Icyegeranyo cy’amakuru y’imikino yaranze icyumweru kuva taliki 23 kugeza taliki 30 Kamena 2022, kanda hano.
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RNOSC joined Gasore Serge Foundation to celebrate the Olympic Day 2022
On June 23, 2022, the Rwanda National Olympic and Sports Committee joined 500 students from Rwanda Children Christian School founded/Gasore Serge Foundation in Bugesera district to celebrate the Olympic Day 2022.
2022’s theme celebrates the power of sport to bring people together in peace: a call to action for people to move together, up to and during Olympic Day, to show their united support for a peaceful world.
On the occasion of the Olympic Day 2022 celebrations, children discovered new sports such as Olympic Day Run, Kids Athletics, 3×3 Basketball, Karate, Aerobics and Traditional Games, performed by a group of elderly people with the aim of passing on their knowledge to new generations.
The Rwanda National Olympic and Sports Committee, in collaboration with Rwanda Basketball Federation, Rwanda Football Federation and CAVB Zone 5, donated sports equipment to Rwanda Children Christian School/Gasore Serge Foundation to support young talents.
A team representing the Rwandan Olympians also participated in the Olympic Day 2022 celebrations to inspire the youngsters.
“We are happy to work together with RNOSC to celebrate the Olympic Day this year. It is a great opportunity for our children to know and participate in some sports disciplines that they were not used to, for example Basketball 3X3 and traditional games. Through these sports, they can learn some Olympic values that can assist them to become good sports personalities, and good students,” said Serge Gasore, the founder of the Gasore Serge Foundation.
Pamela Girimbabazi Rugabira, a three-time Olympian who is an advisor at the RNOSC spoke about the importance of the Olympic Day celebrations.
“Every year, we celebrate this day with youngsters, especially students from lower schools, so that we can help them grow up doing and loving sports. We teach them Olympic values and how they can apply them in their daily lives. We also bring them their older counterparts who managed to participate in Olympic Games so they can play together and inspire them on this important day. It helps them grow up knowing the meaning of the Olympics, and having the desire to participate in them.”
Also, during the Olympic Week, the Rwanda National Olympic and Sports Committee joined the Kids International Play on June 19, 2022, to celebrate the Olympic Day in Nyanza district and around 300 children participated.
More photos of the Olympic Day 2022 celebrations, visit this link.
Icyegeranyo cy’amakuru y’imikino yaranze icyumweru kuva taliki 10 kugeza taliki 14 Kamena 2022
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Icyegeranyo cy’amakuru y’imikino yaranze icyumweru kuva taliki 24 Gicurasi kugeza taliki 01 Kamena 2022
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38 participants including 33 women attended the “Smart Women – Smart Sport”, organized by the RNOSC
The Rwanda National Olympic and Sports Committee (RNOSC), in collaboration with the RNOSC Women in Sport Commission, hosted a workshop titled “Smart Women – Smart Sport” under the Auspices of the Olympic Solidarity. The 2-day event under the theme “Women and Sport”, held at Centre d’Acceuil Bonne Espérance in Kigali city from 19-20 May 2022.
The event aimed at empowering and providing capacity building to its members by addressing various challenges the Rwanda Sport Movement is facing while promoting the Olympic values and gender equality in particular and this was emphasized by the Second Vice President at the RNOSC Mrs. Salama Umutoni in her opening remarks.
“This workshop aims at discussing the challenges women face in sports sector. There are also experts who will share their expertise and I encourage women to talk about the issues they face and work together to find solutions and a better way forward,” she said.
A total of 38 participants including 33 women from National Sports Federations, Rwanda Olympians Association and Sports Centers of Excellence in Schools (ISONGA Programme) took part.
