SOME 350 ATHLETE REPRESENTATIVES FROM 185 NATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEES (NOCS), 50 INTERNATIONAL FEDERATIONS (IFS), FIVE CONTINENTAL ATHLETES COMMISSIONS (ACS), THE ACS OF ALL THE ORGANISING COMMITTEES OF THE UPCOMING OLYMPIC GAMES, THE INTERNATIONAL PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE (IPC), THE WORLD ANTI-DOPING AGENCY (WADA) AND THE WORLD OLYMPIANS ASSOCIATION (WOA) MET OVER THE PAST THREE DAYS IN LAUSANNE FOR THE 9TH EDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL ATHLETES’ FORUM (IAF).
IT WAS THE BIGGEST EVER GATHERING OF OFFICIAL ATHLETE REPRESENTATIVES, TO WHICH ATHLETES FROM ALL 206 NOCS WERE INVITED. ALSO ATTENDING WAS IOC PRESIDENT THOMAS BACH, OLYMPIC CHAMPION IN FENCING IN MONTREAL 1976 AND MEMBER OF THE FIRST IOC ATHLETES’ COMMISSION IN 1981.
Athlete 365 from the desk of the IOC