Athletes Among Haitian Quake Victims
Up to 30 officials, coaches and players are said to have died last week in the collapse of the national football federation headquarters during the Port au Prince earthquake.
Also among the casualties: two taekwondo athletes, two boxers and three judoka who died when the building where they were training was destroyed in the quake, according to Luis Mejia, president of the Dominican Republic Olympic Committee. Mejia visited Haiti last week carrying supplies donated to the Haitian Olympic Committee.
In an email sent Tuesday, HOC President Jean Edouard Baker acknowledged the support of other NOCs in the Caribbean and the Americas.
“Five days after the earthquake, we are still trying to save some victims,” says Baker.
“We cannot yet start evaluating what was destroyed. Somehow one has the feeling that the whole city is to be rebuilt,” he says.
Baker says the HOC offices and staff were unscathed in the quake.
Mexico, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic have offered to help with athlete training.
FIFA vice president Jack Warner of Trinidad says FIFA will contribute $250,000 to earthquake relief. Fellow FIFA vp Moon Jung Chung of South Korea says he will personally donate $500,000 to Haiti.
Two Cities for 2013 IOC Session
IOC spokesman Mark Adams tells Around the Rings Buenos Aires, Argentina and Kuala Lumpur Malaysia are the two cities vying to host the 2013 IOC Session.
The IOC will decide on a host city at the Session in Vancouver Feb. 10-11.
Two major decisions await the 2013 IOC Session: choosing a successor to IOC President Jacques Rogge and selection of a host city for the 2020 Olympics.
A Malaysian sports official said hosting the Session would give the country a boost in its bid to host the 2019 Asian Games.
Neither city has hosted a Session, but Kuala Lumpur was the site of the 2002 IOC Executive Board meeting.
Final VANOC Board Meeting Before Olympics
VANOC will hold its final board meeting before the Olympics today
A press briefing is scheduled for approximately 1PM Vancouver time. An agenda for the meeting was not released.
Olympic Council of Asia Sets Bidding Deadline
Asian NOCs must submit all multi-sport event bids to the Olympic Council of Asia by March 31.
The events still needing a host are: Asian Indoor/Martial Arts Games in 2013 and 2018; Asian Youth Games in 2013 and 2017; Asian Beach Games in 2016 and 2020; Asian Winter Games in 2017 and 2021; Asian Games in 2019 and 2023.
The next Asian Games will take place in Guangzhou, China, this November.
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Written by Ed Hula III.
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