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Dušan Simonović President of the MOC in next four years
mandate
24.11. 2008
Assembly of Montenegrin Olympic Committee on
its session held on 23. November, has elected Dušan
Simonović for its President with great majority of votes.
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Support to participants of the Winter EYOF
28.10. 2008
On 27th October, Rajko Kosić, director of
Montenegrin Alpine national team of the Skiing Association
of Montenegro and Vesna Moračanin, Secretary General of the
Skating Association of Montenegro had meeting with the
Secretary General of the Montenegrin Olympic Committee,
Đorđije Kustudić, and Predrag Marsenić, Advisor in the MOC.
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Press release
18.07. 2008
Ambassador of the People's Republic of China
in Montenegro, Mr Li Man Cang, visited Montenegrin Olympic
Committee today where he was welcomed by the Secretary
General, Djordjije Kustudić.
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Montenegrin flag raised at the Olympic Village
07.08. 2008
At festive ceremony held on 7th August at the
Olympic Village in Beijing was raised Montenegrin flag.
President of Montenegro Filip Vujanović, President of
Montenegrin Olympic Committee Dušan Simonović, Minister of
Culture, Sport and Media Branislav Mićunović were present at
the ceremony.
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End of the Olympic caravan Beijing 2008.
06.07. 2008
On Small sport Stadium under Gorica hill,
yesterday at 09:30 was held final sport-amusing event
Olympic caravan Beijing 2008.
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Caravan on the boat
13.06. 2008
City that gave first after-war champions of
Montenegro in basketball, volleyball, athletics and boxing,
city that had its Olympian at Games in Helsinki in 1952,
Boris Škanat in finals of 100 m back, hosted Olympic Caravan
on 13th June.
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Olympic caravan in the city of Olympians
09.06. 2008
Yesterday, Olympic caravan Beijing 2008,
sport-amusing event organized in honor of forthcomming
Olympic Games by Montenegrin Olympic Committe and Athletic
Federation of Montenegro qand host municipalities, visited
Kotor.
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Caravan in Montenegrin water-polo cradle
09.06. 2008
On 9th June, Olympic caravan visited Herceg
Novi, city of mimosa and Montenegrin water polo cradle,
sport which will represent Montenegro on highest level on
its first appearance in the history at the Olympic Games in
Beijing.
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Revue of models for our Olympians
07.06. 2008
On 5th June, tourist complex in Plavnica was
beautiful stage for fashion revue of Montenegrin Olympic
Committee formal clothes for the Olympic Games 2008.
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Spirit of Beijing touched town on Tara river
12.05. 2008
After Cetinje and Bijelo Polje, “Olympic
caravan 2008” visited Mojkovac on 11. May.
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Caravan in the city of sport
04.05. 2008
On 4th May "Olympic caravan" passed through
Bijelo Polje. Competiting spirit marcher through, too.
Greetings were pouring to the winners. Greetings to our
competitors who will compete at the Olympic Games in Beijing
from 8th to 24th August this year, for the first time
independently.
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A place from where was headed towards great victories
20.04. 2008
Beautiful spring day on Sunday, 20th April was
great scenography for the first phase of the Olympic
caravan, sport-amusing event organised by the Montenegrin
Olympic Committee.
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Caravan of youth and Olympism
18.04. 2008
With this event we would like to promote sport
and ida of olympism, in the name of forthcoming olympic
games and first participation of our athletes under
montenegrin flag at the olympic games - said president of
the moc Dušan Simonović on yesterday’s press.
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Mrvaljević is going to Beijing!
18.03. 2008
Montenegrin judist Srđan
Mrvaljević, was allocated an invitation place for Beijing
Olympic Games 2008, on 18th March!
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Simonović: With sport toward EU
18.03. 2008
President of MOC attended
important meeting of highest European sport officials in
Slovenia. Presence of the President of MOC on meeting of
Minsters for sport and presidents of National Olympic
Committees from EU member countries and East Europe
countries held at Brdo by Kranj is one more confirmation of
Montenegrin approach toward European Union.
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Simonović talked to Bach
23.01. 2008
Olypic Committee of Germany
promised to help in a way Montenegrin sides whishes so.
Continuation od decade of cooperation between Montenegrin an
German Olimpyc Committees.
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Solid foundation for good preparations
07.01. 2008
Provided financial means for
preparation and participation of our athletes at the Olympic
games in Beijing. Means provided by the goverment of
Montenegro, sponsors and the IOC.
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A year to remember toward year to acknowledge
27.12. 2007
The MOC handed over goblets to
the best in 2007. "Passed year was the first in which our
athletes appeared under the colors of their country", said
Dušan Simonović, President of the MOC.
