New HQ for IOC

The International Olympic Committee formally opened it’s new headquarters building in Lausanne yesterday marking its 125th anniversary as a sporting body.
It will house the 500 staff of the IOC that have previously been spread around seven different locations in the Swiss City.
The building is reported to have cost in the region of €130 million and has been hailed as one of the world’s most sustainable buildings.
Solar panels and heat pumps using water from Lake Geneva provide renewable energy for the building which will use 35 per cent less energy and 60 per cent less municipal water than a regular new build.
As a global leadership organisation, this has to be expected but is often not the case so fair play to the IOC for making a statement.
The heads of 206 national Olympic committees were present for the launch with many having flown in from Minsk where the European Games continue.
On Saturday it was confirmed that Krakow in Poland would host the 2023 Games. It was the only city to have submitted a formal bid for the Games.
Over in Minsk, Michael Nevin and James McGivern progressed to within one bout of a medal in the boxing, defeating boxers from Slovakia and Azerbaijan in their respective first outings of the games.
Team Ireland also welcomed children from Adi Roche’s Chernobyl Children’s International to the team hotel on Sunday afternoon.
Chernobyl is around 400 kilometres away from Minsk.