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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8763

6 August 2004
Contents Publication in full By article 10 / 16
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/sport/equality
Five or six delegations to Olympic Games in Athens still do not include women

Brussels, 05/08/2004 (Agence Europe) - There are still no women athletes in five to six delegations for the Olympic Games to begin in Athens on 13 August, despite the efforts of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to bring in more mixed teams for sporting events. The Olympic Charter stipulates that any kind of discrimination toward a country or a person, whether for racial, religious or political, gender or other reasons, is incompatible with admission to the Olympic Movement. Ms...