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The MOC has chosen the best
21.12. 2007
Montenegrin Water-polo
National team, WHC "Budućnost T-mobile", Water-polo player
Aleksandar Radović nad athlete Jovana Kljajević elected for
the best in 2007. in tradicional MOC election.
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Crown of long-standing relations
18.12. 2007
Montenegrin and Albanian
Olympic Committees signed last night in Podgorica Protocol
on cooperation.
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Table tennis: promising successes
10.12. 2007
Dušan Simonović, President of
the MOC hosted the President of Montenegrin table tennis
association and Viktor Rogić, elementary-school pupil from
Podgorica who alredy racks up victories one after another
with ping-pong ball.
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T-com golden sposnor of the Montenegrin Olympic Committee
05.12. 2007
Dušan Simonović, President of
the MOC and Daniel Sas, President of the Board of Directors
of company Montenegrin T-com yesterday in Podgorica signed
contract on golden sponzorship.
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Jacques Rogge: Doping is the World plague
16.11. 2007
President of the IOC said in
Madrid that this is phenomenon which started to spread to
all levels of sport, youth, children and recreational.
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Visit to the IOC in Lausanne
08.11. 2007
President of the Montenegrin
Olympic Committe Dušan Simonović and Secretary General
Đorđije Kustudić, payed a three day visit to the
Internationa Plympic Committe in Lausanne, following
invitation from Director of the IOC NOC Relations
Department, Pere Miro.
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The MOC has become full time member of the International
Committee for the Mediterranean Games
27.10. 2007
On Saturday, 27th October the
Montenegrin Olympic Committee has become full time member of
the International Committee for the Mediterranean Games
(ICMG - International Committee for the Mediterranean
Games), on the session of the General Assembly of that
association, held in Pescara (Italy).
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In future, four years punishment for doping
17.10. 2007
World Anti Doping Agency
(WADA) has adopted final draft of the anti doping codex,
wchis is to be adopted in Madrid next month.
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From new web site to education
01.10. 2007
Secretary General, Đorđije
Kustudić, and Vice President Andrija Popović, represented
Montenegrin Olympic Committee on the Meeting of 13 National
Olympic Committees from Central and South East European
countries, held in Bucharest from 28. to 30. September.
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International standards for doping control
27.09. 2007
Recognition of the Montenegrin
Olympic Committee by the IOC, on 7th July this year in
Guatemala, includes fulfillment of certain obligations,
among others setting up national agency for doping control.
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Olympic champions are true heroes
21.07. 2007
For all disciplines, all
sports represented on the Olympic Games, all winners both in
individual and team sports, medals are given for: the first
place "gold medals".
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Simonović: You realised great Montenegrin dream
10.07. 2007
The President of the
Montenegrin Olympic Committe, Dušan Simonović congratulated
Montenegrin water-polo players and their coach Petar Porobić
on great success, placement to the Olympc Games in Beijing.
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Ambassadors of Olympism
31.07. 2007
Last, nineth European Youth
Olympic Festival, closed on last Friday, after five days pf
competitions held in Belgrade, was an opportunity for
Jacques Rogge, President of the International Olympic
Committee to promote, once more, Youth Olympic Games.
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EYOF can begin!
23.07. 2007
With special ceremony held in
Belgrade "Arena" last night, the European Youth Olympic
Festival officially started.
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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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Dušan Simonović intreview for IOC Internet magazine
08.07. 2007
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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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09.06.2008.
INTERVIEW: DUŠAN SIMONOVIĆ, PRESIDENT OF MONTENEGRIN OLYMPIC
COMMITTEE
Small country of big sport potential
 Preparations of our sport delegation for
upcoming Olympic Games in Beijing are going on in full. In
Montenegrin Olympic Committee, for the first time they are working
hard on historical job in Montenegro – organization of stay for our
athletes, Montenegrin water polo national team and five competitors
in individual sports, as well as for other members of Olympic
delegation on 29th Olympic Games. Friendly China and Montenegro
share one event of great importance for both countries – most
populous country in the World as host of the OG and Montenegro as
novice on biggest and most prestigious sport event in the World.
On that occasion, we are talking to
Dušan Simonović, president of Montenegrin Olympic Committee.
Montenegrin Olympic Committee is one of two last
recognized NOC by the International Olympic Committee in beginning
of July last year. What would you, being the president of MOC, say
is essences of that experience since that day until now?
First of all, I must say it was important impulse, one great pushing
force for our sport. As it is known, in the years of our recognition
we have made certain lunges in international affirmation of our
sport and our athletes. However, results of our attempts gain their
valorization only after recognition by the IOC, which is natural.
