled for corruption Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian Posted August 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 I think this is right: there will be 3 male and 1 female athletes added to the IOC member list. Also, they come from these countries: Czech Republic Egypt Morocco Namibia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Map Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 Apart from that 4 new members, other 4 athletes are no longer part of the IOC: Manel Estiarte (Spain) Charmaine Crooks (Canada) Roland Baar (Germany) Matthew Pinsent (UK) Spain now have 2 members of the IOC. I think that changes benefit Paris the most as the Egyptian and Moroccan members will vote for Paris 2012 for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatchMan Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 Apart from that 4 new members, other 4 athletes are no longer part of the IOC:Manel Estiarte (Spain) Charmaine Crooks (Canada) Roland Baar (Germany) Matthew Pinsent (UK) Spain now have 2 members of the IOC. I think that changes benefit Paris the most as the Egyptian and Moroccan members will vote for Paris 2012 for sure. Yes, this isn't great for London or Madrid, whose countries both lost an IOC member who could lobby others. Why do you say the Egyptian member will vote Paris 'for sure. Apart from personal preference, Egypt also has strong ties with Britain and London. Morocco has strong links with France, but most Moroccans i know hate the French. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Map Posted September 1, 2004 Report Share Posted September 1, 2004 Apart from that 4 new members, other 4 athletes are no longer part of the IOC:Manel Estiarte (Spain) Charmaine Crooks (Canada) Roland Baar (Germany) Matthew Pinsent (UK) Spain now have 2 members of the IOC. I think that changes benefit Paris the most as the Egyptian and Moroccan members will vote for Paris 2012 for sure. Yes, this isn't great for London or Madrid, whose countries both lost an IOC member who could lobby others. Why do you say the Egyptian member will vote Paris 'for sure. Apart from personal preference, Egypt also has strong ties with Britain and London. Morocco has strong links with France, but most Moroccans i know hate the French. Well, just personal thoughts. I think these 2 members could vote Paris but who knows! On the ohter hand, Morocco has also ties with Spain and Egypt with UK, so everything could happen. However, in the case of Hicham el Guerrouj (from Morocco). I don't see him voting for Madrid. Spain supported Morocco for 2010 World Cup and this could help but I just don't see it. Dont' ask me why, it's just a strong feeling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian Posted September 2, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2004 Well, the official IOC website hasn't caught up yet, in terms of its IOC members page. Guess I'll have to wait until it gets updated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian Posted September 13, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2004 It is updated now. However, it seems that the IOC is now trying to CUT BACK the number of active IOC members now. Before the update, the number was 123. Now, it is only 118. This number INCLUDES the four that was elected at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games. I guess I'll have to find out which nations lost members now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost1 Posted September 13, 2004 Report Share Posted September 13, 2004 Maybe Bulgaria - Ivan Slavkov Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian Posted September 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2004 Maybe Bulgaria - Ivan Slavkov Believe it or not, he's STILL IN. As in Kim Un Yong: the South Korean IOC VP that could be heading for jail. Isn't this weird or what? :shocked: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian Posted September 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2004 This is the breakdown of nations that have lost or gain IOC members as of right now: AFRICA: Increased of 2 members from a new nation and addition to another for a total of 18 IOC members. New member nation: NAMIBIA. Increase: MOROCCO (from 1 to TWO). AMERICAS: Loss of 2 members for a total of 18 IOC members. The only nation here to suffer this fate: CANADA (from 3 to ONE). ASIA: Loss of 1 member, resulting in a loss of a representing nation. Total of Asian IOC members: 22. The victim: MALAYSIA. EUROPE: Most of the restructured action took place here. Most losses here than gains. However, this continent/region still have the majority of IOC members with 54. Here is the breakdown: Italy: Loss of 1 member to FOUR IOC members. Great Britain: Loss of 1 member to THREE members. Germany: Loss of 1 member to TWO members. Belgium: Only Jacques Rogge (current IOC President). Spain: Loss of 1 member to TWO members. Czech Republic: New member nation with 1 member now. OCEANIA: status quo stays with 6 IOC members here. Australia still have 4 IOC members while New Zealand and Fiji have 1 each. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian Posted September 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2004 This is the breakdown of nations that have lost or gain IOC members as of right now:AFRICA: Increased of 2 members from a new nation and addition to another for a total of 18 IOC members. New member nation: NAMIBIA. Increase: MOROCCO (from 1 to TWO). AMERICAS: Loss of 2 members for a total of 18 IOC members. The only nation here to suffer this fate: CANADA (from 3 to ONE). ASIA: Loss of 1 member, resulting in a loss of a representing nation. Total of Asian IOC members: 22. The victim: MALAYSIA. EUROPE: Most of the restructured action took place here. Most losses here than gains. However, this continent/region still have the majority of IOC members with 54. Here is the breakdown: Italy: Loss of 1 member to FOUR IOC members. Great Britain: Loss of 1 member to THREE members. Germany: Loss of 1 member to TWO members. Belgium: Only Jacques Rogge (current IOC President). Spain: Loss of 1 member to TWO members. Czech Republic: New member nation with 1 member now. OCEANIA: status quo stays with 6 IOC members here. Australia still have 4 IOC members while New Zealand and Fiji have 1 each. Changes have been made already to the 3rd. and 4th. posts in this topic on the very first page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian Posted September 17, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2004 Oops! :oops: They forgot to add one more member from Egypt. Now, that nation has TWO members. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian Posted September 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2004 The list has been changed again! This time, they added 3 more members. Actually, they are the veterans and I will change the third and fourth post of this topic over now. The total now is 122. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian Posted January 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2005 Now that we are in the year that the 2012 Olympic Games will be decided upon, these IOC members will have a tough choice to determine that at July in Singapore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troubles Posted January 17, 2005 Report Share Posted January 17, 2005 Just to confirm that there are 118 active members - Susie O'Neill (AUS) has just resigned. Regarding the vote, in the first round 101 members will get to vote (118, less 2 for Slavkov and Kim, less 14 members from the countries of the bid cities, less Rogge) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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