Category: Organization
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Is Rio Safe? Safety Advice for Visiting Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Heading to Rio and Wondering If It Is Safe? Well it is not the safest place in the world, but it is not as bad as the the news makes it sound. Here are some tips for staying safe while visiting and traveling to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Is Rio Safe? Safety Advice for Visiting…
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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. Watch this video on YouTube
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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. When the CWS & Swim Trials CollideWatch this video on YouTube 2020 CWS Swim Trial OverlapWatch this video on YouTube
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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…