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Winter Torch Design Unveiled
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Wembley’s Olympic Roll of Honour
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More gold medals at LA28
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Olympic Order for Richard Pound
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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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Journal of Olympic History – Vol. 32/No. 2 – 2024
November 2, 2024A major milestone and groundbreaking achievement was celebrated at this year’s Olympic Games in Paris 2024. For the first time, female athletes were given the same number of places at the Games as the men. It has been a long road to get there. No women were allowed to take part at all in […]
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Journal of Olympic History – Vol. 32/No. 1 – 2024
May 1, 2024Paris is preparing for the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad in 2024. Once again, they will surely be superlative,
the river Seine meandering through Paris will play a role, the programme will be innovative and cultural events will be diverse and heterogeneous. We, the Olympic […]Posted In: Recent Journals -
Journal of Olympic History – Vol. 31/No. 3 – 2023
December 1, 2023Anniversaries should be celebrated; people want to remember what has happened and engage in a culture of remembrance. As historians, we are particularly fond of doing this and like to note that 100 years ago, the first Winter Olympics took place in the winter sports destination of […]
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Winter Torch Design Unveiled
April 14, 2025The Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Torch has been unveiled simultaneously in Milan and at the Italian pavilion of the Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan. Made from an alloy of recycled aluminium and brass, the Olympic Torch is coloured blue/green. It is intended to represent […]
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Wembley’s Olympic Roll of Honour Unveiled 75 Years Ago
April 13, 2025A fanfare sounded from the trumpeters of the Household Brigade, as 75 years ago this week plaques commemorating the great deeds of the 1948 London Olympics were unveiled at Wembley Stadium in London. […]
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More gold medals than ever before at LA28
April 9, 2025The 2028 Los Angeles Olympics are set to include more female competitors than men in a move the International Olympic Committee have insisted is a sign of “a strong commitment towards innovation and gender equality.”The IOC Executive Board […]
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Olympic Order for Richard Pound
March 21, 2025Richard Pound, Honorary Member of the International Olympic Committee and ISOH Executive Committee representative has been invested with the Olympic Order as the IOC Session in Costa Navarino came to a close. He received the insignia from President […]
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