President of the International Olympic Committee congress. Athens was approved to host the 1896 Olympic Games, being the original home of the Olympics, and Vikelas was duly chosen as the first President of the IOC. Pierre, Baron de Coubertin, took over the IOC presidency when Demetrius Vikelas stepped down after the Olympics in his own country. Despite its initial success, the Olympic Movement faced hard times, as the 1900 Games (in de Coubertin's own Paris) and 1904 Games were both upstaged by World's Fairs—Exposition Universelle in 1900 and Louisiana Purchase Exposition in 1904—and received little attention. The 1906 Intercalated Games revived the momentum, and the Olympic
Slovak Olympic Committee Slovak Olympic Committee Slovak Olympic Committee () is the National Olympic Committee representing Slovakia in the International Olympic Committee. It is based in Bratislava, Slovakia The SOC was founded on 19 December 1992 and recognized on 20 January 1993. It was became one of two followers of the Czechoslovak Olympic Committee (ČSOV) who that finished on 27 March 1993. SOC approved as National Olympic Committee of Slovak Republic in Monte Carlo on 24 September 1993. The Slovak National Federations are the organizations that coordinate all aspects of their individual sports. They are responsible for training, competition and development of their