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The 2016 Bid
Positive responses have already been received from a number of IOC
Members following the circulation of a letter from WSF Patron HRH
Tunku Imran highlighting the appeal of Squash to the
Olympic Games.
WSF President Jahangir Khan and Emeritus President Susie
Simcock, who will attend the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing on
behalf of the WSF, will meet the IOC Sports Department on 21 August.
A WSF meeting with IOC President Jacques Rogge has also been
confirmed for 13 November.
UK IOC Member Sir Craig Reedie, Vice President of the British
Olympic Association, has accepted the WSF's invitation to attend the
2008 Men's & Women's World Opens in October in Manchester - where he
will join fellow IOC Member Tunku Imran.
2012
Venues
Each of the five bidding cities possess
magnificent venues which could host a truly
spectacular squash competition ...
Jun '05
The
Players' View
What it would mean to the world's top squash
players to be able to compete in the Olympics
...
May '05
Jahangir
looks forward to proudest achievement
Squash legend Jahangir Khan is confident that
the sport has the credentials to be selected
this summer
to
join the programme for the 2012 Olympic Games
May '05
Squash & the Olympics - a perfect Match
Squash is going through some very exciting
times, the sport is growing and people are
noticing ... Christian Leighton explains why
squash belongs in the Olympics
Dramatic Venues a
Big
Games Plus for Squash
Having
been staged in front of dramatic backdrops like the
Great Pyramids in Egypt, squash can offer some of the
most memorable and photogenic venues in global sport
Sep '04
Squash Receives
Olympic Boost
Squash received a major boost with the
confirmation that the sport has been approved by the
IOC as one of five
Recognised Federations that should be "studied
further" ..
Jun '04
Squash Bids for the
2012 Olympic Games
The International Olympic Committee confirmed in
April 2004 that there would be no changes to the
programme for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad in
Beijing 2008
Squash, along with softball, rugby, karate, golf, baseball
and roller sports, is on the shortlist for one of a possible
two available places as a new event in the 2016 Games.
The IOC will, in December 2008 send out application forms
to the seven federations on the short list. The replies are
expected to be returned in the first quarter of 2009. Upon
receipt of these replies the IOC sub-commission will then
prepare a report in which they assess the seven sports. This
report should be ready in April 2009.
After that, in June 2009, the leaders of the seven sports
will be invited to make a presentation to the IOC executive
board in Lausanne, Switzerland. The executive board will then
submit the finished proposals to the IOC who will meet in full
in Copenhagen to decide which sports to include.
Therefore the decision whether to add Squash as a new Olympic
Games event is to be expected at the International Olympic
Committee session in Copenhagen on 2nd October 2009. The
IOC will also select the 2016 host city during the Copenhagen
session.
