21 November 2002 07:56
OLY: Rogge to visit Australia
SYDNEY, Nov 21 AAP - Olympic supremo Jacques Rogge will visit Australia next month, his first official visit here
since being elected IOC President in Moscow last year. His visit to the Oceania Region will include a stopover in Perth
to attend the Women's Hockey World Cup. Rogge will also travel to Melbourne to attend a reception hosted by IOC
Vice President Kevan Gosper, AOC President and IOC member John Coates and prominent businessman Richard Pratt and his
wife Jeanne. The reception will be held at the Pratt's home Raheen and will be attended by Olympians, national
sporting officials, Olympic sponsors and friends. His visit will follow on closely from the IOC Session in Mexico City
where he will have reviewed the IOC's Reform Program and presided over proposed changes to the Olympic Program. AAP
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