International Olympic Committee

An international organization that organizes the Olympics . Abbreviated as IOC , Switzerland It is headquartered in Lausanne . It was founded on June 23, 1894 by Pierre de Coubertin and Greek businessman Dimitrios Vikelas . Vikelas took office as the first chairman, and Coubertin became the chairman from the second chairman. The current IOC President is Kirsty Coventry .

Sub-organizations include National Olympic Committees (NOCs) with 206 member countries.[4] Athletes to be sent to the Olympics must receive permission from their national Olympic committee and then forward their list to the International Olympic Committee.

Its main task is to host and organize the Summer Olympics, Winter Olympics, and Youth Olympics every four years . Until 1992, the Summer Olympics and Winter Olympics were held in the same year, but since then they have been held alternately every two years. The IOC General Assembly is held every year, and at this general assembly, a vote is held every two years to decide on the venue for the Olympic Games in 7 years (5 years for the Youth Olympic Games). At this time, heads of state ( presidents , prime ministers , etc.) and entrepreneurs from around the world flock to the event, attracting attention. At first, there was talk of banning heads of state from participating in the IOC General Assembly. There is a strong assessment that the spirit of sports is being overshadowed and that even hosting the Olympics is turning into a realistic diplomatic battle between countries. However, inside the IOC, the head of state's campaign at the IOC general meeting is welcomed. When top-ranking figures, such as heads of state, directly participate, interest in hosting the Olympics naturally increases, which leads to commercial profits.

By the revised Olympic Charter in 2019, instead of voting, the IOC directly nominated a city and changed it to a pros and cons vote.

Recently, fewer cities are willing to host the Olympics due to cost deficit issues.[5] Jointly held in a hurry[6] Agenda 2020 was announced, allowing for Additionally, the Olympic Channel, which can be viewed as a mobile and internet broadcast, was launched immediately after the closing of the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics .

The IOC shopping mall was not intentionally created by the IOC, but by the National Sports Promotion Agency, the successor of the Seoul Olympic Organizing Committee, and the Korea Sports Council, which acts as an agent for the KOC . After the Seoul Olympics ended, the members of the Seoul Olympic Organizing Committee were divided into the Korea Sports Council and the Korea Sports Promotion Corporation and went their separate ways. It became. The IOC official website shopping mall sells commemorative items from previous Olympic Games, and the currency unit is only Swiss francs , and only Visa cards are accepted.

Among the organizations created by sub-regional Olympic committees, each continent includes the Olympic Council of Asia , the European Olympic Committee , the Association of African Olympic Committees, the Pan American Sports Organization, and the National Olympic Committees of Oceania. The Mediterranean Games are also being held with IOC approval.

Surprisingly, the FIA ​​is also a member. In other words, theoretically, automobile competitions could also be included as official events. This is because motorsports are also sports .

For reference, the Skills Olympics has nothing to do with the IOC.

The International Olympic Committee General Assembly (IOC General Assembly) is largely divided into the Olympic Congress and the International Olympic Committee General Assembly (IOC Session). The Olympic Congress is held when there is a need to revise the Olympic Charter or seek advice, and is held together with the General Assembly. The last Olympic Congress, the 13th, was held in Copenhagen in 2009. It was decided to host the 1988 Seoul Olympics at the 84th General Assembly held in Baden-Baden, West Germany , while the 11th Olympic Congress was being held.

The General Assembly is to be held during the Olympic Congress or during the Olympic Games. IOC general meetings held in Korea include the 94th General Assembly held during the 1988 Seoul Olympics ( selection of the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Olympics ), the 109th General Assembly held in Seoul in 1999 ( selection of the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics ), and the 132nd General Assembly held during the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics (the original 2022 Youth Summer Olympics). At the 127th General Assembly, it was decided to postpone the event to 2023, but this meeting overturned the decision and decided to hold it in 2022 as originally scheduled and on the African continent.

