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2023-10-16 11:44:12

The 141st Session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) today took note of the progress made in preparing for the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) Dakar 2026.

Speaking in a video message, Macky Sall, President of the Republic of Senegal, underlined his confidence in the Dakar project: “I am convinced that President Mamadou Diagna Ndiaye and his team on the organizing committee will tirelessly continue their efforts to fulfill all the commitments made in Buenos Aires in 2018 and thus make the YOG Dakar 2026 a historic success for the entire Olympic family”.

After captivating presentations from Mamadou Ndiaye, IOC member in Senegal, and Ibrahima Wade, general coordinator of the organizing committee, the president of the IOC Coordination Commission for Dakar 2026, Kirsty Coventry, declared: “We are a united team, with a common goal: to ensure that the YOG Dakar 2026 is a huge success and has a positive impact on young people, not only in Senegal, but around the world.”

Editing plan

During the Session, an update was taken on the finalization, over the coming months, of the Games edition plan. This reference document for the activities launched by the organizing committee in the coming years is supposed to define all the key elements necessary for the delivery of the event.

Sports program

The Dakar 2026 organizing committee is working in close collaboration with the International Federations and the IOC to find solutions to optimize the overall program of the event. Work is currently focused on key aspects of the competitions – athlete quotas, number of events, formats and schedule. They will continue over the coming months.

Sites et infrastructures

The Session was also informed of the progress of the renovation and construction work carried out in preparation for the YOG. In particular, the detailed schedule for the modernizations to be carried out, work on which should begin in the first quarter of 2024, was discussed.

Youth mobilization

“Dakar en Jeux”, a major initiative of Dakar 2026, is regarding to launch its second edition. This program is designed to enable Senegalese communities to embrace sport and the Olympic spirit in the run-up to the YOG. Through various sporting events and workshops, Dakar en Jeux will engage young people in the region, encourage physical activity and raise awareness of the values ​​of the Olympic Movement. The success of the inaugural 2022 edition has paved the way for a second edition, with even greater impact and inclusion.

Addressing IOC members, Kirsty Coventry said: “Even three years before the Games, the YOG is impacting thousands of young people in Senegal and building the legacy that the YOG will bring to local communities.”

In addition to the Dakar en Jeux festival, Dakar 2026 continues to dedicate itself to the deployment of several activities aimed at involving and mobilizing young people in the host country and outside.

These include the Olympic, civic and sports certificate – an educational program focused on Olympic values ​​launched in 2023 which should concern 900,000 students and 11,000 schools by 2026. Classes will be provided throughout Senegal to students aged 9 at 15. So far, schools in the regions of Tambacounda, Kolda and Ziguinchor have had the opportunity to participate in the program; other regions should join the ranks in 2024.

As for the initiative called Kids Olympic Skills, it will be launched in 2024 and will have the mission of promoting education and mobilizing young people through sport. This national project will allow children aged 6 to 18 to discover a whole series of sports, as a prelude to the YOG.

As a reminder, the Dakar 2026 YOG will take place from October 31 to November 13, 2026 and will bring together the best young athletes in the world. These Games, which will take place on three sites (Dakar, Diamniadio and Saly), aim to serve as a catalyst for the transformation of Senegal through sport, while becoming a model for future hosts of the YOG.

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2023-10-16 11:54:50

US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti has supported India’s bid to host the 2036 Olympics. Garcetti is also a former mayor of Los Angeles. He also said that he has informed Prime Minister Narendra Modi that he is ready to give any advice regarding the Olympics.

The International Olympic Committee had also discussed the inclusion of cricket in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. The IOC Executive Board has already approved the proposal. Awaiting the results of the poll. “India is the leading country in the world in terms of cricket enthusiasm. “This is the best gift we can give to India and cricket fans,” Eric Garcetti told News18.

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Garcetti also appreciated the hospitality of IOC member Nita Ambani. The 141st Olympic Committee meeting was held at the Geo World Center in Mumbai. Prime Minister Modi on Saturday publicly announced his desire to host the 2036 Olympics in India. Modi said hosting the Olympics is a lifelong dream and aspiration of 1.4 billion Indians. His remarks were at the opening of the IOC session.

”With your support we want to make this dream come true. We are ready to host the 2029 Youth Olympics. I am confident that India will get support from the IOC”, the Prime Minister added.

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The Sports Ministry had recently stated that the government would support the Indian Olympic Association’s bid to host the Olympics. The last time India hosted a multi-sports event was the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. Recently many prestigious tournaments like Boxing World Championship and Asian Wrestling Championship have been organized in the country.

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2023-10-16 12:26:46

In a world where a sedentary lifestyle and an unbalanced diet are becoming the rule, sport, or rather regular physical activity, is the best response that can be provided to stay in good health. By triggering specific physiological mechanisms, physical activity can prevent the onset of a certain number of diseases in healthy subjects. Thus, physical activity helps reduce the risk of developing certain cancers, including breast cancer.
But it is less known that sport or physical activity can be the first therapeutic tool in patients suffering from diabetes, obliterating arterial disease of the lower limbs, depression, etc.
It is these different aspects that will be addressed during Prof. JP Benoit, volunteer President of the League once morest Cancer 49. Professor Jean-Pierre Benoit taught Galenic Pharmacy (Formulation Sciences applied to Medicines) at the Faculty of Pharmacy of Angers and directed the INSERM unit U 1066 “ Biomimetic Micro and Nanomedicines” which brought together 70 people. Also a hospital practitioner at Angers University Hospital, he chaired section 80 of the CNU ‘Physico-chemical sciences and engineering applied to health’ and is a corresponding member of the National Academy of Pharmacy.
His research activities consisted of developing strategies for targeting pharmacological molecules to a patient’s diseased tissues. His team worked on the design of nanomedicines or nanomedicines (anti-cancer agents to treat different types of aggressive cancer, such as glioblastoma, lung cancer and pancreatic cancer). Jean-Pierre BENOIT is the signatory of more than 320 international publications and around forty patents. At the same time, he created the Microencapsulation Center in 1992, then Mainelab SA in 1999 and finally, Carlina Technologies in 2010 in the field of nanomedicines. Two awards were given to him during his career:
– in 2010 the “Research Achievement Award” awarded by the FIP (International Pharmaceutical Federation) in New Orleans,
– in 2011, the Grand Prix of the National Academy of Pharmacy (Notoriety Prize) in Paris.
In 2015, he received the insignia of Knight of the Order of the Legion of Honor. He left his position as Unit Director of a laboratory dual-certified by INSERM and CNRS. In 2016, he became volunteer President of the Cancer League of Maine-et-Loire.

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