Christian Klaue
@chklaue.bsky.social
Corporate Communications and Public Affairs Director of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Former employee of the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) and Sport-Informations-Dienst (SID). Views are my own.
📌 The IOC and the Olympic Refuge Foundation (ORF) have joined more than 65 organisations in calling for “greater recognition and action to use sport in the protection and inclusion of people who have been forced to flee their homes”.
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December 13, 2025 at 8:58 AM
📌 The IOC and the Olympic Refuge Foundation (ORF) have joined more than 65 organisations in calling for “greater recognition and action to use sport in the protection and inclusion of people who have been forced to flee their homes”.
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As part of the prize, the Jet d’Eau, one of Geneva’s landmarks, was illuminated in the colours of the Olympic rings on 8 December 2025.
December 12, 2025 at 8:45 AM
As part of the prize, the Jet d’Eau, one of Geneva’s landmarks, was illuminated in the colours of the Olympic rings on 8 December 2025.
📌 Olympic Summit supports the IOC EB’s recommendation that youth athletes with a Russian or Belarusian passport should no longer be restricted in their access to international youth competitions, in both individual and team sports.
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December 11, 2025 at 4:27 PM
📌 Olympic Summit supports the IOC EB’s recommendation that youth athletes with a Russian or Belarusian passport should no longer be restricted in their access to international youth competitions, in both individual and team sports.
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IOC announces renewal of Olympic Games media rights with Cazé TV in Brazil for the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games, the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games, and the Youth Olympic Games in 2026 and 2028.
Great to have dedicated and strong media rights holders.
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Great to have dedicated and strong media rights holders.
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December 11, 2025 at 9:11 AM
IOC announces renewal of Olympic Games media rights with Cazé TV in Brazil for the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games, the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games, and the Youth Olympic Games in 2026 and 2028.
Great to have dedicated and strong media rights holders.
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Great to have dedicated and strong media rights holders.
www.olympics.com/ioc/news/ioc...
📌 Soraya Aghaei Haji Agha, a badminton player from Iran who competed at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and a member of the IOC Athletes’ Commission, has been proposed by the IOC EB as a candidate for IOC membership.
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December 11, 2025 at 7:18 AM
📌 Soraya Aghaei Haji Agha, a badminton player from Iran who competed at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and a member of the IOC Athletes’ Commission, has been proposed by the IOC EB as a candidate for IOC membership.
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📌 Three great choices: The IOC has invited Asunción in Paraguay, Bangkok in Thailand and Santiago in Chile into a Targeted Dialogue towards electing a host for the Youth Olympic Games 2030.
The aim is to elect the host of YOG 2030 in 2026.
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The aim is to elect the host of YOG 2030 in 2026.
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December 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
📌 Three great choices: The IOC has invited Asunción in Paraguay, Bangkok in Thailand and Santiago in Chile into a Targeted Dialogue towards electing a host for the Youth Olympic Games 2030.
The aim is to elect the host of YOG 2030 in 2026.
📎 www.olympics.com/ioc/news/asu...
The aim is to elect the host of YOG 2030 in 2026.
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📌 Great new opportunity for athletes: Olympians from Beijing 2022 will be able to request and share official archive clips of their Olympic performances on their personal social media accounts, for non-commercial use. The pilot phase starts in January 2026
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December 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
📌 Great new opportunity for athletes: Olympians from Beijing 2022 will be able to request and share official archive clips of their Olympic performances on their personal social media accounts, for non-commercial use. The pilot phase starts in January 2026
📎 www.olympics.com/ioc/news/bei...
📎 www.olympics.com/ioc/news/bei...
📌 IOC announces integrity measures ahead of Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics
🔹 A Joint Integrity Unit will operate from 30 January to 24 February 2026 to prevent and address integrity breaches during the Games.
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🔹 A Joint Integrity Unit will operate from 30 January to 24 February 2026 to prevent and address integrity breaches during the Games.
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December 9, 2025 at 10:01 AM
📌 IOC announces integrity measures ahead of Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics
🔹 A Joint Integrity Unit will operate from 30 January to 24 February 2026 to prevent and address integrity breaches during the Games.
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🔹 A Joint Integrity Unit will operate from 30 January to 24 February 2026 to prevent and address integrity breaches during the Games.
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📲 Get ready for the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics 2026. Here is your app.
