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IOC Suspends North Korea From Beijing Olympics

Sumit Arora September 14th, 2021 05:22 pm Leave a comment

North Korea was formally suspended from the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on 10th Sept as punishment for refusing to send a team to the Tokyo Games citing the COVID-19 pandemic.

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IOC president Thomas Bach said the North Korean national Olympic body will also now forfeit money it was due from the previous Olympics. The unspecified amount — potentially millions of dollars — had been withheld because of international sanctions.

Important takeaways for all competitive exams:

International Olympic Committee Headquarters: Lausanne, Switzerland.
International Olympic Committee President: Thomas Bach.
International Olympic Committee Founded: 23 June 1894 (Paris, France).

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