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European lobby of the Olympic Games
22.07. 2007
Our youth athletes, all of
them aged 14 to 17, seemed cheerfull, maybe even unknowingly
of the participation on this important event, delighted to
wear Montenegrin shirts.
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Montenegrins on the EYOF
22.07. 2007
Montenegrin
representatives on this year's nineth EYOF,
European Youth Olympic Festival, 22 of them, with companions
and doctor Mira Dašić, arrived in Belgrade last night after
eight o'clock.
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Tomorrow will be opening ceremony of the EYOF
21.07. 2007
Tomorrow evening, at 20 hours
in Belgrade hall “Arena” in New Belgrade, will be held
opening ceremony of the nineth EYOF, European Youth Olympic
Festival. According to the media, organizers decided that
the entrance will be free.
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Beijing the first challenge
19.07. 2007
Last night in Podgorica, in
Villa "Gorica" was held ceremony anent recognition of the
Montenegrin Olympic Committee by the International Olympic
Committee.
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The MOC is celebrating acception into the IOC
18.07. 2007
Tonight at 20 hours in Villa
Gorica, the Montenegrin Olympic Committee is organising
special ceremony for recent acception of the MOC into full
time mebership of the Intenational Olympic Committee.
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Ten days lefto to EYOF
11.07. 2007
In ten days Belgrade will host
EYOF, European Youth Olympic Festival. This is the first
Olympic competition in which 23 athletes from Montenegro
will compete.
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Youngest State, long sport tradition
09.07. 2007
"Olympic Family is growing!
New National Olympic Committeea, one from Montenegro, one
from Tuvalu, were accepted today by the 119. Session of the
General Assembly of the IOC in Guatemala City."
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The Montenegrin Olympic Committee accepted into the
International Olympic Committee
07.07. 2007
Early this morning, local
time, the Montenegrin Olympic Committee was accepted into
full time membership of the International olympic Committee.
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Ivanović Chef de Mission
30.06. 2007
Miodrag Miško Ivanović, recent
director of Montenegrin "T-mobile" and famous sports worker,
was chosen for new Chef de Mission in the Montenegrin
Olympic Committee.
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Competitors from Montenegro on EYOF
14.06. 2007
Yesterday in Podgorica was hel
second meeting of representatives of the Montenegrin Olympic
Committee and Montenegrin sports federations having their
representatives on EYOF, in Belgrade, to be held from 22. to
28. July.
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Belgrade ready for Montenegrins, too
06.06. 2007
"Everything is prepaerd so
that athletes from Montenegro, which is about to be accepted
in the IOC by the beginning of EYOF, can participate in
Belgrade."
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Good welcome in Riga
29.05. 2007
On the Seminar for Secretary
Generals and Chefs de Missions of the European National
Committees, held in Riga on 25. and 26. May this year, for
the first time the MOC had its representative, the Secretary
General Đorđije Kustudić.
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Montenegro on EYOF
29.05. 2007
Young Montenegrin athletes
(aged 14 to 17) will be able to participate in the
forthcoming IX EYOF (European Youth Olympic Festival), to be
held from 22. to 27. July in Belgrade.
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Small States of Europe
are waiting for Montenegro
16.05. 2007
From 4. to 9. June, in Monaco
will be held XII Games of the Small States of Europe.
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Youth Olympic Games from
2010.
27.04. 2007
During the two days session of
the Executive Board of the IOC which started two days ago in
Beijing, the IOC Executive Board unanimously welcomed the
idea to organise new Olympic sports event - Youth Olympic
Games (YOG).
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Kustudić new Secretary
General of the MOC
14.04. 2007
On the session of the MOC’s
Executive Board, held yesterday, journalist from TV IN
Đorđije Kustudić, was elected for new Secretary General of
the MOC.
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One hundred and eleven
years ago, the first modern Olympic Games
06.04. 2007
One hundred and eleven years
ago today, the Games of the first modern Olympiad opened in
Athens.