In the past Olympics held by the IOC, South Korea was simply written as Korea, and North Korea was written as DPR Korea, and the Republic of Korea was treated as if it were authentic Korea. This is related to the fact that Korea first became an IOC member.[7]

The predecessor of the Korean Olympic Committee, the Chosun Olympic Committee, was first recognized by the IOC in 1947 as the only National Olympic Committee (NOC) on the Korean Peninsula. As a result, the Republic of Korea (South Korea), which succeeded it, took the lead in Korea. However, North Korea joined separately in 1957, and was inevitably listed as DPR Korea.[8][9] This is continuing, so when North and South Korea face off in an IOC-hosted event, it is marked as Korea vs. DPR Korea. So, local game staff and foreign broadcasters often get confused and make mistakes. Even when North and South Korea do not face off, they get confused . There are also cases where commotion occurs , and it gets even more confusing when North and South Korea are involved. For example, the score is incorrectly recorded on the scoreboard, and then the game is temporarily stopped to correct it, etc.

However, since this notation causes confusion, from the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, the Republic of Korea is written as the full name, Republic of Korea. So now you can no longer see the notation of Korea vs. DPR Korea.[10]

Korea will reappear at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics . Since the North-South unified team was formed for the first time, this team was written as Korea. However, the code for a single team is written as COR, taken from the French word Corée, to distinguish it from the Republic of Korea (KOR).

Among the people mentioned above, Moon Dae-seong, Yoo Seung-min, and Won Yun-jong served as IOC athlete committee members , and the other people were the presidents of the Korea Sports Council (Lee Ki-poong, Kim Taek-soo, Park Jong-gyu, Kim Un-yong, Park Yong-seong, Lee Ki-heung) or served as executives of international sports organizations described later.

The IOC Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Champion Award is a continuation of the IOC Women and Sports Trophy , which was created in 2000. The IOC gave it annually to sports-related figures and organizations that have contributed to the development of women's sports, and is now awarding awards to people who have contributed to the development of women's sports, and furthermore, "sports". The target has been expanded to include “individuals or organizations recognized for their outstanding contributions to gender equality, diversity and inclusion both internally and externally.” It is awarded to six people, including five winners, one from each continent, and one winner at the global level. In Korea, there are two Asian winners, Lee Lisa and Kim Jin-ho .

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It is a world-wide bribery arena where various political and commercial interests, starting with match-fixing, are exchanged. Starting with the purchase by the United States during the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, it has been virtually privatized by certain countries. In the 2020s, unlike the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, where the punishment of those responsible was perfunctory, it was virtually reduced to a bread shuttle for the host country. Moreover, no matter how much the host country is, if it fails to properly provide entertainment to key IOC officials, it will be ignored.

In the controversy related to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the safety of athletes was abandoned or the obligation to be politically neutral was shown, and at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, they also defended the human rights abuses of the host country, China , and criticized Western countries that opposed them. In other words, rather than an Olympic committee that makes fair judgments, it is showing the same disgrace as a stock company controlled by money.

In addition, when Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022 is not over and Russian players from neutral countries are being allowed to play, Ukraine is protesting strongly, risking a boycott, and some European countries, including the UK , are also protesting. At least in contrast to the strictness of FIFA and the ISU when it comes to countries that have committed war crimes , FIFA disqualified Russia from the European Playoffs B during the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar for invading Ukraine, and the ISU also banned Russian ice skaters from international competitions for the same reason. Although they expelled the IBA (International Boxing Federation), which allowed Russian athletes to compete as members of the Russian national team rather than as athletes from neutral countries, this does not mean that Chairman Thomas Bach should be evaluated very highly, but rather that the IBA simply did what it should have done since Chairman Thomas Bach has shown many instances of crossing the line.

One of the current IOC's big problems is that the host country covers the hosting costs and takes 70% of the profits. As a result , the curse of the Olympics among host countries has become entrenched, and many countries do not list their names as candidates to host the Olympics, or even if they do, internal opposition is intensifying.