COVID-19 STATUS UPDATE IN SIERRA LEONE

Aquatic activities are currently not allowed to resume in Sierra Leone. Currently there is a government ban on all sporting activities. We will resume as soon as our government lifts up the ban on sporting activities. Regarding travel, inter-provincial travel is allowed but no persons are allowed to travel outside of the country. Currently no foreign vistors are allowed to enter the country. Read More

COVID-19 STATUS UPDATE IN UGANDA

Aquatic activities have not yet been allowed to start in Uganda. The conditions for restarting are first and foremost confirmation that the COVID-19 situation in Uganda is fully under control and poses no real threat to public health and safety. Secondly putting in place comprehensive get-back-to-sport standard operation procedures that ensure observance of safety standards for athletes, coaches and the general public. It is not ascertainable when the Government will lift the lockdown, but we think in September or October 2020, we mig... Read More

SENEGAL AND THE IOC AGREE TO POSTPONE THE YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES DAKAR 2022 TO 2026

President Macky Sall's proposal was welcomed by IOC President Thomas Bach, following in-depth discussions on the subject. This postponement meets the requirement of responsibility and the concern for efficiency imposed by current circumstances. The postponement of Dakar 2022 allows the IOC, the National Olympic Committees (NOCs) and the International Federations (IFs) to better plan their activities, which have been strongly affected by the postponement of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, by the subsequent postponements of major internation... Read More

LE CIO ANNONCE L'ADAPTATION DES SYSTÈMES DE QUALIFICATION DE CHAQUE SPORT POUR TOKYO 2020

À la suite de l'approbation, en avril 2020, des amendements apportés aux principes relatifs aux systèmes de qualification pour Tokyo 2020 par le groupe de travail du Comité International Olympique (CIO) en charge de la qualification, la révision des procédures de qualification par sport des Fédérations Internationales (FI) pour les Jeux Olympiques de Tokyo 2020 est maintenant terminée.   Le CIO a travaillé en étroite coopération avec toutes les FI... Read More

IOC ANNOUNCES ADAPTED TOKYO 2020 QUALIFICATION SYSTEMS FOR EACH SPORT

Further to the approval of a series of amendments to the Tokyo 2020 qualification system principles by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Qualification Task Force in April 2020, the review of the International Federation (IF) qualification processes for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 and each sport has now been finalised.   The IOC has been working closely with all the IFs to determine the necessary adaptations to the Olympic qualification systems for their respective sports, and athletes and National Olympic Committees (NOCs) h... Read More