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Symbols recognized by
everyone
04.04. 2007
The Olympic movement uses many
symbols, most of them representing Coubertin's ideas and
ideals.
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(Anti)doping and OG
29.03. 2007
Even during the early years of
the XX century, athletes used similar substances for
improvement of their capacities, and results.
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Olympic Museum -
permanent exibition of the History of the OG
25.03. 2007
The Olympic Museum is for
everyone for whom sport and the Olympic Movement are a
passion, everyone fascinated by history, culture and art,
and all those who are interested in to the future of our
society.
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Pierre de Coubertin -
history of one passion
20.03. 2007
Pierre Frédy, Baron de
Coubertin, was born in Paris in 1863. His family originated
in Normandy where he spent many of his summers in the family
Château de Mirville, near Le Havre.
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Olympic Games for
athletes with disabilities
16.03. 2007
The Paralympic Games have
always been held in the same year as the Olympic Games, just
after their ending.
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Programs have decided
15.03. 2007
In the presence of the
Presidents or the representatives of all sports federations
in Montenegro, yesterday in Hotel Podgorica was signed the
contract for cofinancing programs of the national sports
federations for this year.
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Beijing considers ban on
smoking in Olympic venues
15.03. 2007
Beijing is considering a ban
on smoking in venues for Olympic Games, in a response to a
political advisor's concern about unbridled smoking behavior
in public places.
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Lifetime imburstment for
top athletes
15.03. 2007
Very soon Montenegrin top
athletes and their coaches will be situated for life, as it
was recently done in Serbia.
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Eternal fire for the
first time lit in Amsterdam 1928.
11.03. 2007
Symbol of the eternal fire
stams from the Greek mithology, from the famous story about
Prometheus, who stole the fire from the home of God Zeus,
and gave it to people.
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Fuwa - mascote of the
Olympic Games in Beijing
10.03. 2007
Official mascotes of the
following Olympic Games in Baijing will be five Fuwas, in
which are easy recognisable four most favoured animals in
China – fish, panda, tibetan antelope and swallow.
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War against doping
06.03. 2007
One of the greatest problems
and dangers of the modern sport in general, and Olympic
Games in particular, is use of illicit stimulative
substances, drugs, chemical and medical stuff, known as
doping.
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Women - from cricket to
marthon
27.02. 2007
History shows that the
evolution of women's participation in the Olympic Movement
has been increasing over the years, since their first
participation in the 1900 Olympic Games and especially in
the last 30 years.
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European Olympic family
is waiting for us
14.02. 2007
"The idea to regroup the
European National Olympic Committees (NOCs), which was
inspired by Giulio Onesti (Italy), Raoul Mollet (Belgium)
and Raymond Gafner (Switzerland), originally started in 1967
in Teheran.
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We are preparing for
Beijing
13.02. 2007
Boro Mračević, former
Waterpolo player, member of the National team, Director of
the WPC Jadran from Herceg Novi, will be the Head of the
Montenegrin Olympic Mission in Beijing.
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Mario Pescante, Member of
the IOC Executive Board: Congratulations!
09.02. 2007
"Wellcome to our Olympic
family!". These are the words from the exclusive statement
of Mario Pescante, member of the IOC Executive Board, given
for our paper.
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Executive Board of the
IOC in Lausanne yesterday officially confirmed:
Wellcome Montenegro
08.02. 2007
Executive Board of the
IOC at its Session held yesterday in Lausanne, denounced
that Montenegro has fulfilled completely all criteria and
conditions for acceptance into full-time membership in the
International Olympic Committee.
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Letter from Lausanne from
the IOC Headquarters confirms that Montenegro completed
documentation for acception
08.02. 2007
"Dear President,
we have just received your presentation. Thank you and
congratulations for your excellent work!
