Ten renowned athletes - including Olympic medallist and tennis star Timea Bacsinszky - have joined the group of ambassadors for the Lausanne 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games.
Global communications agency Burson Cohn & Wolfe (BCW) has signed an agreement to work with the Lausanne 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games.
Organisers of next year's Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne have revealed their pictograms for the event to celebrate 300 days to go.
Organisers of next year's Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne have opened a competition to design the medals.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission chairperson Danka Barteková has called on Lausanne 2020 to focus on ensuring venues are full and "creating an electric atmosphere" at next year's Winter Youth Olympic Games after the group concluded a two-day inspection visit.
Lausanne 2020 President Virginie Faivre has vowed organisers of next year's Winter Youth Olympic Games will make the event "even more perfect" to honour the late Patrick Baumann.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has claimed Lausanne 2020 can "set a benchmark" for future editions of the Winter Youth Olympic Games as he admitted the organisation needs to do more to ensure the event enjoys greater worldwide interest.
Russia is one of four countries to have expressed an interest in hosting the 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games as the nation continues its attempt to reintegrate into the Olympic Movement following the widespread doping scandal.
Access to events at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne will be free except for the Opening Ceremony, it was confirmed here today.
A cross between a cow, dog and goat named "Yodli" has been unveiled as the mascot for next year's Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne here today.
Manu Bhaker is set to receive a medal bonus following her gold at the Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympics, after reminding a state official of a promise made in October.
Swiss freestyle skiing star Virginie Faivre has been appointed as President of the Lausanne 2020 Organising Committee and succeeds the late Patrick Baumann.
A special ceremony is due to be held by the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus (NOC Belarus) on Thursday (November 15) to commemorate the success of the eight medallists from the country at the Summer Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires last month.
World Karate Federation (WKF) President Antonio Espinós said it was an "honour" to welcome International Olympic Committee counterpart Thomas Bach to watch the sport at Buenos Aires 2018.
A short and compact Closing Ceremony which broke from tradition brought the curtain down on the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games as the flag was passed to the first African host of an Olympic event here tonight.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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