The first Olympic Day was celebrated on 23 June 1948 by nine National Olympic Committees: Austria, Belgium, Canada, Great Britain, Greece, Portugal, Switzerland, Uruguay and Venezuela.
The Indian Olympic Association and its newly founded Committee on Olympic Education has organized an interesting virtual conference on theories and concepts of Olympic Education.
On 9 May 2020 the 'Latin American Center for Coubertinian Studies' was launched.
“Reinvention of Sport and Olympic Games Post-Pandemics: a Return to Pierre de Coubertin”
The objectives of the IOC to celebrate the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in Tokyo 2020 had to be readjusted and the Games have been postponed for one year. On behalf of the CIPC members, President Stephan Wassong sent an encouraging message to the IOC President, Dr. Thomas Bach, reassuring the IOC of our continued support…
At the invitation of IOC President Thomas Bach, and at a ceremony on 10 February in Lausanne, Prof. Dr. Stephan Wassong gave a lecture on the historical significance of the founding speech made by Pierre de Coubertin in 1892.
During his visit at the Japan Olympic Museum, the CIPC President, Prof. Dr. Stephan WASSONG, met with the high-school students who participated at the 12th International Pierre de Coubertin Youth Forum…
The CIPC President, Prof. Dr. Stephan WASSONG, visited the newly inaugurated Japan Olympic Museum (JOM) in Tokyo and actively participated at the ‘Coubertin Forum 2020’ organized by the Japanese Olympic Committee. President WASSONG gave two lectures…
The IOC has scheduled the meetings of its 21 Commissions during the 2020 Lausanne Winter Youth Olympic Games, held from 9thto 22ndJanuary. The Olympic Capital is crowded with young athletes from 79 countries, coaches, sport officials, volunteers, visitors and commission members…
This concert offered works of two great French composers-organists, contemporaries of Coubertin, Charles-Marie Widor and Louis Victor Vierne, most notable for their organ symphonies. Their music honored the famous organ of the cathedral of Lausanne.…