IOC Grants Kosovo Provisional Olympic Recognition

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has granted provisional recognition to Kosovo’s National Olympic Committee (NOC). The Executive Board of the IOC, meeting Wednesday in Montreux, Switzerland, also proposed that the Kosovo NOC be granted full recognition at the next IOC Session, scheduled for December in Monaco. The IOC made the decision in the interests of Kosovo athletes and to remove any uncertainty about their participation in the qualifiers for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio...

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