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Session of the Assembly
of the MOC
15.01. 2007
Today was held the General
Assembly of the Montenegrin Olympic Committe in Podgorica,
which was the constitutive by its character.
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Historical moment for
Montenegrin Judo
09.12. 2006
In Hotel "Park" in Novi Sad,
today was held the Congress of European Judo Union, on which
Montenegro officially became full time member of that
organization.
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To Belgrade with eight
competitors
07.12. 2006
From Friday to Sunday, Belgrade will be
Balkanian shooting center. During those three days, three
competitions will take place -
Balkanian Championship, Open Championship of Belgrade and
Grand Prix - all of them for shooting
from standard air weapons.
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Marina Kuč debuting for
Montenegro
07.12. 2006
Tomorrow in Helsinki starts European
Swimming Championship in 25 m pools, and Montenegro will be
represented by Marina Kuč, one of the most talented European
swimmers.
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Equally in ISSF
02.12. 2006
Montenegrin Shooting Federation became
full-time member of the World Shooting Federation. The good
news was faxed this morning to the office of the Montenegrin
Shooting Federation from the Headquarters of the ISSF.
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Public announcement
05.12. 2003
Today in Podgorica The President of
Montenegrin Olympic Committee, Dusan Simonovic, was visited
by delegation of Montenegrin loan balling Association.
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Annoucement from MOC's
presidency session
25.11. 2006
Yesterday in Podgorica was promoted the
session of MOC's Presidency.
There were concidered many questions about MOC's working so
far, and also the plan of future activities.
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08.07.2007
Dušan Simonović
Intreview for IOC internet magazine
1. HOW IS THE MONTENEGRIN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE FACING
THE LAST HOURS BEFORE ITS RECOGNITION BY THE IOC SESSION IN
GUATEMALA?
First of all, I would like to express my great personal satisfaction
for being asked to give an interview for your appreciated Internet
Magazine. My satisfaction is even greater, because reason for this
intreview is recognition of the Montenegrin Olympic Committee by the
IOC.
It's a great pleasure to become member of the Olympic family and
movement which, thaks to enthusiasm and great devotion, such humane
and universal idea, exists since ancient times up to day. All of us
have been waiting this day for long time. Therefore, all of us
involved in sport, who work for benefit of sport in our country,
including the public as a whole, are more than proud and happy for
this day, the day whrn the Montenegrin Olympic Committee will become
part of the world Olympic family.
Our ambitions in this direction existed for long time, but we were,
unfortunately, obstructed by certain administrative obstacles.
What is really important for us at this moment, is that that day has
come, the day I personally have dreamed for long time, dream that
the Montenegrin Olympic Committee is reckonised by the IOC, big,
actually, the biggest planetary sport family!
That cognition makes me very happy nad proud.
2. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO CELEBRATE IT? IS THERE ANY SPECIAL EVENT
SCHEDULED IN THE COUNTRY?
Recognition by the IOC is special event for every country, which, by
many things exceeds sport limits. By my opinion, and I think I'm not
being exessive, for one country this is more important event after
the event of aception in the United Nations. We in Montenegro treat
it that way.
Therefore, according to that, we are preparing to celebrate it in
adequate way.
In days following the proclamation, we are planning to organise big
reception for all Montenegrin officials, including representatives
from the Government, political, cultural and public life of
Montenegro, as well as representatives from the Diplomatic core. Of
course, on first place, there will be top athletes, winners of the
Olympic medals, World and European Championships medal winners,
talented athletes and sport workers from the counrty and from
abroad.
We have also planed to organise one sport event, and our creative
team is currently working on this idea and estimates right timing,
and in accordance to consultations with athletes and sport workers,
it will be decided about the time when this event will be realised.
3. WHAT WILL BE YOUR MESSAGE TO THE OLYMPIC MOVEMENT?
Montenegro approached the IOC with open arms and open heart. We wish
our country to be active and useful member of the world Olympic
family. We wish to spread the spirit of Olympism all over our
country.