#Olympics #MilanoCortina2026
#Olympics #MilanoCortina2026
December 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
📲 Get ready for the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics 2026. Here is your app.
#Olympics #MilanoCortina2026
#Olympics #MilanoCortina2026
📢 Join the Athlete365 team of the IOC!
🔹 They are looking for an Olympian Trainee for a 12-month internship in Lausanne.
✅ Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
✅ Project coordination experience
✅ Fluent in English (Spanish/French a bonus)
⏰ Apply by 9 December.
www.olympics.com/athlete365/n...
🔹 They are looking for an Olympian Trainee for a 12-month internship in Lausanne.
✅ Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
✅ Project coordination experience
✅ Fluent in English (Spanish/French a bonus)
⏰ Apply by 9 December.
www.olympics.com/athlete365/n...
December 7, 2025 at 8:46 PM
📢 Join the Athlete365 team of the IOC!
🔹 They are looking for an Olympian Trainee for a 12-month internship in Lausanne.
✅ Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
✅ Project coordination experience
✅ Fluent in English (Spanish/French a bonus)
⏰ Apply by 9 December.
www.olympics.com/athlete365/n...
🔹 They are looking for an Olympian Trainee for a 12-month internship in Lausanne.
✅ Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
✅ Project coordination experience
✅ Fluent in English (Spanish/French a bonus)
⏰ Apply by 9 December.
www.olympics.com/athlete365/n...
🔥 The Olympic Torch Relay is on. The Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics are coming. Follow the Olympic Flame on its way to the Opening Ceremony on 6 February 2026 in Milano.
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December 7, 2025 at 1:29 PM
🔥 The Olympic Torch Relay is on. The Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics are coming. Follow the Olympic Flame on its way to the Opening Ceremony on 6 February 2026 in Milano.
www.olympics.com/en/milano-co...
www.olympics.com/en/milano-co...
🔹Brisbane 2032 unveils official Games vision: “Believe. Belong. Become. Brisbane 2032” - www.olympics.com/ioc/news/bri...
🔹Volunteer recruitment begins for Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games - www.olympics.com/ioc/news/vol...
➡️ And more: www.olympics.com/ioc/news
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🔹Volunteer recruitment begins for Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games - www.olympics.com/ioc/news/vol...
➡️ And more: www.olympics.com/ioc/news
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December 6, 2025 at 6:54 PM
🔹Brisbane 2032 unveils official Games vision: “Believe. Belong. Become. Brisbane 2032” - www.olympics.com/ioc/news/bri...
🔹Volunteer recruitment begins for Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games - www.olympics.com/ioc/news/vol...
➡️ And more: www.olympics.com/ioc/news
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🔹Volunteer recruitment begins for Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games - www.olympics.com/ioc/news/vol...
➡️ And more: www.olympics.com/ioc/news
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🔹IOC President Coventry calls for unity within the anti-doping community at World Conference on Doping in Sport and is welcomed by Korean President Jae Myung Lee - www.olympics.com/ioc/news/ioc...
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December 6, 2025 at 6:52 PM
🔹IOC President Coventry calls for unity within the anti-doping community at World Conference on Doping in Sport and is welcomed by Korean President Jae Myung Lee - www.olympics.com/ioc/news/ioc...
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🔹 IOC Athletes’ Commission welcomes five new members - www.olympics.com/ioc/news/ioc...
🔹 Olympic flame handed over in Athens as it begins journey to Italy for Milano Cortina 2026 - www.olympics.com/ioc/news/oly...
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🔹 Olympic flame handed over in Athens as it begins journey to Italy for Milano Cortina 2026 - www.olympics.com/ioc/news/oly...
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December 6, 2025 at 6:50 PM
🔹 IOC Athletes’ Commission welcomes five new members - www.olympics.com/ioc/news/ioc...
🔹 Olympic flame handed over in Athens as it begins journey to Italy for Milano Cortina 2026 - www.olympics.com/ioc/news/oly...
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🔹 Olympic flame handed over in Athens as it begins journey to Italy for Milano Cortina 2026 - www.olympics.com/ioc/news/oly...
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📌 The headlines of the week from the IOC. A lot was going on. Thanks to the team who helped to communicate around all these milestones.
🔹 Olympic flame in Rome: IOC President praises Italy’s warmth and energy - www.olympics.com/ioc/news/oly...
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🔹 Olympic flame in Rome: IOC President praises Italy’s warmth and energy - www.olympics.com/ioc/news/oly...
