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december 07, 2023 - International Olympic Committee
Protecting sport integrity at Gangwon 2024
With International Anti-Corruption Day being celebrated worldwide on 9 December, we take a look at how the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is reiterating its commitment to protecting the integrity of all events and the athletes through a range of educational and awareness-raising measures at the Winter Youth Olympic Games (YOG) Gangwon 2024, which begin in less than two months time.
To ensure that young athletes are well aware of the risks of competition manipulation as early as possible in their career, the IOC has developed a number of different initiatives to engage athletes, their entourages, and the officials participating in the Winter YOG Gangwon 2024, which run from 19 January to 1 February 2024.
Believe in Sport campaign
In Gangwon, the IOC will be activating its Believe in Sport campaign, which aims to raise awareness of the issue of competition manipulation among athletes, entourage members and officials.
Activities like interactive quizzes will be implemented prior to the Games, as well as during the event, at dedicated booths in the Olympic Villages, forming part of the IOC’s wider Athlete Education Programme.
The campaign is supported by Believe in Sport Ambassadors, who are active or retired athletes experienced in talking to their peers about this important topic.
Olympian Andrej Miklavc, a retired Alpine skier from Slovenia and a Believe in Sport Ambassador, who will be in action on the ground at the educational booth in Gangwon next month, explained: “The prevalence of online betting options in sports requires athletes to comprehend all aspects of potential threats. They need to understand how easily they can become unwitting victims or tools for individuals with malicious intentions towards athletes or the Games.” He added: “It is crucial for all athletes not only to know the rules and code of conduct, but also to embrace and embody them. This is where Believe in Sport Ambassadors play a vital role.”
Engaging entourage members and officials
Likewise, it is important to involve the athletes’ entourages as well as the officials in the prevention of competition manipulation. Due to their role and inside knowledge, they also risk being approached by criminal individuals or networks.
Via the Olympic Movement Unit on the Prevention of Manipulation of Competitions (OM Unit PMC), the IOC will host dedicated webinars on 19 and 21 December for all judges, referees and technical officials who will be in Gangwon. Participants will learn about the nature of competition manipulation; how it can affect winter sports; and which rules they will have to follow. On 8 January, a specific briefing will be organised for all officials of the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS).
NOCs and IFs in action
Over the past few years, the OM Unit PMC has strengthened its collaboration with National Olympic Committees (NOCs) and International Federations (IFs), which continue to play an instrumental role in raising awareness on sports integrity among their delegation members. Many of them integrate integrity topics into their pre-Games briefings or they team up with expert organisations to develop educational tools and programmes.
A recent example is the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC), which is partnering with the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) to make available a free, online education course called “Understanding Competition Manipulation” to athletes and support personnel participating in the Youth Olympic Games Gangwon 2024. It will then be followed by all members of Team Canada at the Olympic Games Paris 2024.
Intelligence
In addition to the awareness-raising measures outlined above, the IOC, via its IBIS platform, and its partners will monitor sports betting 24/7 on all YOG competitions. Processes are in place to follow up on any suspicions or potential breaches of the rules.
Understanding and tackling competition manipulation
Competition manipulation occurs when a participant in a sports competition (for example an athlete, a coach, a judge or referee) knowingly underperforms or deliberately makes bad or wrong decisions affecting the result or course of a competition, in order to obtain an undue benefit (usually a sporting or financial benefit). This kind of cheating is often linked to an illegal bet on the competition, but can also happen in certain sports when athletes are tempted to lose a game in order to face an easier opponent in the next round of a tournament.
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