Category: Competition
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KOC confirms swimmer Park Tae-hwan barred from competing in Rio
After months of will he or won’t he,… we now have confirmation that South Korean swimmer Park Tae-hwan will NOT be boarding a flight to this year’s Olympics in Rio. The Korean Olympic Committee says the 2008 400 meter freestyle champion has been ruled out of the games because of his recent doping history.
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Lianna Swan and Haris Bandey to Represent Pakistan at Rio Olympics
Foreign-based swimmers Lianna Swan and Haris Bandey will represent Pakistan at the Rio Olympics as wild card entrants after the International Swimming Federation (FINA) approved their names. The two swimmers are participating in the Olympics for the first time. In the last edition, Haris’s elder sister, Anum Bandey, represented Pakistan in the 400m individual medley,…
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Russia Doping: New Wada Report Reveals Obstructions to Testing
Anti-doping officials in Russia are being stopped from testing athletes and threatened by security services, says a World Anti-Doping Agency report. The report was published two days before athletics’ governing body rules on whether Russian competitors can take part in the Rio Olympics this summer. In November, Russia’s athletes were banned after a Wada report…
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European Sports Federations Looking Ahead to 2022 European Championships
The European Sports Federation members of the European Championships Board have confirmed their intentions to take part in the 2022 edition of the multi-sport event. The Board members of the European Sports Federations of athletics (European Athletics), swimming (LEN), cycling (UEC), gymnastics (UEG), rowing (FISA), triathlon (ETU) and golf (ET & LET) all committed in…
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Rami Anis – the Syrian Refugee Swimming Butterfly at Rio | Refugee Olympic Team
Syrian swimmer Rami Anis will compete for the Refugee Olympic Team at Rio 2016 in the 100m Butterfly. We speak to Rami as he trains in Belgium under the guidance of two time Olympian Carine Verbauwen.
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North Alabama swimmer heads to U.S. Olympic trials
It’s every athlete’s dream to make it to the Olympics and one Athens High School swimmer is one step closer to that dream. Kobie Melton started swimming at the age of six and now at the young age of 15, she’s getting a shot to swim at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro,…
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Fiona Doyle featured in Electric Ireland #ThePowerWithin Campaign
Medal hopeful Paddy Barnes started boxing at age 11 and, despite losing his first 15 fights, never took a backward step. Rower, Sinead Lynch (nee Jennings), began her rowing journey at 23 years of age, and despite becoming a doctor and having three children in the meantime, is realising her dream of becoming an Olympian…