SPORT CLIMBING: Narasaki and Garnbret dominate Combineds, set as Tokyo 2020 favorites
The much-anticipated IFSC World Championships Combined competitions qualified the first athletes for the sport’s debut in 2020, but also established – without any doubt...
TSX DAILY: Let the lobbying start for new sports in 2028 ~ Heat-stroked French...
≡ TSX DAILY ~ 20 August 2019 ≡
| 1. | GAMES OF THE XXXIV OLYMPIAD: LOS ANGELES 2028: Let the (sports) lobbying begin
The International Olympic...
TRIATHLON: Canada’s Mislawchuk surprises with men’s Olympic qualifier win in Tokyo
The conditions were cloudy and less harsh for the men at the ITU Olympic qualifier at Odaiba Marine Park on Friday, and Canada’s unheralded...
TSX DAILY: Crazy 2020 Triathlon qualifier ends in double disqualification
= TSX DAILY ~ 15 August 2019 =
| 1. | TRIATHLON: Women’s Olympic qualifier ends with hand-in-hand Brits disqualified, but Summer Rappaport makes U.S. team
This is why...
TSX DAILY: If you’re looking for sponsorship, the only thing worse than track really...
= TSX DAILY ~ 14 August 2019 =
| 1. | LANE ONE: If you’re a track & field athlete and looking for sponsorship, there isn’t...
TRIATHLON Preview: Tokyo test event is also an Olympic qualifier, for U.S. and others
Most pre-Olympic test events are just that: tests, of the venue and staff. But for many of the world’s top triathletes, this week’s program...
TSX DAILY: The life of a triple Olympic champion includes “I just fainted, and...
= TSX DAILY ~ 13 August 2019 =
| 1. | ATHLETICS: Tianna Bartoletta’s odyssey now includes anemia
If you read her resume, you’d think Tianna Bartoletta would have...
VOLLEYBALL: U.S. men head to Tokyo after sweep of Olympic qualifying pool in Rotterdam
The United States men’s volleyball team is going to be a contender for an Olympic medal in Tokyo, so it took care of its...
TSX DAILY: Germany draws 178,000 for 10 national champs combined in Berlin, while U.S....
= TSX DAILY ~ 7 August 2019 =
| 1. | LANE ONE: Did you see where Germany drew 178,000 for ten national championships on...
VOLLEYBALL: Men’s Olympic qualifying tourneys will send six to Tokyo; U.S. is in Rotterdam
After a dramatic weekend of women’s qualifying, the men’s Olympic qualifying tournaments are on this week, with six tickets to be punched for Tokyo...
TSX DAILY: Stunning results at U.S. swim Nationals, anti-Games activists channeling Groucho, and remembering...
= TSX DAILY ~ 5 August 2019 =
| 1. | SWIMMING: New talent shines at the 2019 USA Swimming Nationals, as if the U.S. didn’t...
LANE ONE: Anti-Olympic activists appear to be getting their strategy from … Prof. Quincy...
In one of the most riotous comedies of all time and a world-class spoof of American college life, Professor Quincy Adams Wagstaff addressed the...
VOLLEYBALL: U.S. squeezes by Bulgaria, qualifies for Tokyo 2020 on women’s qualification weekend
There were six winners in six countries who punched their tickets for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Volleyball tourney on Sunday, but only one had...
LANE ONE: How the Gwangju Worlds will change the lives of Caeleb Dressel, Regan...
The two weeks of the FINA World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, Korea and its two distinct parts have concluded. The first week domination of...
HEARD AFTER HALFTIME: Another 2012 gold medalist caught for doping; Katie Ledecky speaks and...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Games of the XXX Olympiad: London 2012 ● The International Olympic Committee...
ATHLETICS Panorama: USATF names “new” Pan Am Games team, and best Olympic Trials tickets...
USA Track & Field followed through on the arbitrator’s ruling from last week and released a new roster for its Pan American Games team...
LANE ONE: You want transparency? Look to World Rowing and you will see it,...
There has been much made of the lack of transparency, not to mention outright secrecy or deceit within the International Federations which govern sports...
ARCHERY Preview: More than a dozen Olympic and World medalists at Tokyo test event
The World Archery World Cup in Berlin ended last Sunday, but a lot of the top shooters in the world didn’t go home; they...
THE BIG PICTURE: IOC Session confirms all of the Bach-led reforms for now and...
The International Olympic Committee membership agreed with all of the initiatives and reforms passed by its Executive Board and gave its President, Thomas Bach...
THE BIG PICTURE: London Sunday Times says Russia covered up a doping violation for...
If it’s in a British newspaper, the headline has to be dramatic: “Russia faces new Olympics ban over doping” and “There can be no...
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