Published August 13, 2012
DANKA BARTEKOVA from Slovakia (shooting),
JAMES TOMKINS from Australia (rowing),
KIRSTY COVENTRY from Zimbabwe (swimming) and
TONY ESTANGUET from France (canoe-kayak) have been elected to the Athletes' Commission of the IOC by their peers at the London Games for a term of eight years. During this period, they will also serve as IOC members. The announcement was made Saturday at the Olympic Village by IOC Member and Election Committee Chair
ANITA DEFRANTZ (
IOC). ... Qatari FIM VP
NASSAR KHALIFA AL-ATTIYAH and ATCUAE CEO
MAHIR BADRI are among the members of a newly appointed 10-men provisional committee for the Arab Motorcycle Federation. The move comes following the dismissal of its Exec Committee by the Union of Arab National Olympic Committees President Saudi Arabia's
PRINCE NAWAF BIN FAISAL BIN FAHD BIN ABDULAZIZ.
The new committee also includes Moroccan Motorcycling Federation President
REDA BOUKHARI, Algerian Motorcycling Federation President
SHEHAB BALOUL and Jordanian Royal Club of Motorcycling CEO
OMAR ZAAROUR. The other members are UANOC General Secretary
OTHMAN MOHAMED AL SAAD, UANOC General Secretary of Technical Affairs
SAAD BIN SALEH AL-SUFIANI and member of Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation
SULTAN AL-MOKHEIRI (
GULF TIMES, 8/9).
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