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December 6, 2025 at 6:49 PM
📌 The headlines of the week from the IOC. A lot was going on. Thanks to the team who helped to communicate around all these milestones.
🔹 Olympic flame in Rome: IOC President praises Italy’s warmth and energy - www.olympics.com/ioc/news/oly...
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🔹 Olympic flame in Rome: IOC President praises Italy’s warmth and energy - www.olympics.com/ioc/news/oly...
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📌 “Jambaar26” - Volunteer programme for the Youth Olympic Games Dakar 2026 opens. Great opportunity to be part of the first Olympic event in Africa.
“Jambaar26” comes from the Wolof word “jambaar,” meaning “hero,” a tribute to the volunteers’ essential role.
📎 www.olympics.com/ioc/news/vol...
“Jambaar26” comes from the Wolof word “jambaar,” meaning “hero,” a tribute to the volunteers’ essential role.
📎 www.olympics.com/ioc/news/vol...
December 5, 2025 at 7:08 PM
📌 “Jambaar26” - Volunteer programme for the Youth Olympic Games Dakar 2026 opens. Great opportunity to be part of the first Olympic event in Africa.
“Jambaar26” comes from the Wolof word “jambaar,” meaning “hero,” a tribute to the volunteers’ essential role.
📎 www.olympics.com/ioc/news/vol...
“Jambaar26” comes from the Wolof word “jambaar,” meaning “hero,” a tribute to the volunteers’ essential role.
📎 www.olympics.com/ioc/news/vol...
📌 IOC Athletes’ Commission welcomes five new members:
🔵 Soraya Aghaei Haji Agha (IRI, badminton);
⚫️ Husein Alireza (KSA, rowing);
🔴 Cheick Sallah Cissé (CIV, taekwondo);
🟡 Olufunke Oshonaike (NGR, table tennis); and
🟢 Mariana Pajón (COL, cycling)
📎 www.olympics.com/ioc/news/ioc...
🔵 Soraya Aghaei Haji Agha (IRI, badminton);
⚫️ Husein Alireza (KSA, rowing);
🔴 Cheick Sallah Cissé (CIV, taekwondo);
🟡 Olufunke Oshonaike (NGR, table tennis); and
🟢 Mariana Pajón (COL, cycling)
📎 www.olympics.com/ioc/news/ioc...
December 4, 2025 at 6:12 PM
📌 IOC Athletes’ Commission welcomes five new members:
🔵 Soraya Aghaei Haji Agha (IRI, badminton);
⚫️ Husein Alireza (KSA, rowing);
🔴 Cheick Sallah Cissé (CIV, taekwondo);
🟡 Olufunke Oshonaike (NGR, table tennis); and
🟢 Mariana Pajón (COL, cycling)
📎 www.olympics.com/ioc/news/ioc...
🔵 Soraya Aghaei Haji Agha (IRI, badminton);
⚫️ Husein Alireza (KSA, rowing);
🔴 Cheick Sallah Cissé (CIV, taekwondo);
🟡 Olufunke Oshonaike (NGR, table tennis); and
🟢 Mariana Pajón (COL, cycling)
📎 www.olympics.com/ioc/news/ioc...
📌 IOC Coordination Commission completes first venue visit for French Alps 2030 – where sports heritage meets the future of the Olympic Winter Games
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December 4, 2025 at 3:38 AM
📌 IOC Coordination Commission completes first venue visit for French Alps 2030 – where sports heritage meets the future of the Olympic Winter Games
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📎 www.olympics.com/ioc/news/ioc...
👏 Welcome to the vision of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Brisbane 2032!
Believe. Belong. Become. Brisbane 2032
More than 6,000 Australians helped shape the vision. It emphasises belief, belonging and becoming.
📎 www.olympics.com/ioc/news/bri...
Believe. Belong. Become. Brisbane 2032
More than 6,000 Australians helped shape the vision. It emphasises belief, belonging and becoming.
📎 www.olympics.com/ioc/news/bri...
December 3, 2025 at 12:20 PM
👏 Welcome to the vision of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Brisbane 2032!
Believe. Belong. Become. Brisbane 2032
More than 6,000 Australians helped shape the vision. It emphasises belief, belonging and becoming.
📎 www.olympics.com/ioc/news/bri...
