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| Kendall took on Australian swimmer, Susie O'Neill's position on the Athletes' Commission after O'Neill resigned earlier this year. She was put forward by the Nominations Commission as she was the athlete from Oceania who received the highest number of votes after O'Neill in the election to the Athletes' Commission in Sydney.
The Athletes´ Commission is the link between active athletes and the International Olympic Committee. The 19 person group is made up of active and retired athletes who meet regularly with the IOC Executive Board, to which it issues recommendations. The Commission forms working groups to work in liaison with the Organising Committees for the Olympic Games to ensure that the athletes´ needs are met. The vote for Kendall´s proposed membership of the IOC will take place at the 117th IOC Session in July.
Olympic Gold Medal winner in Barcelona in 1992, Kendall has participated in four Olympic Games including the Athens Games last year. She won silver in Atlanta in 1996 and a bronze medal in Sydney 2000.
The IOC Executive Board is meeting in Berlin during the SportAccord Convention which ends today. Present at the convetion are ISAF President, Göran Petersson (SWE) and ISAF Secretary General, Arve Sundheim (NOR)
* The International Olympic Committee is reviewing whether bid organizers in New York and London overstepped ethical bounds by making late offers of financial incentives to athletes and sports federations involved in the 2012 Games.
In a presentation in Berlin over the weekend, the New York bid committee detailed plans to extend free marketing services - including office space, computer equipment and manpower - to international federations representing various sports during the seven years leading to the Summer Games. Many federation officials are among the 117 I.O.C. voters who will select the 2012 host city on July 6 in Singapore.
London's bid organizers went further in providing financial incentives to athletes and their teams. In their presentation, they offered to subsidize Olympic training camps, provide plane tickets for every team member and special cards good for discounts of "between 20 and 50 percent at selected restaurants, shops and theaters throughout London." |
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