In the National Olympic Committees GERMANY C ENTRAL A FRICAN R EPUBLIC * New address of the * The new officials of the "Nationales Olympisches Komitee "Comité Olympique Centrfür Deutschland": Otto-Fleck- africain": PT: Mr. Louis Schneise 12, Postfach 710 130, ASSANA-NASSEL; VPT: Messrs. 6000 Frankfurt-am-Main 71. Dominique YESSE, BEBONGO- Telephone: 0611/66 931. MOZIANGBONDO; SG: Mr. Paul Telex: 0 416 595 dsbfra. DJIMALDET; T: Mr. Gabriel SOLET. Correspondence for this Committee should be sent in future to P.O. Box 573 - Bangui (Central African Republic). A RGENTINA * Mr. Fernando MADERO, President of the "Comité Olimpico Argentino" has told us that the first international course for sports medicine was held from 20th to 23 March, 1972 in Buenos Aires. 241 people (doctors, masseurs, physical education teachers), R EPUBLIC OF C HINA both Argentinians and foreigners took part. * Olympic exhibition in Taïpei - From 17th to 23rd This course, which was a January, 1972, the "Republic great success, encouraged the of China Olympic Committee," medical commission of the with the assistance of the "Comité Olimpico Argentino", Sino-German Cultural Associaled by Dr. Antonio ALCAZAR with tion and the German Cultural the help of Dr. Robert Centre of Taiwan, organised SCHAEFFER, to continue its work an Olympic exhibition in the with regard to the Argentinian library of the Formosa Univerathletes. sity. 283
General view of the Exhibition. This exhibition, spread through four rooms, "was a great success. Its principal theme: Munich, was illustrated by a 1/1000 scale model of the sports installations, photographs of the work in hand and posters published to commemorate the Games of the XXth Olympiad. A cinema room, where films of Munich and the German athletes in training were shown, completed the exhibition. Finally, a hundred photographs and various documents retraced the history of the Olympic Games of the modern era, from Athens to Mexico. A large number of these documents had been lent by Dr. H.C. WU-WEN-CHUNG of the Institute of Physical Education of the Taïpei National University, who has a very important collection of sporting souvenirs, as much on ancient and modern China as on the Olympic Games. COSTA RICA * During its extraordinary general meeting on 18th April, 1972, the "Comité Olimpico de 284
Costa Rica" elected its new officials for the period from April, 1972 to April, 1976. The President, Rafael BARQUERO CHAVES, the Secretary General, Roger CARTIN SANCHEZ, the Treasurer, José M. BULGARELLI CARILLO and Mr. Placido PEREIRA were all re-elected. A new member was elected onto the board of this Committee: Mr. Jorge ROSS GONZALEZ. P AKISTAN * New officials of the "Pakistan Olympic Association": PT: Mr. Malik Meraj KHALID, BA, LLB.; VPT: Mr. Sh. Nasim HASSIN; SG: Mr. Zafar ALI, BA, LLB.; T: Mr. Adil KHAN. * The new telephone number is: Lahore 55141. ECUADOR * New address of the "Comité Olimpico Ecuatoriano": Apartado de correos No. 204, Guayaquil, Ecuador S.A. Telephone: 522.360-510.461. S ENEGAL MADAGASCAR * Mr. Victor RAMANITRA, Vice-President of the "Comité Olympique Malagasy" has given us the results of a football match between Madagascar and Ethopia, which was held on 23rd April, 1972 in Tananarive. This match, counting towards qualification for the Munich Games, saw Ethopia the winner by 2 goals to 1. * The "Comité Olympique Sénégalais" organised its second "Olympic Week" from 12th to 16th April, 1972. The following National Federations joined in the celebrations: athletics, basketball, boxing, handball and football. Mr. DIEME, President of this Committee, has reminded us that this "Olympic Week" will, in the future, be annual. 285
SUDAN * New address of the "Sudanese Olympic Committee": P.O. Box 1938, Khartoum. * From 22nd April to 3rd September, 1972, the Technical Committee of the Swiss Inter Swimming Association is organ ising many courses, devoted to the training of swimming instructors. CZECHOSLOVAKIA SWITZERLAND * The activities of the "Jeunesse + Sport" movement, approved by the Swiss people on 27th September, 1970 (Olympic Review, nos. 38 39) will begin on 1st July. The State Council has just given its unanimous approval. Let us remind you of article 27: "The Confederation has the right to issue edicts on the practice of gymnastics and sports for youth. It can, by law, oblige schools to give compulsory gymnastic and sports training. It applies to the cantons who follow the federal laws with regard to schools. It maintains a sports and gymnastics school. The cantons and the interested organisations will be consulted during the implementation of the laws." * Hana MASKOVA, who was one of the finest and most elegant of the world's skaters, bronze medalist in the Grenoble Games, has been killed in a road accident. Our condolences to the "Comité Olympique Tchèque", to her friends in sport and to her family. TURKEY * Mr. Suat ERLER, member of the International Olympic Committee for Turkey and Secretary General of the "Turkish Olympic Committee," has been kind enough to send us the following article: 286
About 75 Turkish athletes will take part in the Games of the XXth Olympiad, in the following sports: athletics, wrestling, judo, weightlifting, cycling, swimming, sailing, boxing, equestrian sports, fencing, rowing and shooting. Besides, a delegation of 25 young boys and girls will be sent to the Youth Camp, which will take place on the occasion of the Games in Munich and Kiel. Preparations are under way at the moment for the Olympic Torch Relay of the XXth Olympic Games. The Torch will be handed over by the Greek athletes to the Turkish athletes on 6th August, 1972 and, after staying one night in Istanbul, it will be carried to the Bulgarian frontier. The total distance to be covered in Turkey is 564 km. The ceremony at the Bulgarian border will take place on 9th August at 6:35 p.m. USSR * Valery BRUMEL, twice Olympic pole vaulter medalist (Rome - silver medalist; Tokyo - gold medalist) has just married Miss Elena PETUSHKOVA, world equestrian champion and three times USSR champion (dressage). Recently the route of the Torch Relay from Olympia to Munich was inspected by a small delegation from the Munich Organising Committee, who spent two nights in Istanbul and visited the city's tourist attractions. The delegation was officially welcomed by Mr. Suat ERLER, who introduced the sub-committee dealing with the organisation of the relay. 287