Category: Organization
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Swimmer Josef Craig disqualified from event over tattoo
The teenager, from Jarrow, was due to compete in the final of the IPC European Championships S8 100m freestyle, tonight, after making it through the first heat. However, the 19-year-old, who has cerebral palsy, was disqualified from the event after failing to cover up a part of his tattoo, on the left side of his…
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Air Conditioning Debate at Rio Aquatics Center
The International Aquatics Federation says that air conditioning should be installed at the Olympic Park aquatics center, but the city continues to assess the situation. FINA Executive Director Cornel Marculescu described the venue to ATR as an “indoor, outdoor pool complex,†that could use more ventilation at the pool level. Marculescu remains impressed with the…
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Michael Phelps at Gold Gala fundraiser: ‘NBAC is always our home’
Michael Phelps laughed as his mind drifted back over years of agonizing training sessions, blowout arguments with coaches and shared jokes with friends. He worked out at the Meadowbrook Aquatic Center in Mount Washington for perhaps the final time on Saturday morning as he prepares for a fifth Olympics this summer. Phelps was in town…
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Brazil crises threaten Olympics
CNN’s Paula Newton explores the overwhelming political and economic drama wreaking havoc in Brazil as it prepares to host the Olympics this summer.
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Tokyo 2020 Olympic organisers unveil new logo proposals
Tokyo 2020 Olympic organisers unveil a shortlist of four new logos more than six months after the original choice was scrapped over an embarrassing plagiarism scandal.
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Tickets to the 2016 Olympics aren’t selling, and Brazil is scrambling to boost demand
With just half of tickets sold and only four months before kickoff, Brazil’s new minister of sports, Ricardo Leyser, is looking into ways to boost ticket sales. He told Brazilian newspaper Folha that the Brazilian government may purchase tickets that will be distributed to public schools. He said public officials must also work to boost…
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Massive ‘Panama Papers’ leak reveals how also rich athletes hide money offshore
The trove of 11.5 million documents from Panama-based lawfirm Mossack Fonseca was obtained from an anonymous source by Germany’s “Süddeutsche Zeitung” newspaper. The documents, dubbed the “Panama Papers,” show how the company helped its clients evade tax and launder money. The files also link current and former leaders, including Egyptian autocrat Hosni Mubarak, Libya’s former…
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Protestors want swim coach reinstated
Members of a Northern York County YMCA swim team are looking for answers after their head coach was abruptly fired. Swimmers and their parents protested outside of the YMCA in Biddeford with signs that said “Bring Back Zach.” Zach Gray was head coach of the Manta Ray swim team for two years, but was let…
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Biddeford swim team protests YMCA coach’s dismissal
A parents meeting is set for Wednesday night at the YMCA in Biddeford to discuss plans moving forward after a popular swimming coach was abruptly fired.