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Pazin, 29. studenoga 2019. - U nazočnosti brojnih uglednika, ponajviše iz Istre i grada Pazina, na svečanosti u tom gradu otvorena je nova poslovna zgrada tvrtke Ghia Staff d.o.o. Predsjednik Uprave Ghia grupe Ivan Kalac zahvalio je gostima na dolasku i na taj način iskazanoj podršci tvrtkama Ghia Staff i Ghia Sport. Ispred Hrvatskog olimpijskog odbora (HOO) svečanosti je nazočio Siniša Krajač, pomoćnik glavnog tajnika HOO-a za programe sporta na lokalnoj razini.

Slunj, August 6. 2019 - At the solemn session of the City Council of Slunj, on the occasion of the Day of the City of Slunj on August 6, 2019, deserving individuals and associations – including the Croatian Olympic Committee’s Office for Local Sports Programs - have traditionally been awarded public annual recognitions. In the hall of the Pučko otvoreno (Open University) Slunj, the acknowledgement – presented by the Slunj Mayor Jure Katić and President of the City Council of Slunj Ivan Bogović - was received by Croatian Olympic Committee’s Assistant Secretary-General for Sports Programs on the Local Level Siniša Krajač.

Split, July 31, 2019 - Ivo Lipanović, the oldest Croatian Olympian and the last Croatian athlete who participated at the 1948 Olympics, passed away at the age of 91 on Tuesday (July 30th) in Split. Ivo Lipanović was born in Orebić at the Pelješac peninsula on August 18, 1928. He was a participant of the first Olympic Games held after the World War II, in London in 1948. For the HVK monograph (Croatian rowing club) Gusar, by the author Herca Ganza Čaljukušić, Lipanović spoke about his beginnings in Gusar.

Zagreb, July 31, 2019 - The Japanese Ambassador to Croatia, Her Excellency Misako Kaji presented on Monday to the Croatian diplomat, doctor and writer Drago Štambuk, the State Medal of her homeland. In the premises of the Japanese Embassy at Zagreb’s Zrinjevac, the former Croatian Ambassador to Japan and South Korea was presented the Medal of the Rising Sun with a golden and silver star, the gift of the Japanese government. The reason is very simple - for exceptional merits in strengthening bilateral intergovernmental ties in the field of economy, culture, sports...

Baku, July 27, 2019 – On the last day of the XV European Youth Summer Olympic Festival (EYOF) in Baku, the Croatian handball cadets won a gold medal by beating in the final match their peers from Germany with 29-28. It was a game with a lot of turns, especially dramatic in the second half. The Germans turned Croatian 12-9 to 17-21 in the middle of the second part, and then followed a new turn of our team to 23-22. Two minutes before the end, Croatia achieved a hard-to-reach 29-26, which the rival team only managed to mitigate to one hit behind. The bronze medal went to the Danish team, better in the fight for third place than the French with 28-21.

Gwangju/Zagreb, July 27, 2019 -Croatian water polo players continued their trophy series at large competitions. By beating Hungary with 10-7 in the battle for bronze medal battle at the World Championships in the South Korean city of Gwangju, the Croatian national team participated – for the seventh time in a row – in the winning ceremony at world meetings. This great tradition that lasts since 2007 and gold medal at the World Championships in Melbourne, followed by three bronze medals-in Rome 2009, Shanghai 2011 and Barcelona 2013, then by silver in Kazan in 2015 and gold in Budapest in 2017. Although one of the desired goals-placement in the finals and securing the Olympic visa for Tokyo-is not accomplished, our water polo players deserve congratulations for their performance and a new medal.

