Month: July 2018
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Why the Summer Olympics are held in July, August despite heat
A heat wave scorching Japan is raising questions about timing the Tokyo 2020 Olympics during July and August, typically the annual peak for temperatures and humidity, and the health risks that might pose for athletes and spectators. When Tokyo first hosted the Summer Olympics in 1964, they were held during the cooler, drier month of…
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The athletes from nowhere: Dispatches from the Faroe Islands, a proud sporting nation the Olympics won’t acknowledge
Ah, the hard memories We competed at the 2015 European Games in Baku,†Joensen remembers. “And we were not allowed to use the Faroe flag. Instead we had to compete as LEN (Ligue Européenne de Natation) and were given tee-shirts with no flag, just plain blue with our name. And when we were introduced our…
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BCN2018 WP Europeans – Summary, Day 13 – Men’s semi-finals
Title-holder Serbs to meet host Spain in the final Serbia made its 4th straight final at the European Water Polo Championships, and this is going to be the Olympic champions’ 8th final in the past 9 editions (since 2001). They beat the world champion Croatian team in an enormous physical battle. Spain arrives from the…
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Olympic Medallist Brent Hayden launches activewear company to help young athletes get to the Olympics
Canadian Olympic Medallist and World Champion swimmer Brent Hayden, along with his wife, Lebanese/Canadian singer/songwriter Nadina Zarifeh, break into the activewear market by offering a new line for men and women that will help fund local Olympic journeys. Stemming from the Latin phrase “Ad Astra Per Aspera†(to the stars through challenge) Astra Athletica creates high…
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Live Stream: British Summer Championships 2018 – Day 4 Heats
Watch day four heats of the British Summer Championships live from the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre, Sheffield.
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Hundreds Of Wild Ponies Moved During 93rd Annual Chincoteague Pony Swim
The annual Chincoteague Pony Swim on Virginia’s Eastern Shore happened Wednesday morning, when hundreds of ponies are moved from one island to another.
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Is this Tokyo 2020 Olympics biggest mistake?
In 2 years, the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games will take place and — the entire city is going to fry! That’s right — the 1964 Summer Games were held in October to avoid the heat of Japanese summer and typhoon season. Did the committee make a mistake scheduling the 2020 Games in the middle of…
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Live Stream: British Summer Championships 2018 – Day 3 Finals
Watch day three finals of the British Summer Championships live from the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre, Sheffield.
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BCN2018 WP Europeans – Summary, Day 12 – Women’s semi-finals
Netherlands to face Greece in the women’s final The Netherlands will play in the women’s final for the third time in a row, winning a nailbiter against title-holder Hungary in the semi-finals at the European Water Polo Championships in Barcelona. After two lost golden battles in 2014 and 2016 they face Greece, which managed to…