During these two days, the participants benefited from the following presentations:
- “Prevention of Harassment and Abuse in Sports (sexual, verbal & emotional abuse) and Mental Health.” by First Vice President at Rwanda Cycling Federation Mrs. Mukazibera Marie Agnes
- “Talent Detection” by the Technical Director at Rwanda Volleyball Federation Mrs. Gertrude Kubwimana
- “Sports Nutrition” by Nutritionist/MD “La Pervenche Nutrition Cabinet” Mrs. Mukayumba Anastasie
- “Menstruation and Athlete’s Performance” by Sports Expert Mrs. E’GAIRMA Hermine
- “Sports Medicine” by RNOSC Medical and Anti-Doping Commission Dr. Nuhu Assuman and the Vice President of the RNOSC Sport For All Commission Mrs. Murangwa Usenga Sandrine
- “Sports and Mental Health” by the Director General of Huye Isange Rehabilitation Center Dr. Patrick RWAGATARE
- “Women in Coaching” by Head Coach REG Women BBC Mukaneza Espérance
- “Refereeing” by FIFA Referee Murangwa Usenga Sandrine
- “Sports Journalism” by Sports Journalist and President of the RNOSC Women in Sport Commission Ariane Uwamahoro
Igihozo Yvette who participated in the wokrshop shared her key takeaway: “We learned how to avoid violence against a sportswoman, how to nourish our bodies as sportswomen, we were given insightful information about women’s periods and we also had an opportunity to hear testimonies of women in sports industry.”
The Technical Director at Rwanda Volleyball Federation Mrs. Gertrude Kubwimana who was among the speakers: “We received positive feedback from invitated participants to this event, including athletes, coaches, referees or others involved in sports management. They were happy and eager for more knowledge.”
In her closing remarks, the IOC Member Mrs. Félicité RWEMARIKA urged her fellow women to remain focused and take a leaf from a few who have excelled if they are to succeed in various sports disciplines.
“Firstly, we encourage women to believe in themselves, secondly, to improve their personal development skills and their contribution to the development of sport. You do not have to think that opportunities will come to you just because you are a woman but because you deserve it,” Rwemarika said.
“We were able to hear from them, their challenges and what they want to be done. We are going to present them to competent authorities to find solutions for them toward creating a better environment for women in sports,” she added.
The workshop was concluded with certificate award ceremony and group photos.
More photos of the workshop, click here.
Icyegeranyo cy’amakuru y’imikino yaranze icyumweru kuva taliki 09-15 Gicurasi 2022
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RNOSC & Rwanda CGA Quarterly Newsletter of the first quarter of 2022
The Rwanda National Olympic and Sports Committee (RNOSC)/Rwanda Commonwealth Games Association (Rwanda CGA) has released the Quarterly Newsletter of the January to March 2022.
“Over the last three months, we managed to organize a technical course for coaches – level 1 with 29 participants including 8 women and 3 Para Table Tennis coaches, celebrating the Commonwealth Day 2022 by focusing on promoting inclusion in sport, supporting the Martial Arts Sports Festival 1st Edition and hosting the Ordinary General Assembly 2022.” – RNOSC & RCGA President Mr. Theo UWAYO
Visit this link to access the full newsletter.
This platform is a source of information for you covering every activity of the Rwanda National Olympic and Sports Committee/Rwanda Commonwealth Games Association.
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IOC President thanks NOCs for their overwhelming support for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020
The President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach, extended a big thank-you for the support for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 to all the representatives of the National Olympic Committees (NOCs), who are currently taking part in person and virtually in the General Assembly of the Association of NOCs (ANOC) in Crete.
“We did it. We did it for the athletes and we did it together. And I would like to thank everyone of you for your contribution to the overwhelming success of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Without your determination, these Olympic Games would not have happened. Or at least, they would not have happened in such a successful and safe way,” President Bach said at the first in-person meeting of the ANOC General Assembly since the start of the pandemic in March 2020. Some 148 NOCs have sent representatives to the Greek island, while the others are participating virtually.
