It’s no secret that it’s a pricey pain to host the Olympic Games, running billions of dollars above the estimated budget. As the International Olympic Committee receives fewer bids with each problematic games, the future of the tradition is looking unsure. We spoke with Smith College Professor of Economics Andrew Zimbalist on the matter. He should know, he’s written about the Olympic issues in Circus Maximus, No Boston Olympics, and Rio 2016.
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Quincy Family YMCA talks swimming lessons on KHQA This Morning
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Swimming the Rottnest Channel Swim
Stephanie Rainey from The Aqua Life Swim Academy talks about her plans to swim the Rottnest Channel.
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This vibrating massager could be the answer to your muscle aches
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The Diamond drill in OPEN WATER – learn to swim faster as a team
Learn to draft in open water
Learn to swim faster as a team
Learn to slide and change your swimming pace in open water
Learn to protect your lower back in open water
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The most decorated artistic swimmer: Ona Carbonell – Best of FINA 2017
Ona Carbonell os the most decorated artistic swimmer in activity. At the FINA World Championships in Budapest, she took her 20th medal. Find out more about this incredible swimmer who wil also compete at the upcoming World Series of Artistic Swimming.
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Florence Chadwick Documentary
A documentary created for Guilford College’s SPST 220 Spring 2016 HP course.
The purpose of this video is educational, no copyright infringement intended.
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Bach criticises CAS and calls for urgent reforms after decision to clear Russian athletes
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach claimed here today that there is an “urgent need” to reform the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) following its “disappointing and surprising” decision last week to overturn its sanctions against 28 Russian athletes.
All but 11 of those sanctioned by the IOC for involvement in a “systemic manipulation” of the doping system at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi four years ago but had their appeals upheld by CAS last week.
Striking a tone which bore similarities with his criticisms of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in 2016, Bach claimed that the IOC Executive Board is “not satisfied at all” with either the CAS decision or the way it has been announced.
He also revealed that they are still considering an appeal to the Swiss Federal Tribunal.
“The decision is disappointing and surprising and we would never have expected this,” Bach said here following the end of a two-day IOC Executive Board meeting.
“Unfortunately, we only know reasons from a very few sentences in press release.
“We are eagerly waiting for this and have asked CAS to speed-up this procedure.
“We have been told that it will be completed by the end of February, which is an extremely unsatisfactory situation.
“In this respect, the IOC Executive Board is not satisfied at all with the approach by CAS.”
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Cows blamed for closure of popular Patea swimming holes
Dairy cows have been blamed for the high E. coli levels which have forced the closure of popular Patea River swimming holes in Stratford for more than a month.