For us, as it is for any other country, this is great honor, great
challenge but at the same tim big obligation.
Namely, though being a small country, Montenegro has great sport
potentials, and with status of independent state in International
sport federations we have opportunity to show our sport knowledge
and proficiency directly in international sport events.
In our efforts to adequalty promote our sport and our athletes we
have big support from the International Olympic Committee. And not
only from them. Namely, we have big support from other Olympic
Committees, especially those from surrounding countries expressing
readiness for cooperation with Montenegrin Olympic Committee, based
on long term visions and mutual interest.
During the recognition phase we had important support and help from
our friends from abroad. Best thing to describe this is fact that
country recognised at the same time as we were, waited for seven
years on recognition. Of course, we are grateful to all of those who
helped us, and on the other hand, I think that with our work present
work both in sport and organizational sense, justified given trust
by being recognised and accepted into International Olympic family.
Being accepted into Olympic family, MOC became
participant of the Olympic movement in new, active way. How do you
see future of Olympism in Montenegro?
When talking about Olympic sports in Montenegro, I am sure that they
are facing bright future. Of course, from all of us is expected a
lot, including athletes themselves their federations and from us in
MOC. Also, the State and its line bodies are expected to support
young athletes especially those who have a chance to qualify for big
sport events including Olympic Games.
From my point of view, I can say that MOC is actively involved in
work of bodies and other structures of MOC, and we expect our
involvement to be more concrete through engagement in various EOC
and IOC commissions, as well as through realisation of different
projects submitted to the IOC. As for the home plan, through
different projects icluding those who are currently implemented, we
are affirming Olympic spirit and that is why we look towards future
with optimism, regardless if it’s our reputation in the IOC or our
overall status in big Olympic family.
What does MOC do for its international and home
affirmation?
Prior to recognition by the IOC, MOC was in very difficult
situation. As we all know, our athletes were not able to participate
independently in international events, including the Olympic Games.
However, MOC tried, as much as it was possible in given
circumstances, to fulfill its mission as National Olympic Committee,
even though it was very difficult because we faced lots of problems,
first of all by not being recognised by the IOC. Luckily, Government
of Montenegro understood our aspirations and supported us in
realisation of some projects which were very important in that time
for popularisation of Montenegrin sport both on home and
intenational levels. Even in that period, MOC profiled into
ambitious and serious sport institution.
 In this context, and due to given circumstances,
I would like to mention appearance, i.e presentation of Montenegro
at the Olympic Games in Athens 2004. which was very much noticed and
had great echo.
In period following the recognition by the IOC, we had new
obligations to fulfill. First of all, we had to harmonize all our
documents and our overall functioning with principles from the
Olympic Charter, basic document of the Olympic movement. I can say
that in shor period of time we made big progress, for which we got
compliments from the IOC. I must use this opportunity to say that
during this process we had great support from IOC experts and other
National Olympic Committees, especially those from surrounding
countries. All of this influenced on MOC whic is now serious, well
organized, central Montenegrin sport institution, which sucessfully
performs its mission at home and abroad. For sure we will have to
face more new challenges, new requests, but time is our ally and in
following years, I am sure, we will turn MOC into one modern,
exemplary and clearly profiled sport institution. We are also facing
intensive efforts for affirmation of MOC both on home and
international levels. I think we have enough resources for this job
and that we will perform it continuously and in quality way in
following years.
Moreover, we have to have in mind that this is only our first year,
that we have just «made first steps», and yet, according to many
relevant indicators, we managed to do lots of things and we are
happy for compliments we get for this. Besides that, we are fully
aware that we still have lots of work to do, but we have clear
vision of our development and we will persist in this.
How would you determine present cooperation with IOC and its
bodies?
We are in everyday contact with people from the IOC and I can say
that our present communication with the IOC is very good and very
useful for us. You have to understand, without adequate expert
support from the IOC it is impossible to seriously constitute one
National Olympic Committee.
Our delegations visited Lausanne several times, and and in many
occasions we received particular and important expert and financial
support from the IOC. Mutual observation is that we suceeded both in
organisational and sport way, and according to officials of the IOC,
we can count on their long term full support and help.
Besides, we are young Olympic Committee, but Committee of a country
which has excellent athletes and extraordinary sport potentials, and
this fact is recogised by the IOC in real way.
Olympism i movement with encyclopedical volume, both in
antique and modern times. Will this movement have its specifics in
any way in our country?
Even though Montenegro didn’t participate at the Olympic Games
independently until now, Montenegrin sport and broader public always
followed with attention happenings at the Olympic Games, which can
be proved by numerous documents and journal articles, and also lots
of memories are preserved in minds of our athletes and sport
workers.
