Inside the Olympics: A Behind-The-Scenes Look at the Politics, the Scandals, and the Glory of the Games - Couverture rigide

Pound, Dick

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0470834544 ISBN 13 : 9780470834541

Editeur : John Wiley and Sons, 2004

Synopsis

A candid look at how the Olympic rings got so tarnished-from a top IOC insider Bribery, illicit drugs, tainted judges, dirty politics ...the Olympics have come a long way from ancient Greece. Far from the vaunted symbol of athletic excellence, the Olympic games have become awash in scandal (from doping and judging scandals, questionable selection practices for future sites) that have given it a tawdry luster only cynics and news junkies would relish. Now, Dick Pound, a former Olympic medalist and twenty-five year member of the IOC gives an insider's account of the politics within the IOC as well as an unsensationalistic look at what went on behind the headlines. As controversial as the games themselves have become, Inside the Olympics is a fascinating, no-holds-barred look at just how the Olympics and their legacy have foundered. Richard W. Pound (Montreal, Canada) has been a member of the International Olympic Committee for twenty-five years. He was a member of the IOC Executive Board from 1983 to 1991 and from 1992 to 2000. In 1962, he won a gold, bronze, and two silver medals at the Commonwealth Games in Australia.

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Richard W. Pound has been a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for 25 years. He has served on the IOC Executive Board, and in 1987 was elected vice-president for a four-year term and served a second term from 1996 to 2000. During the 2000 Summer Games in Sydney, he was acting presiden, and in 2001 ran unsuccessfully in the electionto replace Juan antonio Samaranch as the eighth president of the IOC. Pound is founding chair of the Wold Anti-Doping Agency, which was established in 1999. He was also Chairman of the IOC Television Negotiation Committee [1983-2001], and Chairman of the IOC Marketing Committee until 2001. Pound served as the Chair of the Coordination Commission for the 1996 Olympic Games, and as a director of the Organizing Committee for the 1998 Olympic Winter Games in Calgary, Alberta. It was partly because of Pound's investigation of the recent Slt Lake City bribery scandal that new regulations and an ethics watchdog to oversee interaction between IOC members and bidding cities were created. he is a past president, director, and executive committee member of the Canadian Olympic Committee. Born in Canada in 1942, Pound began his athletic career as a competitive swimmer. At the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, he was a double Olympic finalist, finishing fourth in the 400 meter medley relay and sixth in the 100 meter freestyle. he went on to win four medals a gold, a bronze, and two silvers at the 1962 Commonwealth Games in Australia. Pound was educated in Montreal, receiving degrees in commerce and law from McGill. he is currently a partner in the law firm Stikeman Elliott. In 1999, he was made the seventeenth chancellor of McGill University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: John Wiley and Sons
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0470834544
• ISBN 13: 9780470834541
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 288
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