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Guam National Olympic Committee (GNOC) President and ONOC Secretary General Rick Blas welcomed Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee, Guam on May 10-11. Rick Blas, Guam National Olympic Committee President, says Bach met with our stakeholders, Governor Lou Leon Guerrero, Guam’s national teams, future athletes and tour GNOC and sports facilities while on island.
Guam National Olympic Committee (GNOC) President and ONOC Secretary General Rick Blas welcomed Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee, in Guam on May 10-11. Rick Blas, Guam National Olympic Committee President, says Bach met with our stakeholders, Governor Lou Leon Guerrero, Guam’s national teams, future athletes and tour GNOC and sports facilities while on island.
We are thrilled that IOC President Bach will be visiting us on Guam,” said Blas. “For someone of his stature in the Olympic realm to spend time with our athletes is very inspiring,” the GNOC president added.
"President Bach will also toured GNOC facilities, and met with GNOC Athlete’s Commission athletes on Saturday before he and his party depart for Hong Kong," said Blas, President GNOC.
Whilst in Guam, a dinner reception was held in Bach’s honor at the Dusit Thani Hotel. Presidents of Guam’s sports federations, members of the community and key sponsors will be in attendance, as well as Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero and Lt. Gov. Josh Tenorio.
In 1987 the first visit of the International Olympic President (then Juan Antonio Samaranch) to welcome Guam to the Olympic Family and made three subsequent visits after that.
Sources: Pacific Daily News, Guam Daily News, Guam National Olympic Committee
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Established in 1981, the Oceania National Olympic Committees (ONOC) is one of five Continental Associations. It looks after the interests of 17 member nations in the Oceania Region, including Australia and New Zealand as well as seven associate members.
ONOC has an office in Guam where Secretary General Mr. Ricardo Blas is based and the Secretariat in Suva, Fiji, where the Office of the President Dr Robin Mitchell is located.
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