 As for our particulars, I think that the biggest
one in that, according to number of inhabitantas and area, we are
small country, and yet we have excellent athletes. It is something
that is noticed by all international sport workers and people who
are into sport. In Montenegro, sport is very popular and widely
practiced, and followed through media a lot. I believe that more
intensive happenings in area of Olympism, i.e particulars that you
mention, will be cristalised only after this year’s Games, after our
citizens really understand that our competitors participate at
biggest sport event in the World independently, under thir flag,
with their anthem. Opening ceremony of Beijing Games for every our
person will be extraordinary, because it will fill him with national
pride such he never has a chance to feel so far on this occasion.
Regarding the fact that we really are specific, in sport terms,
there is information we got from the IOC that out of 205 countries
members of the IOC, 101 country will participate with less than 10
athletes! As we all know, from Montenegro to Beijing will go 20
athletes. Besides members of water polo national team, there will be
swimmer Marina Kuč, boxer Milorad Gajović, judist Srđan Mrvaljević,
and two athletes.
Olympic Games in Beijing 2008. will be the first Games
in which Montenegrin athletes will participate uder our national
flag. How to you see so far preparations of MOC and Olympians
themselves?
You are witnesses every day, throught media or some other sources,
of very intensive preparations of our Olympic candidates for
participation at the Olympic Games. We are in every day contact with
federations whose athletes will participate in Beijing. So far,
everything is going on according to plan in very positive
atmosphere.
As I said several times, MOC will provide all necessary
preconditions for quality preparations and participation of our
athletes at the Olympic Games in Beijing. It is our obligation which
we will, I am sure, sucessfully respond to.
Sponsorships
Do you think that Montenegrin companies reconise
importance of supporting sport?
As you know, this year we closed two important contracts with two
Montenegrin companies. Namely, First Bank of Montenegro is our
general sponsor, and Montenegin Telecom is golden sponsor of
Montenegrin Olympic Committee.
We also signed contract with Radio Television of Montenegro on media
sponsorship, which I consider wery important since it will
contribute to affirmation of MOC’s work and popularisation of sport
in right way.
Also, we were announced cooperation with several big Montenegrin
companies.
We are very pleased that companies of such market strenght, that are
most successful ones not only in Montenegro, recognised MOC as
quality and goog partner. On the other hand, we are open to
cooperation with other major companies. Of course, we do this
carefully and selectively because we think that partnership with
National Olympic Committee represents issue of prestige for some
company.
Fight against doping
Fight against doping, affirmation of women participation
in sport and sport bodies, inclusion of youth in sport activities,
are only some of areas in which IOC wishes to achieve more. How
actual are these issues Montenegro?
MOC aready dealt with these issues. First of all by participation in
internationa conferences dealing with these topics. Furthermore,
human resouces dealing with these issues are already recognised and
educated, we have financially and technically supported realised
activities other than Olympic Committee’s in area of affirmation of
sport values you are talking about. On the other hand, we supported
activites going on in direction of doping supression and use of
illicit substances, to which we will be at most dedicated in future
period.
Affirmation of Olympism in Montenegro
With great interest and passion, Montenegrins follow
everything happening at international and home scene. According to
you, how can be Olympism more approximated to people in Montenegro?
One of basic mission of every National Olympic Committee, including
ours, is spreading of Olympism idea. We know that Olympic idea is
one of extraordinary heritages of modern civilization and as such it
promotes foundations of modern world values, the world we are living
in. Those are ideas of tolerance, peace, humanity, equality and all
good things, that enable people to live peaceful and and nice life.
From the very beginning we understood this dimension of our Olympic
Committe’s mission and we dedicate special attention to that topic.
In that sense, we realized several activities and projects, and in
future period we plan more, in regards to our status in
international Olympic movement. First of all, we will be leaning to
support and suggestions from the International Olympic Committee,
and some activities we will realise in cooperation with major
Montenegrin companies, media, municipalities, schools, etc. One such
project started just recently. In cooperation with Montenegrin
Olympic Committee, Montenegrin Post issued postal stamp anent these
year’s Games. It is interesting project which will contribute to
popularization of Olympism in our country, in its way. For sure
there will be more similar activities, especially in this year, year
of the Games.
I would also like to mention that recently we organised expert
conference of educational character in cooperation with Montenegrin
Sport Academy, which was very useful for sport workers having in
mind lecturers and topics covered.
Also, another current project I would like to mention is „Olympic
caravan“, which will visit all Montenegrin cities with aim to
present all characteristics of the Olympic movement to citizens,
especially the youth.
G. Borović
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