President Bach admitted: “We also had our doubts, we also had sleepless nights, we also had to adapt our strategy and actions day by day. And it weighed on all of us, and it weighed on me. But we could not share all the doubts and the questions, we could not share them with you or the other stakeholders. Because the times were so uncertain. The uncertainty you could grasp in every conversation you had with someone from the Olympic Movement. We could not add fuel to this fire. This would have become a self-fulfilling prophecy. This may have led the to the collapse of the Games.”
The IOC President stressed the invaluable input and the solidarity of the NOCs for the Games and said: “But in the end we were rewarded for all our efforts for overcoming all this uncertainty, because these Olympic Games were an overwhelming success in many respects.” Thomas Bach explained that the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 have shown “that we can give hope, we can give solidarity to the people. And this is what obviously the world was longing for.”
Tokyo 2020 were the most followed Olympic Games in history, preliminary figures show. Also, 93 NOCs, more than ever, won Olympic medals. “This was only possible, because of the solidarity we enjoy in the Olympic Movement,” said Thomas Bach. More than 1,800 athletes were supported by the IOC Olympic Solidarity programme in their preparation for the Games in Tokyo. Not all made it to the Games, but all got a chance to participate in a fair way. Thirty of them won a gold medal, 36 a silver medal and 47 a bronze medal. In addition, they won 185 diplomas. Thomas Bach said: “What a success story of this Olympic Solidarity. I want to thank everyone involved.”
The IOC President also reminded the NOC representatives that, for the first time, the IOC had made the anti-doping testing and sanctioning completely independent from the IOC. Testing was in the hands of the International Testing Agency (ITA) and sanctioning in the hands of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). “This proved to be a great success,” said Thomas Bach, who asked the NOCs, Continental Associations of NOCs and other event organisers to follow this example.
President Bach’s full speech can be watched here.
Looking ahead to the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022, the IOC President said: “The preparations are going very well. The venues are ready. The test events are underway, and the responses we have got so far from the athletes taking part and from the NOCs are good. Everyone is excited about the quality of the venues, about the quality of the organisation. And they are also impressed by how serious our Chinese partners and friends are taking the fight against the coronavirus.”
Thomas Bach also thanked the NOCs for their support to help the evacuation of 300 members of the Olympic Community of Afghanistan, which is coordinated by the International Olympic Committee. “With the assistance of many of the International Federations and you, the NOCs, a number of humanitarian visas could be provided to members of the Olympic Community.” But the effort must continue, emphasised the IOC President: “There are still many members of the Olympic Community in Afghanistan at risk. We have to and we will continue to help them.” In order to do so, the support of governments is needed. The NOCs should continue working on obtaining such support from their governments for members of the Olympic Community from Afghanistan. There are two tasks: to get the members of the Olympic Community out of the country and to obtain humanitarian visas for them.
In addition, the IOC President addressed the post-coronavirus world in his speech. “We must strengthen our efforts to contribute as an important enabler to the United Nation’s sustainable development goals.” He introduced to the ANOC General Assembly the Olympism 365 strategy, which was adopted by the IOC Executive Board last week.
Thomas Bach also asked for the political neutrality of the Olympic Games and the Olympic Movement to be respected and to defend this position: “We can only be in solidarity, if we do not only respect each other or just not sanction each other, but if we help each other. And we can only bring everybody together in this world, we can only accomplish the unifying mission of the Olympic Games, if we are not taking a political stand, for which we have no mandate. Instead, we are leading by example: we demonstrate that at the Olympic Games we are all equal, we are all living in solidarity and we want to give an example to the world, how life could look like, if we all would live together in solidarity.”
Closing his speech, Thomas Bach announced that the IOC will cut its direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions by 50 per cent by 2030, as part of its commitment to tackling climate change. See the full press release here. With this decision, the IOC increases its level of ambition from a previous commitment that set a 45 per cent reduction over the same time period, in line with the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. He urged all other sports organisations to follow suit.
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