Believe. Belong. Become. Brisbane 2032
More than 6,000 Australians helped shape the vision. It emphasises belief, belonging and becoming.
📎 www.olympics.com/ioc/news/bri...
🔥 Last week, the Olympic flame for Milano Cortina 2026 was lit in Ancient Olympic. On Thursday in Athens, it will be handed over from Greece to Italy, before it arrives in Rome.
Let's remember, what IOC President Kirsty Coventry said at the lighting ceremony.
Let's remember, what IOC President Kirsty Coventry said at the lighting ceremony.
December 2, 2025 at 3:21 PM
🔥 Last week, the Olympic flame for Milano Cortina 2026 was lit in Ancient Olympic. On Thursday in Athens, it will be handed over from Greece to Italy, before it arrives in Rome.
Let's remember, what IOC President Kirsty Coventry said at the lighting ceremony.
Let's remember, what IOC President Kirsty Coventry said at the lighting ceremony.
📌 Media invitation for the press briefing following the IOC Executive Board meeting from 9 to 10 December 2025 in Lausanne, Switzerland
▪️ Date: Wednesday 10 December 2025
▪️ Time: 4.30 p.m. CET*
‼️ Registration open until Monday, 8 December
➡️ Full details: www.olympics.com/ioc/news/ioc...
▪️ Date: Wednesday 10 December 2025
▪️ Time: 4.30 p.m. CET*
‼️ Registration open until Monday, 8 December
➡️ Full details: www.olympics.com/ioc/news/ioc...
December 1, 2025 at 10:49 AM
📌 Media invitation for the press briefing following the IOC Executive Board meeting from 9 to 10 December 2025 in Lausanne, Switzerland
▪️ Date: Wednesday 10 December 2025
▪️ Time: 4.30 p.m. CET*
‼️ Registration open until Monday, 8 December
➡️ Full details: www.olympics.com/ioc/news/ioc...
▪️ Date: Wednesday 10 December 2025
▪️ Time: 4.30 p.m. CET*
‼️ Registration open until Monday, 8 December
➡️ Full details: www.olympics.com/ioc/news/ioc...
📌 15 finalists for Climate Action Awards 2025 announced by the IOC
The awards celebrate innovative projects across the Olympic Movement that are taking tangible steps towards tackling climate change and driving sustainability in sport.
➡️ More details: www.olympics.com/ioc/news/ioc...
The awards celebrate innovative projects across the Olympic Movement that are taking tangible steps towards tackling climate change and driving sustainability in sport.
➡️ More details: www.olympics.com/ioc/news/ioc...
November 30, 2025 at 7:43 PM
📌 15 finalists for Climate Action Awards 2025 announced by the IOC
The awards celebrate innovative projects across the Olympic Movement that are taking tangible steps towards tackling climate change and driving sustainability in sport.
➡️ More details: www.olympics.com/ioc/news/ioc...
The awards celebrate innovative projects across the Olympic Movement that are taking tangible steps towards tackling climate change and driving sustainability in sport.
➡️ More details: www.olympics.com/ioc/news/ioc...
▪️12 of the 16 disciplines (75 per cent) will be fully gender-balanced in athlete numbers – another Games record and an increase from Beijing 2022 (10 of 15 disciplines).
▪️Women and men will compete over the same distances in cross-country skiing for the first time at the Winter Games.
▪️Women and men will compete over the same distances in cross-country skiing for the first time at the Winter Games.
November 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
▪️12 of the 16 disciplines (75 per cent) will be fully gender-balanced in athlete numbers – another Games record and an increase from Beijing 2022 (10 of 15 disciplines).
▪️Women and men will compete over the same distances in cross-country skiing for the first time at the Winter Games.
▪️Women and men will compete over the same distances in cross-country skiing for the first time at the Winter Games.
▪️Of the 116 events, 50 will be women’s events (the most ever) and 12 will be mixed events, meaning women will compete in a Winter Games-record 53.4 per cent of all events.
... and more
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November 29, 2025 at 1:56 PM
▪️Of the 116 events, 50 will be women’s events (the most ever) and 12 will be mixed events, meaning women will compete in a Winter Games-record 53.4 per cent of all events.
... and more
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▪️47 per cent of all athlete quota places have been allocated to women – the most ever at the Olympic Winter Games.
November 29, 2025 at 1:55 PM
▪️47 per cent of all athlete quota places have been allocated to women – the most ever at the Olympic Winter Games.