TABLE OF CONTENTS
2 / A SMILE FOR ETERNITY
ISOH President Christian Wacker remembers Edson Arantes Do Nascimento, better known as Pele, who never competed in the Olympics but carried the Olympic Flame in Rio de Janeiro with great emotion and was a standard bearer for all that is best in sport.
3 / “MON CHER COLLABORATEUR”
Natalia Camps Y Wilant provides a fascinating insight into a little known female who was part of Coubertin’s “circle” in the late 19th Century.
9 / WHEN DEATH CUSHIONS THE FALL
Morocco’s superb performances at the 2022 FIFA World Cup projected North African sport into the spotlight in 2022. Dr Clement Genty uncovers the fascinating but tragic tale of the first North African to win Olympic gold.
16 / CONSTRUCTION PROBLEMS AT MOUNT ENIWA
The Sapporo bid for the 2030 Olympics has now been put on hold, but half a century ago, the city hosted the 1972 Games.
25 / CRUISE CONTROL
Richard Pound brings his account of Olympics and television into the digital age in the penultimate episode of his series.
35 / SPREADING THE WORD OF COUBERTIN
International Pierre de Coubertin Committee President Stephan Wassong reports from the 2023 General Assembly in Lausanne.
36 / THE LOOK OF PARIS 2024
The Paris Organising Committee have revealed the pictograms and look of the Games for next year. Markus Osterwalder offers his assessment.
38 / A WOMAN’S TOUCH
Myles Garcia anticipates further announcements on the Torch Relay for Paris 2024 with an examination of women participating in the Tokyo and Beijing Torch Relays.
43 / PUTTING OLYMPIC HISTORY RIGHT
Reflections on the IOC’s move to re-instate Jim Thorpe as sole champion for the 1912 Olympic decathlon and marathon and the decision to revoke the life ban on American runners Vince Matthews and Wayne Collett.
45 / CHERCEZ LES FEMMES
Further announcements from Paris 2024 give Myles Garcia the chance to examine how Paris is celebrating women in sport.
46 / AGAINST ALL ODDS
How the Caribbean Games were finally launched after many delays in 2022.
48 / INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC ACADEMY TO ESTABLISH SCHOLARSHIP IN MEMORY OF KING CONSTANTINE
Details on the decision to honour an Olympic champion who was a keen supporter of the IOA.
50 / BEIJING JOINS THE OLYMPIC MUSEUM NETWORK
News on the reopening of a museum which can now boast “Dual Olympic exhibits.”
52 / FAREWELL TO THE OLDEST OLYMPIAN
A special tribute to Uruguay’s Olympic sailor Felix Sienra who attained the greatest age of any Olympian.
54 / IOC MEMBERS
Marcia Neto-Wacker continues the story of IOC members with those co-opted at the London Olympics of 2012.
57 / OBITUARIES
Wolf Reinhardt and the team chronicle the passing of distinguished Olympic personalities.
66 / BOOK REVIEWS
An eclectic mix of Olympic stories spanning the last century and news of a fascinating documentary.
71 / A CENTURY OF ANNIVERSARIES
Significant milestones in Olympic history over the last 100 years.
BACK COVER
The Los Angeles Coliseum is 100 years old in 2023.
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