On October 4, 2002 the President of the International DanceSport Federation(IDSF), Rudolf Baumann, and IDSF General Secretary Carlos Freitag enjoyed a lengthy meeting at the Headquarters of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne, Switzerland with IOC President Dr. Jacques Rogge and IOC Sport Director Gilbert Felli to discuss DanceSport's continuing application to be included in the Medal Programme of the Summer Olympic Games.
In a lengthy, comprehensive and thoughtful report, the International Olympic Committee's new Programme Commission has carefully and clearly stated which sports are eligible for future consideration in the Olympic Games Medal Programme, which are not ineligible, what its timetable is, and what criteria it will use to admit a sport to the Programme of the Summer Games.
The IOC has given the Green Light to DanceSport in the Olympic Games.
Read more about this topic in the Olympic Press Release 13/2002  16 kb
   
The IDSF Train to Olympia is no Expresstrain!
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DanceSport a new Dimension on the Olympics
Official Letter from Mr. Juan Antonio Samaranch
Official IOC Certificate
International Olympic Committee (IOC)
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