Haiti to Get Youth Center
The IOC will build its second Olympic Youth Development Center in Haiti as part of its Sports for Hope initiative. The pilot project was inaugurated in Lusaka, Zambia, last May with great fanfare. At this juncture, 21 sports are being practiced on a regular basis in Lusaka.
"One of the main reasons we chose Haiti was because of the recent earthquake there," IOC spokesman Mark Adams said.
He said the center could be considered the formal response of the IOC to the plight in Haiti and will provide a lasting legacy.
"It's clear that straight humanitarian aid is always welcome," Adams said. "What we could do best is offer the help and expertise we have in the Olympic sport domain, rather than offering immediate help."
U.S. Scores Athletes Forum, Women In Sport Conference
The United States will host its first major Olympic events since redoubling its efforts to get back into the good graces of the IOC.
The IOC Executive Board awarded the Fifth International Athletes Forum to Colorado Springs for the fall of 2011.
The first forum was held in Lausanne in 2002 and the event last year took placein Dubai.
The athletes forum is one of two events the IOC awarded to the U.S.
The next Women in Sport gathering will take place in Los Angeles, home ofIOC Women and Sport Commission chair Anita DeFrantz, in 2012.
In another sign of an increasing U.S. presence on the international scene, USOC chair Larry Probst took a seat last week on the ANOC executive council. Probst also delivered the branding and marketing speech to the general assembly. And in behind-the-scenesnegotiations, the U.S. and Brazil reached a bilateral agreement for training and development.
Olympic Museum to Close for Renovation
The IOC Executive Board approved budget believed to be in excess of $50 million to renovate the Olympic Museum. The museum, which opened in 1992, will be closed for about one year so that work can be completed.
No timetable and few details for the work were announced, pending notification to museum staff.
The renovations would cover facilities such as the kitchen, and the exhibits.
No word on what impact the work will have on the research library and archives at the museum.
Written and reported in Acapulco by Ed Hula and Karen Rosen.
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