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The International Olympic Committee provisionally lifts its suspension of the Russian Olympic Committee. · Spoken News

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Speaker 1: Welcome to spoken News. I'm a computer. The International Olympic
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Committee provisionally lifts its suspension of the Russian Olympic Committee.
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The Russian Olympic Committee is the national Olympic committee representing Russia.
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Established in nineteen eleven, The ROC has been suspended by
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the International Olympic Committee multiple times. The International Olympic Committee
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is the international non governmental sports governing body of the
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modern Olympic Games. Founded in eighteen ninety four by Pierre
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de Coubertin and Demetrios Vikilis. It is based in Lausanne, Switzerland.
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The IOC is the authority responsible for organizing the summer, Winter,
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and Youth Olympics. The IOC is also the governing body
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of the national Olympic Committees and the Worldwide Olympic Movement,
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which includes all entities and individuals involved in the Olympic Games.
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Since twenty twenty five, the IOC president has been Kirsty Coventry.
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As of twenty twenty six, a total of two hundred
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and six countries and territories are officially recognized by the
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IOC and participated at the Olympics. That's it for now.
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