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Each Olympic sport is represented by its respective international sports federation, which in turn helps administer the events in its respective sport during the Games. For a sport to become an Olympic sport, its international sports federation must be recognized by the International Olympic Committee. [1]
The Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) is a non-profit association of international sports federations that compete in the Summer Olympic Games. It is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland, the same city where the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is also headquartered.
The ARISF's members are international sports federations recognised by the IOC whose sport is currently not competed in either the Summer or Winter Olympics, though becoming a member of ARISF does not imply or guarantee that the sport will be included in future Olympic Games.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) considers an Olympic sport to comprise all disciplines governed by an international sports federation. [4] For example, aquatics is a summer Olympic sport that includes six disciplines: swimming , artistic swimming , diving , water polo , open water swimming , and high diving (a non-Olympic discipline ...
Boxing kept its status as an Olympic sport for the 2024 Paris Games, but the IOC is overseeing the qualifying and medal tournaments without IBA involvement, as it did for the Tokyo Games in 2021 ...
The Olympic Movement consists of international sports federations (IFs), National Olympic Committees (NOCs), and organising committees for each specific Olympic Games. As the decision-making body, the IOC is responsible for choosing the host city for each Games, and organises and funds the Games according to the Olympic Charter .
The influential Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) expressed their concerns at bringing events to the United States after World Aquatics executive director Brent ...
IOC recognizes 82 international sports federations (IFs): [17] The 33 members of the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF). [18] The 7 members of the Association of International Olympic Winter Sports Federations (AIOWF). [19] The 42 members of the Association of IOC Recognised International Sports Federations (ARISF ...