The executive committee of the International Olympic Committee nominated Yang Yang to run for vice president of the World Anti-Doping Agency

The International Olympic Committee released a message on its official website on the 22nd: “The Executive Committee of the International Olympic Committee has nominated Ms. Yang Yang, the Chinese Olympic champion, as the representative of the Olympic movement to run for the vice president of WADA.”

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, May 23 (reporter Ji Jima Xiangfei) the official website of the International Olympic Committee reported that the International Olympic Committee held an Executive Committee in Lausanne, Switzerland on the 22nd local time, he decided to nominate Yang Yang, the first gold winner of China’s Winter Olympics, as the representative of the Olympic movement, to run for the post of vice president of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). WADA also congratulated Yang Yang on his nomination at the first time on its official website.

The International Olympic Committee released a message on its official website on the 22nd, saying: “The Executive Committee of the International Olympic Committee has nominated Chinese Olympic champion Ms. Yang Yang as the representative of the Olympic movement to run for vice president of WADA.”

At the same time, WADA also reported on the official website “WADA congratulates Yang Yang on being nominated by Vice President”. The article said: “WADA congratulates Yang Yang, the Olympic champion from China, on winning the nomination of sports representatives to the executive committee of WADA and the board of directors of the foundation, becoming their preferred candidate for vice president of WADA.”

WADA also said on its official website that the executive committee of WADA and the board of directors of the Foundation nominated Polish Minister of Sports and Tourism vitorde banka as the preferred candidate for president of WADA. Sir Craig Riddy, the current chairman of WADA, will step down at the end of 2019.

WADA announced that the formal election of its chairman and vice-chairman will be held in Katowice, Poland, from November 5-7. The newly elected chairman and vice-chairman will serve for three years and take office formally from January 1, 202020.

Banka was once a 400-meter runner. Yang Yang won the first Winter Olympics gold medal for China in the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics. WADA said that two former athletes, Banka and Yang Yang, were nominated for the two most important positions in WADA, which would further ensure that the athletes made a voice in the core of WADA.

Yang Yang served as a member of the International Olympic Committee from 2010 to 2018. During that period, Yang Yang served as a member of the International Olympic Committee Athletes Committee and deeply participated in all aspects of the work of the International Olympic Committee, he also participated in the investigation of Russian doping incidents as a member of the IOC ethics committee.

After stepping down as a member of the International Olympic Committee, Yang Yang became a member of the market development committee of the International Olympic Committee, and also served as chairman of the athletes Committee of the Beijing Winter Olympic organizing committee in 2022 and director of the International Skating Federation.

The main task of the World Anti-Doping Agency is to examine and adjust the list of prohibited drugs, determine drug testing laboratories, and engage in anti-doping research, education and prevention. (Finished)

The ring Central Plains 2019 Bicycle Open will start. It is expected that more than 80000 riders will participate in the competition.


The picture shows the scene of this press conference. Photo taken by Deng Xiaoqiang

The picture shows the scene of this press conference. Photo taken by Deng Xiaoqiang

Yuyi network Zhengzhou, March 8th(Deng Xiaoqiang) the reporter learned from the Henan provincial government information office on the 6th that the sports lottery Central Plains 2019 Bicycle Open will start on March 30. After 16 races within half a year, the official ended on Xinxiang, Henan on October 20. Officials predict that the number of participants in this event may exceed 80000.

Henan successfully held the Cycling Open for the first time since 2015. This event has become a mass sports brand event in Henan province. By integrating resources, Henan provincial sports bureau uniformly named the cycling competition in the whole province as “sports lottery Central Plains Cycling Open”, and unified the competitions around the country under the banner of “Central China Cycling Competition, at the same time, keep their own characteristics, through the overall packaging and publicity, gradually create a nationwide fitness boutique event in Henan province covering the whole province, throughout the whole year and involving all the people.

At today’s press conference, Yang Zhongjun, deputy director of Henan Sports Bureau, introduced that bicycle enthusiasts in our province have exceeded millions of people and showed explosive growth. It is precisely because of such a large group and demand that our sports lottery Central Plains Cycling Open has been more and more welcomed by the masses after four years of competition.

Yang Zhongjun said that in the future, we will try our best to make the event bigger and stronger so that the masses can often participate in the wonderful sports events around us. Carrying out national fitness activities cannot be separated from economic and social security. We also need to strive to promote the development of sports industry through national fitness activities, making sports + Culture, Sports + tourism, sports + Health, let more people’s activities be happy and satisfied, promote the deep integration of sports and various industries, promote the development of a harmonious society, and make positive contributions to the economic and social development of Henan province.

The first station started in Xiangcheng county, Xuchang on March 30. Within six months, it will go through 16 stations including Hebi, Luoyang, Nanyang, Anyang, Shangqiu, Zhoukou, Sanmenxia and Xinxiang, and will end on October 20.

According to the scale of last year’s event and the situation of the host place, the official reported today that the number of people participating in the sports lottery · Ring Central Plains 2019 bicycle open will reach a new high, it is estimated that the total number of participants in 16 races will exceed 80000. (Finished)