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IOC’s 129th session opens in Rio
Rio de Janeiro:The 129th session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) opened in the Brazilian city Rio de Janeiro on Monday where the Games will be held from August 5.
IOC is likely to make a decision at the session on including new disciplines in the program of 2020 Olympic Games, and will also elect new members of the executive board, reports Tass.
The world body may decide to include five new disciplines into the program of 2020 Games that will be held in Tokyo, Japan. These include karate, rock climbing, skateboarding, surfing and baseball/softball. Eighteen sets of medals will be up for grabs, and around 500 sportspeople will fight for them.
The IOC members will also hear reports of representatives of organising committees of cities that applied to host the 2024 Olympic Games. The winner will be named at the 130th IOC session in Peru’s capital Lima next year. Among contenders are Rome in Italy, France’s Paris, Budapest in Hungary and America’s New York.
The 129th session was preceded by a meeting of IOC’s executive board that approved candidacies of eight new members.
The executive board will be expanded by eight members in the framework of the program of developing the Olympic movement Agenda-2020.
Among new members are four women and four men that represent not only sports, but also culture, medicine, sociology, business, law and management.
The IOC session will be held in Rio de Janeiro on August 1-4. New members will be elected during the upcoming Olympic Games.
Among candidates is Russia’s two-times pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva but she needs to be present at the voting procedure in Rio de Janeiro. Since she was not allowed to compete at the Rio Olympics, Isinbayeva has not yet decided on whether she will go to Brazil.
The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.
Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.
Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”
Gavaskar has also nicknamed the 28-year-old cricketer the ‘ice-man’ and lauded Tewatia’s ability to remain unruffled during the tense moments.
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