On the other hand, as we all know, Montenegro, even though being
small geographically, has great sport potentials and so far it has
given large number of outstanding athletes. With our new status, we
believe that our successes will be even greater.
We from the National Olympic Committee, in cooperation with our
colleagues from the IOC, are at their constant disposal to give them
all our support.
I would like to say that Montenegro, i.e. its Olympic Committee will
give its full contribution in the international Olympic movement,
and that it will work with joint forces on full affirmation and
development of sport, in accordance with Olympic principles, i.e.
the Olympic Charter of the IOC.
4. WHAT ARE THE FEELINGS OF THE MONTENEGRIN PEOPLE?
Important characteristic of my people is strong feeling of pride in
all occasions, and grat devotion to their own country. Perhaps it is
more obvious through sport, through support our athletes have when
they compete in big event.
I thik that this feeling was intensified in the last year, from the
moment our athletes compete under their own flag and anthem. That's
why we are all more than happy for this recognition by the IOC,
because it will deepen these feelings even more. This feeling is
being shared, not only by us working here in the MOC, but it is also
recognised by the State of Montenegro acting through its Ministry of
sport, which takes care about its athletes and considers sport as
exceptional resource.
Withal, we are nation who loves sport and watches sport, not only
our but international, as well. I think that average Montenegrin is
very well informed about events going on in Europe and world, and
that he watches it with great interest and concern. Cognition that
next year they will see their national team marching in Beijing, is
something that fulfills every citizen of Montenegro with kind of
special pride.
5. AND WHICH ARE THE IMMEDIATE PLANS OF THE NOC AFTER RECOGNITION?
So, since we have gained our independence, we have been preparing
for this moment. Currently, we are engaged with preparations for
EYOF, which will be the first sport event organised under the
Olympic patronage, on which Montenegrin athletes will participate
for the first time.
Afterwards, we are facing Universiad in Banghok and Olympic Games in
Beijing. These are all the tasks that are our responsibility and
excitement. Besides that, we have to strengten our professional team
within the MOC, meaning by human resources, than we have to solve
the issue of financing, to intensify cooperation with NOC's from
surrounding countries, to make cooperation with the IOC as direct as
possible, to work on legal infrastructure and better positioning of
our Committee, to work on creation of Montenegrin Olympic pool,
promoting activities towards Olympic games, etc.
6. WHAT CAN YOU DELIVER TO THE OLYMPIC MOVEMENT AND HOW DO YOU
EXPECT THE OLYMPIC MOVEMENT TO HELP YOU IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPORT
IN THE COUNTRY?
We, actually, only now started to exist on the Olympic world map,
and I guarantee that we will justify our role in the Olympic
Movement, as big as it will be, in the best possible way. We will
make efforts to give our contribution to overall affirmation of all
principles and goals proscribed by the Olympic Charter of the IOC,
because membership in the IOC is our great wish, which has now come
true. We expect hela and support from the IOC. We will apply for
projects which we consider important for development of sport and
affirmation of Olympism in Montenegro. We expect membership in the
Olympic family to give us additional stumulation. We will be very
present on the Olympic sport scene.
7. IN ALMOST A YEAR FROM NOW, THE WHOLE WORLD WILL BE WATCHING YOU
MARCHING ON THE OLYMPIC STADIUM IN BEIJING. I'M SURE YOU'VE DREAMT
OF THIS MOMENT FOR A LONG TIME. HOW ARE YOU PREPARING YOURSELF, THE
NOC AND THE SPORTS COMMUNITY FOR THIS MOMENT?
For all of us in Montenegro this will be very important day. We have
waited for this day so long and we are happy to see it coming.
Idea of participation in the Games Ceremony creates a feeling of
certain exaltation. Even those who are not so interested in sport,
become speachless just looking at those pictures on TV screen. But,
real preparations are to begin. I am aware that we are late in
relation to those countries which have started with preparations for
this event earlier, but I am sure that preparations for the Games,
for us, don't represent just a routine.
