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Coates calls on NSW Govt. to provide funding for future Festivals

 

Coates calls on NSW Govt. to provide funding for future Festivals

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Coates calls on NSW Govt. to provide funding for future Festivals

The President of the Australian Olympic Committee, John Coates, has declared the 2009 Youth Olympic Festival "our most successful".

The five-day event wrapped up today in Sydney today with 1500 athletes from 31 countries competing in 17 sports.

The Australian Olympic Committee acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of this nation.

We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of all the lands on which we are located. We pay our respects to ancestors and Elders, past and present.

We celebrate and honour all of our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Olympians.

The Australian Olympic Committee is committed to honouring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ unique cultural and spiritual relationships to the land, waters and seas and their rich contribution to society and sport.