Alinghi
receives the Olympic Cup (28/11/04) (source : Alinghi)
Team Alinghi is to receive an award
from the International Olympic Committee.
Team President and Navigator Ernesto Bertarelli
will accept the trophy on behalf of the team from
Jacques Rogge the President of the IOC at a ceremony
to be held on Wednesday 1 December at the Olympic
Museum in Lausanne.
The award is being made in recognition of the historic
America's Cup 2003 victory achieved by the crew
of Alinghi.
The Olympic Cup is awarded annually by the IOC to
a non-profit-making association or institution that
has provided distinguished service to sport or contributed
successfully to the promotion of the Olympic ideal.
The January 1906 edition of the Olympic Review announced
that the Olympic Cup "will be awarded to the sporting
body or sports encouragement organisation that most
deserves the honour. The recipient will retain it
for one year and the name of that recipient will
be engraved on the base".
