Lausanne, Switzerland 9-22 January
Since there are Olympic competitions there were a lot of different sports on the program. Everything from cross-country skiing and downhill skiing to curling and ice hockey
Bandy was represented in the form of Rinkbandy.
Children from primary schools tried Rinkbandy on Friday, January 17. The kids had a lot of fun despite the rain on Friday afternoon. They had never seen a bandy ball and a stick, but they mastered the ball and stick very quickly. Two school classes were registered with a total of 41 pupils, as well as one teacher on the ice. Swiss Bandy were instructors. The audience in Laussanne was shown rink bandy on Saturday, 18 January, and also had the opportunity to try out.
Philip Barker, Journalist
He has been on the editorial team of the Journal of Olympic History and is credited with having transformed the publication into one of the most respected historical publications on the history of the Olympic Games. He reported from Lausanne and wrote about the endeavor the sport of bandy has for participating in the Olympics.
Tor Audun Sørensen (FIB Technical Committee), Journalist Philip Barker and Knut A. Sørensen (FIB Olympic Committe) .
All Photos below: Tor Audun Sørensen
The bandy activities during the 2020 Youth Olympics were arranged in collaboration between FIB and Swiss Bandy. From left: Tor Audun Sørensen, FIB Technical Committee, Anders Sjöberg, Swiss Bandy, Thierry Page, Swiss Bandy, Steven Ray, Swiss Bandy and Knut A. Sørensen, FIB Olympic Committee
Pierre Roos, Swiss Bandy, Knut A. Sørensen, FIB Olympic Committee and Stig Bertilsson, FIB Vice President.
BANDY GOING FOR THE OLYMPICS!
In 2019, the IOC has approved that Rinkbandy was with the Youth Olympics 2020 under the cultural program (Lausanne en Jeux), as in 2016 at Lillehammer. The FISU (The Universiade) headquartered in Lausanne was oriented and aware of the bandy’s participation in the 2020 Youth Olympics and comes to visit. FIB was officially “Recognized” by the IOC in 2004 with the sports Bandy and Rinkbandy.