Just appearance in Beijing, without any doubt, represents historical
moment for Montenegro.
For sure, we will try to increase number of members of our
delegation in future Games, especially number of athletes.
8. SINCE THE OLYMPIC GAMES IN BARCELONA, NEW BALKAN NOCS HAVE
EMERGED IN EVERY OPENING CEREMONY... SIX TEAMS, SIX FLAGS WILL
REPLACE THE FORMER YUGOSLAV SQUAD...
It is the fact we got used to. I believe that international sport
public got used to it, too. I can only express my regrets because
neither one of the evnts following the creation of each country was
not in a spirit of tolerance nourished by the Olympic movement. In
the Montenegrin Olympic Committee, we wish prosperity and progress
to all National Olympic Committes which used to be joined in the
Yugoslav Olympic Committee. Those days have had their golden moments
and I believe that in all new countries they are proud of
contribution of their athletes in every moment of ex-Yugoslav sport
Olympic glory. National Olympic Committes from the surrounding
countries and from the Region, so far have given to us their
support, we know each other persoanlly, with most of them I'm in
excellent friendly realtions, and I know that there is interest, not
only for communication, but also for joint work on some projects.
9. AFTER SO MANY YEARS SHARING (AND CONTRIBUTING TO) THE SUCCESS OF
THE YUGOSLAV OLYMPIC SQUAD, DON'T YOU FEAR SOME FRUSTRATION IF THE
NOC IS NOT ABLE TO DELIVER RESULTS SOON?
Of course, dream of every athlete is participation to Olympic Games.
Winning of the Olympic medal is more than dream. For National
Olympic Committee, successful participation of athletes on the Games
is important. But, I would dare to say that it is not always
primary.
In Montenegro, under our auspice, there are more than 35 sport
associations, with more than 800 registered sport clubs. For all of
them, we are becomming even more relevant address. Together with
state institutions in Montenegro, we have to work together on
development of our sport, on all levels. Withal, Olympic Games are
not the only segment of the Olympic Movement.
For that reason, I wouldn't call it a fear. We are realistic, but we
are looking in the future with great optimism, and we are not
without ambitions. Montenegrin sport significance has never been in
direct proportion with its size. I believe it won't be in the
future, as well.
Even though you haven't asked me, I will allow myself this freedom
to remind you that Montenegro, in that time internationally
recognised state, since the famous Berlin Congress 1878. until the
end of the World War I, has followed all events in that time young
International Olympic Committee.
One year after foundation of the IOC, Montenegrin literary journal
„LUČA“, in June edition of 1895., describes in detail foundation of
modern Olympic Games and asks question about participation of
athletes from Montenegro:
"Therefore, Montenegro, famous for its heroism, Montenegro, which is
similar to Greece by blood, by religion, by temper, by customs, by
climate, by character, by patriotism, by heroism. Would it be right
to stay neutral in its extraodinary ceremony accepted and offered by
Americans and the rest of the world with biggest rapture. Montenegro
– new Sparta – would it be fair not to participate in this ceremony
taking place on the earth of old Sparta? Wasn't Fundina and Vučji do
for Montenegro same as Marathon field and Plathea for Greece? Wasn't
Montenegrin fiddler, Greek Omir? Montenegrins – new Spartans –
wouldn't it be fair to allow them show themselves as indifferent to
the ceremony of the ancient Spartans offsprings? It wasn't,
actually. Wasn't Montenegrin's famous game: throwing the stones from
the shoulder, wrestling, jumping, running, folks games and so on?
Wasn't this also famous game of ancient Greeks?"
Unfortunately, on first modern Games in Athens, we weren't present.
Neither on one so far. Quoted text, published just before modern
Games, explaines how strong that desire was, so it is quite clear
what are our feelings today, when we are facing realization of this
dream.
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