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7 FOREWORDBy IOC President Thomas Bach.8 SNAPSHOTEye-catching sporting images from the past quarter.12 NEWSThe latest news and events from around the Olympic Movement.24 SPOTLIGHT ON THE CANDIDATE CITIES 2024The four cities hoping to host the Olympic Games in 2024 unveil their emblems.26 BEYOND THE RINGSNobel Peace laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus explores the role of the IOC in encouraging entrepreneurship for sustainable economic development. 28 WHAT’S TRENDING?The latest social media posts by Olympians on the Olympic Athletes’ Hub.30 COVER STORY: RIO 2016 PREVIEWAs Rio de Janeiro prepares to welcome the world and its finest athletes, Olympic Review provides a flavour of what fans can expect from the Games.54 OLYMPIC CHANNELAhead of the launch of the Olympic Channel, we examine the ways in which the exciting new platform will promote Olympism year-round.56 ROAD TO RIOOlympic Review speaks to four superstars aiming for gold in Rio de Janeiro.64 OLYMPIC SOLIDARITYA look at the support Olympic Solidarity gives to National Olympic Committees.68 OLYMPIC FLASHBACKOlympic Review looks back at the Olympic Winter Games Turin 2006.72 MY GAMESZimbabwean swimmer Kirsty Coventry recalls her experiences at the Games.79 OBITUARIESOlympians and figures from the Olympic Movement who have passed away.80 OLYMPIC STUDIESNews, book reviews and fun facts from the IOC Olympic Studies Centre.82 FAST FACTSKey facts and figures about sports on the Olympic programme.CONTENTS OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE OLYMPIC MOVEMENTAPRIL-MAY-JUNE 2016EXECUTIVE BOARDPresident Thomas Bach Vice-Presidents Nawal El Moutawakel, Craig Reedie, John Coates, Zaiqing Yu Members Ching-Kuo Wu, René Fasel, Patrick Joseph Hickey, Claudia Bokel, Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr, Sergey Bubka, Willi Kaltschmitt Luján, Anita L. DeFrantz, Uğur Erdener, Gunilla Lindberg OLYMPIC REVIEWStrategic Communications Director Mark AdamsEditor-in-Chief Katharine MannFrench Edition Blandine Potemsky Spanish Edition Dolores BlázquezPortuguese Edition Manoella ValadaresProduction Agency Touchline Production Michael Stoneman, Glyn Wilmshurst, John Murray, Sam PriceDesign John Paul Yetton, Vanesha Ramdoyal, Liz Rankin, Celina Lucey, Edson Rosas Image retouching Jason Dutch Translation Denis Echard, Héctor López Conceiro, Ros Schwartz, Libero Language LabProofreading Libero Language Lab ISSN: 0377-192XPrinted in the UKIMAGESCover image: Rio 2016/ Alex FerroInside: IOC; IOC/ Alexander Hassenstein; IOC/ Ian Jones; IOC/ Christophe Moratal; IOC/ Mine Kasapoglu; Kishimoto/ IOC Tsutomu Kishimoto; IOC/ Richard Juilliart; IOC/ John Huet; Getty Images; Buenos Aires 2018; Rio 2016; Rio 2016/ Alex Ferro; Washington Alves/ Light Press; Czech Olympic Committee; Erwin De Muer/ Base Design CONTACTSPlease send your letters to: Olympic Review, IOC Strategic Communications Department, Château de Vidy, 1007 Lausanne, Switzerland website: www.olympic.org email: olympicreview@olympic.orgtel +41 (0)21 621 6111 fax +41 (0)21 621 6356 Olympic Review uses PEFC-certified paper stock sourced from sustainably managed forests.Olympic Review is published by the International Olympic Committee. The articles published in Olympic Review do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the International Olympic Committee. No articles may be reproduced without the permission of the IOC Strategic Communications Department.4 OLYMPIC REVIEW OLYMPIC REVIEW