OCA holds webinar for delegates attending 3rd Asian Youth Games
The Olympic Council of Asia with the support of the IOC’s Olympics Movement Unit on the Prevention of Manipulation of Competition held a webinar on PMC on 16 September.
The webinar to prepare delegations attending the 3rd Asian Youth Games in Bahrain next month was attended by around 100 participants, including Chefs de Mission, representatives from National Olympic Committees and National Sports Federations in Asia.
“We wanted to get the message across that competition manipulation is a threat to fair play and the integrity of sports, and what steps can be taken to counter it. The clear purpose was to bring together NOCs and National Federations as they get ready for the Bahrain Asian Youth Games,” explained Jamyang Namgyal, Athletes Department of OCA.
There were presentations done by PMC officials from the NOCs of Sri Lanka and Iraq, on the work being done in their respective governing bodies to educate athletes on the prevention of competition manipulation.
The IOC’s Believe in Sports Ambassador, Ayako Rakkaku, a former captain of the Japanese women’s baseball team, also explained the PMC’s Code of Conduct. “There are four rules – We Will Not Fix; We Will Not Bet; We Will Not Leak Information; and We Will Speak Up.
“This is a key message for athletes and Asian Games delegations,” Rakkaku noted in her presentation.
The importance for NOCs to appoint a Single Point of Contact (SPOC) and the adoption of rules in line with the Olympic Movement Code on PMC was also emphasised.
