Award to China
NZPA-AP Lausanne, Switzerland China has been awarded the 1985 Olympic Cup for promoting sports in Africa, said the International Olympic Committee. The announcement of the award to the Chinese Olympic Committee cited its contribution of constructing sports installations in 16 African countries, providing sports equipment and sending Chinese coaches and sports officials to train African athletes. The award, set up in 1906 by Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympic movement, is given to organisations that further the Olympic ideal or sports in general.
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Press, 20 February 1986, Page 30
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