Baku, July 24, 2019 -Croatian judoka, cadet Ana Viktorija Puljiz won a gold medal in the category -48 kg at the XV European Youth Summer Olympic Festival (EYOF) in Baku, confirming the status of one of the best young athletes in our beautiful homeland. In the round of 8, the fantastic Solin native used ippon and wazari to beat Georgia 's Gagoshidze-Filkina, and in the quarterfinals she used ippon to beat the British Bostock. In the semifinals’ duel with Belgium 's Dierickx ippon was also sufficient to secure at least a silver medal. In the finals with Portuguese Raquel Brito, Puljiz successfully preserve the advantage of wazari, earned after 13 seconds of fighting, for the third Croatian gold medal at EYOF.

Baku, July 22, 2019 – On the second day of contesting at the XV European Youth Summer Olympic Festival (EYOF) in Azerbaijani city of Baku, the young Croatian swimmer Franko Grgić won a gold medal in the discipline of 400 meters Freestyle. Already in the qualifications, this brilliant Split native won in his group, and then he swam his personal and state junior and younger junior  record (3:52.10), only 12 hundredths of a second slower than the EYOF record. The total of 33 swimmers  participated in competition , and Grgić triumphed in front of Germany's Silas Beth (3:52.63) and Greek Alexandros Kachris (3:53.53) in the finals.

Mraclin, July 9, 2019 - A celebration on the occasion of 20th anniversary of publication of the Olimp magazine – whose founder and publisher is the Croatian Olympic Committee (HOO) was held in the picturesque Mraclin, a settlement belonging to Velika Gorica. The celebration – whose host was the Mraclin Football club - was attended by numerous former and current associates of Olimp, representatives of the Velika Gorica City Council, Mraclin Local Committee and local associations, as well as the HOO staff, led by its Heads Zlatko Mateša and Josip Čop and Assistant Secretary General for sports programs at the local level Siniša Krajač.

Zagreb, July 5, 2019 - Secretary General of the Croatian Olympic Committee (HOO) Josip Čop and Assistant Secretary General for Olympic Program Damir Šegota prepared a reception for a four-day delegation of the Japanese city of Kagawa, that is, the Japanese prefecture of the same name. Thereafter, HOO was visited by the members of the leading body of Kagawa Prefecture (from the government departments for promotion, planning and marketing): Shinike Shinji, Ishihara Yoichi and Hiroshi Hayashi and Kono Saki from the Prefecture Promotion Department . Since the subject of the talks was the stay of Croatian athletes in Kagawa for preparations before the Tokyo Olympics in Tokyo, the delegation was accompanied by the Coach Licensing Secretary of the Croatian Athletic Federation (HAS) Bruno Erent.

Rijeka, July 3, 2019 - Croatian Olympic Academy (HOA) and the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County Sports Association (ZSPGŽ) opened on Korzo in Rijeka the retrospective exhibition "Odlučujući trenutak 2009-2019", marking ten years of holding the international exhibition of the same name with more than 3500 collected photographs. On the occasion of this exhibition, the HOA and the ZSPGŽ printed a monograph that features the photos of photo-contest participants over the last decade. Among them there are 100 of the award-winning photo authors.

Minsk, June 25, 2019 - Croatian Tourist Board (HTZ), the golden partner of Croatian Olympic family and permanent sponsor of the Croatian House at the Olympic Games since Athens 2004, prepared - in cooperation with the Croatian Olympic Committee’s Marketing Department - the promotion of Croatian tourism in Belarus. The event at the Hilton Hotel in Minsk, attended by representatives of the Zagreb Tourist board, attracted great interest among Belarusian tour operators and travel agencies’ representatives. The presentation of Croatian tourist offer was unavoidable, and the beauties of our country leave no one indifferent.

Minsk, June 20,  2019 - The flag-raising ceremony of the participating countries in the eve of the European Games in Minsk significantly differed from previous tradition before major multi-sports events. There was no single flag lifting in the reserved period for each Sports Delegation, but all the flags welcomed the participants on the masts and the symbolics of that act was shifted to a more lasting memory of the Games’ host. Namely, representatives of 50 countries chose two athletes who planted - in the future park, outside the Sports Village - oak trees, and a plaque with the flag of a country was immediately  added to each planted oak.