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The 144th IOC Session was held from 19 to 21 March at Costa Navarino in Greece, with the opening ceremony taking place on 18 March. It was preceded by a meeting of the IOC Executive Board (EB) on 17 March.

Among other key topics, the IOC Session included the election of the 10th IOC President.

The IOC Session and the EB meetings took place at the House of Events building, in the Romanos Resort in Costa Navarino, in the Peloponnese region of Greece.

The Romanos Resort is joined to the Westin Resort, where the Media Centre for the 144th IOC Session was located. Together, the Romanos Resort and the Westin Resort make up the Costa Navarino Resort.

The opening ceremony of the 144th IOC Session took place roughly 100km away, at Olympia in Greece.

Friday March 21

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  • Election of the host of the IOC session 2027
  • Anti-Doping - WADA - report by the President & ITA
  • Council of Arbitration for Sport 
  • Olympic Orders and recognitions

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Thursday March 20

Kirsty Coventry, 10th IOC President, the first female President in IOC history

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Reports on the activities of the Coordination Commissions and the OCOGs:

  • Gangwon 2024, Milano-Cortina 2026, LA28, French Alps 2030, Brisbane 2032, SLC-Utah 2034, Dakar 2026

Elections:

  • IOC Members Election Commission
  • Re-election of IOC members
  • Election of a new IOC member
  • Extension of one IOC member's terms of office
  • Change of status of 3 IOC members
  • Re-election of two members of the IOC Ethics Commission
  • Election of one Vice-President and members of the IOC Executive Board
  • Election of Honorary members and Honor members
  • Election of the IOC President

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Wednesday March 19

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Topics:

  • Report by the IOC President
  • Governance                                
  • Ethics - report by the Chair                                
  • Audit Committee - report by the Chair                                
  • Finance
  • Report on the activities of the IOC Commissions                                
  • Paris 2024 - Final report
  • Olympic Agenda - Final report

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Tuesday March 18

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Topics:

  • Opening Ceremony of the 144th IOC Session in Ancient Olympia

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Documents

  • Speech by ITA Chair Dr Valérie Fourneyron21 Mar 2025 · 7 pages · PDF · 147 Kb
    Speech by World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) President Witold Banka21 Mar 2025 · 4 pages · PDF · 112 Kb
    Introduction of the Olympic Agenda final report by IOC President19 Mar 2025 · 4 pages · PDF · 688 Kb
    Olympic Agenda: introduction to the Paris 2024 presentation by IOC President19 Mar 2025 · 2 pages · PDF · 328 Kb
    Olympic Agenda 2020+5 Closing Report20 Mar 2025 · 182 pages · PDF · 3.62 mb
    The Consolidated Financial Statements of the IOC 202419 Mar 2025 · 58 pages · PDF · 1.6 Mb
    Activity Report by IOC President Thomas Bach to the 144th IOC Session 19 Mar 2025 · 29 pages · PDF · 5.6 Mb
    Oral Report by the Chair of the IOC Ethics Commission to the 144th IOC Session19 Mar 2025 · 3 pages · pdf · 302 kb
    Report by the Chair of the IOC Ethics Commission to the 144th IOC Session19 Mar 2025 · 13 pages · pdf · 522 kb
    Opening Ceremony Speech by IOC President Thomas Bach18 Mar 2025 · 4 pages
    Media Advisory19 Feb 2025 · 10 pages · 1.8 mb
    Planned schedule of events for the Executive Board meeting and 144th IOC Session19 Feb 2025 · 2 pages · 350 kb
    News Access Rules 07 Mar 2025 · 1 pages · 83 kB