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IOC Purchases Olympedia In Effort To Modernize Recordkeeping, Research Capacity

The IOC purchased Olympedia, an "extensive American-built database of Olympic results," as part of a "larger effort to modernize the Olympics' recordkeeping and research capacity," according to John Bauernfeind of SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL. Chief of the Lausanne office of the Olympic Channel Jochen Färber said, "We felt this database ... is a fantastic starting point for the project on behalf of the Olympic movement." He added that the IOC's sports data project is "already up and running." Färber said that for the IOC, "talks to improve its record and research database go back nearly 15 years." The Association of Summer Olympic Int'l Federations "first reached out to the IOC several years ago about improving its database." The sports data project is operating out of Madrid, overseen by a newly hired project manager. The IOC also is "in talks about bringing on one more specialist for the project, perhaps a technical architect." New IOC TOP sponsor Alibaba "has helped with the project" (SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL, 2/27 issue).

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