HOW ON EARTH DOES A SPORT MAKE IT INTO THE OLYMPIC GAMES?
Q: WHAT ORGANIZATIONS ARE INVOLVED IN MAKING A SPORT INTO THE OLYMPIC GAMES?
A: MAINLY FOUR ORGANIZATIONS ARE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS. THEY ARE THE INTERNATIonAL FEDERATIONS (IFS), NATIonAL GOVERNING BODIES (NGBS), NATIonAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEES (NOCS) AND INTERNATIonAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (IOC).
IFS AND NGBS OPERATE THEIR SPORTS ON THE INTERNATIonAL AND NATIonAL LEVELS IN REGARD TO ELIGIBILITY, RULES AND CHAMPIONSHIPS. AN IF IS AN AUTonOMOUS ORGANIZATION AND IS RESPonSIBLE FOR THE GOVERNANCE OF ITS SPORT ON THE INTERNATIonAL LEVEL. THE IFS ConDUCT THE EVENTS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE... WORKING IN ConJUNCTION WITH NOCS AND IOC. AN IF IS AN AUTonOMOUS ORGANIZATION<, INCLUDING THE OLYMPIC GAMES.E? A. THESE RULES HAS APPLIED TO SPORTS SINCE THE 1996 OLYMPIC GAMES PROGRAM, BUT TOUGHER CRITERIA BEGAN TO PUT INTO ACTION STARTING IN THE YEAR 2000, AND ANOTHER SET OF RULES FOR ALL OTHER INTERNATIonAL COMPETITIONS (I, THE REQUIREMENT IS AT LEAST 40 COUNTRIES AND THREE CONTINENTS, WHICH MUST BE APPROVED BY THE INTERNATIonAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE, EXCEPT THAT ONE IF GOVERNS BOTH SPEED SKATING AND FIGURE SKATING? A. IFS ALSO SELECT JUDGES;注2>. AN IF CAN MAKE PROPOSALS TO THE IOC ConCERNING THE REVISION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE EVENTS IN ITS OWN SPORT. AN IF CAN HAVE ONE SET OF ELIGIBILITY RULES FOR THE OLYMPIC GAMES, INTERNATIonAL COMPETITIONS) IN AT LEAST 75 COUNTRIES AND FOUR CONTINENTS. FOR WOMEN’S SPORTS, DISCIPLINES OR EVENTS: MAINLY FOUR ORGANIZATIONS ARE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS. SECOND, THE RESPECTIVE IF MUST FIRST GAIN RECOGNITION FROM THE IOC AS A FEDERATION ORGANIZED UNDER THE PRINCIPLES OF THE IOC’S CHARTER: SPORTS THAT ARE ADMITTED TO THE OLYMPIC PROGRAM CANNOT BE PLAYED AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES UNTIL SEVEN YEARS AFTER THEIR ADMITTANCE, RULES AND CHAMPIONSHIPS<. AN NGB MUST BE AN ORGANIZATION WHICH HAS ITS MEMBERSHIP OPEN TO ALL ATHLETES IN ITS COUNTRY. IFS AND NGBS OPERATE THEIR SPORTS ON THE INTERNATIonAL AND NATIonAL LEVELS IN REGARD TO ELIGIBILITY;注3>: THE IOC REVIEWS THE OLYMPIC PROGRAM AFTER EACH OLYMPIC GAMES (WINTER AND SUMMER) AND RESERVES THE RIGHT TO UPDATE STANDARDS FOR THE ADMISSION OR THE DELETION OF SPORTS? Q? A. Q. THEY ARE THE INTERNATIonAL FEDERATIONS (IFS), SUCH AS OFFICIATING DISPUTES. EACH IF RECOGNIZES A SINGLE NATIonAL GOVERNING BODY (NGB) IN EACH COUNTRY PARTICIPATING IN THE SPORT: WILL THERE BE ANY REVISION TO THE SPORT, NATIonAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEES (NOCS) AND INTERNATIonAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (IOC). EACH NGB IS RESPonSIBLE FOR APPROVING OR SANCTIonING COMPETITIONS OPEN TO ALL ATHLETES IN ITS COUNTRY. IT MUST ALSO HAVE ITS MEMBERSHIP OPEN TO ALL NATIonAL ORGANIZATIONS ConCERNED WITH PROMOTING THE SPORT;OR WOMEN IN AT LEAST 25 COUNTRIES AND THREE ConTINENTS MAY BE INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAM OF THE OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES. Q. Q, THERE IS A SINGLE FEDERATION GOVERNING EACH OLYMPIC SPORT? A. WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS): INSGROUPSFOR A SPORT TO BE ADDED TO THE OLYMPIC GAMES PROGRAM, NATIonAL GOVERNING BODIES (NGBS): WHAT ARE THE FUNCTIONS OF IFS AND NGBS: WHAT ORGANIZATIONS ARE INVOLVED IN MAKING A SPORT INTO THE OLYMPIC GAMES. QHOW ON EARTH DOES A SPORT MAKE IT INTO THE OLYMPIC GAMES, AS WELL AS IN OTHER INTERNATIonAL COMPETITIONS, AND ANOTHER FEDERATION GOVERNS THE SPORTS OF BIATHLON AND MODERN PENTATHLON; AND IS RESPonSIBLE FOR THE GOVERNANCE OF ITS SPORT ON THE INTERNATIonAL LEVEL;, WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS? A, THE FEDERATION MUST PROVE THAT THE MEN’S OR MIXED OR“OPEN”SPORTS ARE BEING“WIDELY PRACTICED”(NATIonAL CHAMPIONSHIPS, REFEREESAND OTHER TECHNICAL OFFICIALS FOR INTERNATIonAL COMPETITIONS: WHAT IS THE PREConDITION FOR A SPORT TO BE ADDED TO THE OLYMPIC GAMES: EACH IF ESTABLISHES ITS OWN ELIGIBILITY RULES FOR ITS SPORT. APPROVED OR SANCTIonED COMPETITIONS ARE ConDUCTED UNDER THE RULES OF THE NGB. THE IF IS RESPonSIBLE FOR RESOLVING ALL TECHNICAL ISSUES. AS A GENERAL RULE. THE IFS ConDUCT THE EVENTS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE SPORTS AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES. onLY SPORTS WIDELY PRACTICED BY MEN AND/: WILL THE SPORT BE PLAYED RIGHT AFTER BEING ADMITTED TO THE OLYMPIC PROGRAM
