International Olympic Committee
The committee that has pressured the IWF to reform, threatening to remove weightlifting from the Olympics if changes are not made.
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Videos Mentioning International Olympic Committee
Jimmy Pedro: Judo and the Forging of Champions | Lex Fridman Podcast #236
Lex Fridman
Organization criticized for making Olympic footage difficult to access for fans and athletes, citing television rights and associated costs.
Alex Gladstein: Bitcoin, Authoritarianism, and Human Rights | Lex Fridman Podcast #231
Lex Fridman
Criticized for allowing authoritarian regimes like China and North Korea to host or co-host the Olympics despite severe human rights abuses, demonstrating a 'spineless' approach to principles.
Ben Askren: Wrestling and MMA | Lex Fridman Podcast #242
Lex Fridman
Governing body of the Olympic Movement, criticized for restricting access to Olympic footage and its financial practices.
Dan Gable: Olympic Wrestling, Mental Toughness & the Making of Champions | Lex Fridman Podcast #152
Lex Fridman
The governing body that voted to remove wrestling from the Olympics in 2013, prompting a unified response from the wrestling community.
David Yarrow on Art, Markets, Business, and Combining It All | The Tim Ferriss Show
Tim Ferriss
Mentioned in comparison to FIFA regarding corruption.
Breakfast, Glycine, Muscle Knots, and Trigger Points (Episode 48)
Stronger By Science
The committee that has pressured the IWF to reform, threatening to remove weightlifting from the Olympics if changes are not made.
This House Would Keep Politics Out of Sport Full Debate
OxfordUnion
Cited for making de facto foreign policy decisions and effectively banning Russia for Ukraine while not banning Israel for Gaza.
Travis Stevens: Judo, Olympics, and Mental Toughness | Lex Fridman Podcast #223
Lex Fridman
Lex Fridman criticizes the IOC for incompetence, greed, and corruption, specifically for restricting access to Olympic games footage and taking down his podcast video for including short clips of a judo match.