133rd IOC Session explained

The 133rd IOC Session was an IOC Session held in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 8 October 2018, during the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. This was the second IOC Session held in Buenos Aires after the 125th IOC Session. The Candidature Phase for 2026 Winter Olympics was opened and the host of the 2022 Summer Youth Olympics for of its kind Olympics in Africa for the first time ever: Dakar, Senegal was announced at this IOC Session.^{[1] [2]}

Before the session the Olympism in Action Forum was held in the city.

The session took place at the Buenos Aires Hilton in Buenos Aires.

Votes results

The Senegal President Macky Sall and Dakar Mayor Soham El Wardini were present at the session.

Election of the new IOC members

Nine new IOC members were elected at the session.^[3]

The nine new members are:

• Samira Asghari
  • Daina Gudzinevičiūtė Giovanni Malagò (as of January 1, 2019)
• Camilo Pérez López Moreira
• Felicite Rwemarika
• William Blick
• Prince Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck
• Andrew Parsons
• Morinari Watanabe

Notes and References

1. News: IOC targets African cities to host 2022 Youth Olympics IOL Sport. 2018-03-06. en.
2. News: Dakar leading contender to host 2022 Summer Youth Olympics as African host approved. 2018-02-07. 2018-03-06.
3. https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1067723/parsons-and-watanabe-among-nine-new-members-proposed-by-ioc-but-no-place-for-coe-or-infantino Parsons and Watanabe among nine new members proposed by IOC but no place for Coe or Infantino