Category: Organization
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Rio 2016 Olympic Village “neither safe or ready” less than a fortnight before Opening Ceremony
Major issues with the Rio 2016 Olympic Village have been revealed less than a fortnight before the start of the Games – with some athletes facing turning up to find their accommodation not ready. Kitty Chiller, the Australian Chef de Mission, said the Village was “neither safe or ready” with the situation bound to cause…
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Highlights and preview of the International Swimming Hall of Fame Induction
https://youtu.be/Kkk0QVKS9LE
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Meet the Olympics’ unofficial sponsors
How do you market an Olympian without mentioning the Olympics? That’s the challenge facing companies such as Under Armour, Gatorade and General Mills. Even though these companies have endorsement deals with these athletes all year round, they can’t call them Olympians in commercials or social media posts during the actual games. That’s because the brands…
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Europeans are now fretting about Muslim girls in swimming pools
Swiss authorities recently denied citizenship to a pair of Muslim sisters, 12 and 14, who refused to take part in their school’s swimming lessons alongside boys of their age group in the city of Basel. According to USA Today, the girls had applied for citizenship a few months ago, but their request was denied this week.…
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Former Olympic Swimmer Organising Swimathon To Raise Cash For Cancer Charity
Former Olympic swimmer Katy Sexton is organising a swimathon to raise money for charity Brain Tumour Research. Her sister Kelly Lee had a brain tumour and recovered from it. That’s Solent’s Charlotte Briere-Edney find out how her sister’s illness impacted the swimmer and what Brain Tumour Research does.
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When the CWS & Swim Trials Collide
The Olympic Swim Trials and College World Series are happening at the same time in the same place. Erin Murray reports on how it is affecting everyone getting down there and into the events.
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Even With Confession of Cheating, World’s Doping Watchdog Did Nothing
In December 2012, the World Anti-Doping Agency received an email from an Olympic athlete from Russia. She was asking for help. The athlete, a discus thrower named Darya Pishchalnikova, had won a silver medal four months earlier at the London Olympics. She said that she had taken banned drugs at the direction of Russian sports…
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Rio state declares financial emergency, requests funding for Olympics
Rio de Janeiro’s governor declared a state of financial emergency Friday and requested federal funds to help fulfill obligations for public services during the Olympics that start Aug. 5. Emergency measures are needed to avoid “a total collapse in public security, health, education, transport and environmental management,†a decree in the state’s Official Gazette said.…