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Journal of Olympic History – Vol. 33/No. 3 – 2025
December 22, 2025In recent years, several sport museums across the world have faced severe financial difficulties, revealing the fragility of institutions dedicated to preserving physical sporting culture. 2025 – River & Rowing Museum (RRM), Henley-on-Thames (GBR). Once UK National Heritage Museum […]
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Journal of Olympic History – Vol. 33/No. 2 – 2025
October 13, 2025The Journal of Olympic History (JOH) is always eagerly anticipated by many ISOH members who maintain a deep and often emotional connection with the Olympic Movement. Our readership is diverse: active competitors and former athletes, IOC members and other sports officials, […]
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Journal of Olympic History – Vol. 33/No. 1 – 2025
May 19, 2025The International Society of Olympic Historians (ISOH) extends its warmest congratulations to the International Pierre de Coubertin Committee (IPCC) on its 50th anniversary. This milestone is a testament to the Committee’s
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Journal of Olympic History – Vol. 32/No. 3 – 2024
December 17, 2024For the first time, ISOH has joined Panathlon International, the Pierre de Coubertin Committee (IPCC) and the International Fair Play Committee (CIFP) at a gathering during an Olympic Games. The aim was to debate how these four long standing organisations could become stronger […]
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Klaebo Winter Champion Supreme
March 7, 2026It was appropriate that the last gold medal of Milano Cortina 2026 should be awarded to Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo. He led Norway to a clean sweep of medals in the 50 kilometres cross-country mass start which not only confirmed Norway’s status as […]
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A golden chain from Albright to Liu
February 25, 2026The performance of figure skating gold medallist Alyssa Liu in Milan delighted her legions of fans but few were more pleased than Tenley Albright who won gold when the Winter Olympics were first staged on Italian soil 70 years ago in Cortina d’Ampezzo. […]
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Truly magical Games end in Verona
February 23, 2026The Olympic Flame was extinguished simultaneously at Milan’s Arco della Pace and the Piazza Angelo Dibona in Cortina D’Ampezzo to bring the Milano Cortina Olympic Games to an end. International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Kirsty […]
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Fair Play Committee Remembers Eugenio Monti
February 21, 2026The cauldron has burned in both Milan and Cortina D’Ampezzo during these Winter Olympics in what organisers have described as a “powerful symbol of harmony.” The design was inspired by the work of Leonardo da Vinci and depicts his […]
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