Tag: Rio 2016
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Behind the scenes of Rio 2016 with Kirsty Coventry
Flag bearer at the Opening Ceremony and competing for Zimbabwe in the pool, five time Olympian Kirsty Coventry shares her Rio diary.
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Russian hackers leak third batch of WADA data
The World Anti-Doping Agency said that the “Fancy Bear” Russian hacking group has leaked the confidential data of another 11 athletes who competed in the Rio Olympics. The athletes include four from the United Kingdom, three from Australia, two from Germany, and one each from Denmark and Spain. As with previous leaks, the athletes each…
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Ian Thorpe on Michael Phelps’ shock loss # Rio Olympics 2016
Olympics: Australian swimming legend Ian Thorpe discusses Michael Phelps’ shock loss in the 100m freestyle butterfly as well as all the news from a busy day in the pool https://youtu.be/gxI7BLNXdfk
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Rio 2016 Paralympics boasts record number of tickets sold
Rio 2016 organisers hailed the second most attended Paralympic Games in history as Saturday’s sell-out crowd of 167,675 in the Olympic Park beat the attendance of 157,000 on the busiest day of the Olympics. Barely a fortnight after organisers were forced to announce cuts to these Games because of a serious budget crisis caused by…
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15,000 Olympics volunteers have quit due to poor working conditions
The Olympic Games have been plagued by issues in recent days in Brazil. It looks like the Organisers may be about to have one of their biggest problems in the coming days, as many volunteers are not turning up to do their jobs. Volunteers work in all areas of the events from athlete assistance to…
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Rio Paralympics Producing ‘Unusual Number’ of Records
Two and a half days into the Rio 2016 Paralympics and 65 world records have fallen. Rio 2016 communications director Mario Andrada told Around the Rings the number of world records at these Games have defied expectations from Games organizers. “I want to praise the athletes – we have had an amazing 65 world records…
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Mallory Weggemann | US Paralympic Swimmer Pre-London 2012 on Trans World Sport
We filmed with US Paralympic swimmer, Mallory Weggemann, before the 2012 London Paralympics. She was paralysed from the waist down after an epidural injection to treat post-shingles back pain. A last minute reclassification in 2012 hampered her performance in London. But she’ll be competing in eight events in Rio.
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#Rio2016 Day 1 Highlights from the Paralympic Games
Day 1 provided plenty of drama some magical medal moments and… 29 new world records! Here are some or our highlights…