national governing body

基本解释

What is the name of the national governing body in track and field?
田径的全国管理机构的名称是什么?。
USA Swimming, the national governing body for the sport, said it was disappointed by Phelps' admission.
全美游泳管理中心美国游泳协会表示对菲尔普斯的行为深感失望。
Iraq, whose athletes nearly weren't able to compete here because of a rift between the nation's national governing body and the IOC, got a strong shot of cheers.
伊拉克的运动员受到强烈欢呼，因为其国家政府实体和国际奥委会的怨隙而差点没能来这里比赛。

"That helps the sport grow. If we just stayed all our separate little ways, the sport would never get momentum, so it's basically a national movement where we have one governing body kind of governing all the rules so we all play by the same rules."

Jill Geer is director of communications for USA Track and Field, a national governing body.
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