federation
Example Sentences
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The IPC, with the support of international federations - in this case FIS - decides who receives the bipartite slots after receiving recommendations from the federation.
From BBC
“If you listen to what Sweden said, and I think they’re right, this has been a problem that they’ve tried to identify to our international federation. And it wasn’t acted on,” Jacobs said.
From Los Angeles Times
"Both fell during training and were injured," said the Swiss skiing federation.
From Barron's
The federation pressed for a reversal of "non-attendance policies" for incidents and warned that a shift towards non-custodial sentences, even for violent offenders, could give the appearance that there was "no meaningful deterrent".
From BBC
Then the governing federations for each individual Olympic sport would need to vote to end their bans.
From Los Angeles Times
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