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  • The International Olympic Committee announced Thursday that it anticipates it will bear $800 million in expenses following the postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Games.

    The IOC said the figure includes $650 million in costs for the organization of the event originally planned for this summer as well as a $150 million aid package to allow various Olympic organizations to continue their sports and activities, and support their athletes.

    “The Olympic Movement is facing an unprecedented challenge. The IOC has to organize postponed Olympic Games for the first time ever and has to help its stakeholders come through this global crisis,” IOC President Thomas Bach said.

    The IOC said the $150 million aid package will be used to allow the International Federations, the National Olympic Committees and other IOC-Recognized Organizations “to continue their mission to develop their sports, prepare for the Olympic Games and support their athletes.”

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  • The Olympics have been around for a long time. In fact, we can trace the Olympics as far back as ancient times. In all this time, the Olympics has evolved and continues to evolve today. Over the years, they’ve changed the sports and games that are part of the international competition. Through these changes, we’ve seen some pretty wild sports on the world’s stage. Some of them are even ridiculous! In this video, we’re going to tell you all about the most ridiculous sports that have ever been included in the Olympics. Do you recognize them all? Maybe you’ve even seen them in the Olympics in the past!

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  • Bhakti Sharma is an Indian Open water swimmer. Sharma is the first Asian woman and the youngest in the world to set a record in open swimming in Antarctic waters. Sharma swam 1.4 miles in 41.14 minutes, at a temperature of 1 °C, breaking the record of Lynne Cox and Lewis Pugh.

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  • Adventure swimmer and local entrepreneur Adrian van Westenbrugge wanted to do his bit for charity as thousands of South Africans are suffering during this national lockdown. This is when he decided to swim for 12 hours in his backyard swimming pool, which was broadcast live on Facebook, to raise a target of R300 000 to provide meals for families heavily impacted by the lockdown. The man of the hour, Adrian “the Buff” van Westenbrugge joins us this morning to tell us more about his swim for charity.

  • In this video, we have taken a closer look at how to make open water swimming safer and more enjoyable.

  • A group of surfers in Cannes, in southeast France, defied a government ban to take to the waves on Monday, amid a debate over whether beaches should continue to be closed to the public to stop the spread of Covid-19.

  • In this episode of the Propulsion Swimming podcast we talk through the Sun Yang Doping Scandal that has currently hit swimming. Find out why he has made the news recently along with us debating whether FINA is doing enough to stop Doping in Swimming!!

  • This week’s Throwback Thursday video features the first triumph after 36 years of the Australian Swimming team in the men’s 4×100 meter freestyle relay in front of their home crowd at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney (AUS). Leading by 0.15 seconds at the final relay exchange, Ian Thorpe was passed by U.S. swimmer Gary Hall, Jr. at the 350 meters mark, but eventually recovered and touched the wall first with an anchor of 48.30 to deliver the Aussie foursome of Michael Klim (48.18), Chris Fydler (48.48), and Ashley Callus (48.74) a gold-medal time in 3:13.67 – Enjoy watching!