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(PRWEB) January 23, 2012 IOC ACTIVITIES PRESIDENT IOC President Jacques Rogge is still in Innsbruck (Austria), the host city of the first Winter Youth Olympic Games (YOG), the Closing Ceremony of which will take place on 22 January in the Bergisel stadium. During his stay, President Rogge has met many IOC members present in the Austrian city. He has also met the Athlete Role Models, YOG Ambassadors and the young athletes participating in the YOG, and visited the YOG Village and the various Culture and Education Programme stands. MEMBERS Prince Albert II has become the Patron of the World Olympians Association (WOA), at the proposal of WOA President Jo?l Bouzou. He thus succeeds the late Juan Antonio Samaranch, who created the WOA in 1994 and was its Patron until his death in 2010. IOC member Andr?s Botero Phillipsbourne has been confirmed as Minister of Sport in a ceremony held at the Palacio de Nari?o, the Presidential Palace in Bogot?, and attended b...