IOC Member Walther Troger is the chair of the IOC’s Sport for All Committee. (ATR)The three-day congress is organized under the auspices of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), with the World Health Organization and General Association of International Sports Federations helping to promote and organize the event.
While the Congress officially began Monday, the only event on the program was the opening ceremony. The first plenary sessions tackling the meeting’s topic of “Sport for All – for Life” were on Tuesday.
To address this topic, the IOC put a call for papers from academics and the general public.
IOC President Jacques Rogge said of the program, “Such a Congress is an ideal platform for recalling the benefits of sport and exercise for a healthy lifestyle; highlighting the essential values of excellence, friendship and respect that sport can transmit; and taking concrete measures toimplementGenting Highlands resort is the venue for the Sport for All Congress. Sport for All programs and initiatives in developed and developing countries alike.”
A number of key IOC members will attend the Congress, including Sport for All Commission chair Walther Troger. Other members attending are: Syed Shahid Ali, Ung Chang, Phil Coles, Anton Geesink, Kai Holm, Tunku Imran, Julio César Maglion, Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr., Rita Subowo and Irena Szewinska. International Paralympic Committee President Philip Craven will also attend the Congress.
The Congress has not passed by the watchful eyes of the cities bidding for the 2016 Games. Every city in the hunt to host the Olympics is sending a liaison to the Congress for another chance to interact with IOC members.
The Sport for All Congress ends on Thursday.
Written by Ed Hula III.
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