OCA Announces Participation Of 44 Olympic Committees In Athletes Forum In Bangkok

Kuwait, February 27 (QNA) - The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has announced that 44 National Olympic Committees will send representatives for the two-day OCA Athletes Forum in Bangkok next month. The OCA Athletes Committee Chair, Mikako Kotani, and Vice Chair Tayyab Ikram will spearhead the two-day forum to be held over the weekend of Saturday and Sunday, March 18-19 in Bangkok. Olympic Solidarity will be represented by Olivier Niamkey, while the IOC Athletes’ Commission will be represented by its Chair, Emma Terho and number of members. The comprehensive two-day programme will start with a video message from IOC President Thomas Bach and include presentations from the OCA Athletes Committee, IOC Athletes’ Commission, Olympic Solidarity and the Athlete Centred Project Fund. Participants will also engage in workshops and panel discussions on a wide range of topics including prevention of the manipulation of competitions, athlete career development for sport and beyond, fight against doping, and how to run effective athletes’ commissions. This will be the first OCA Athletes Forum since November 2018 in Tokyo and will come at the start of a busy OCA year for National Olympic Committees with the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China from Sep. 23 to Oct. 8 and the 6th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in Bangkok and Chonburi province from Nov.17-26. (QNA)