THE BIG PICTURE: World Beach Games folds in San Diego; may be held elsewhere...
/Updated: see footnote/A long effort to bring a major international event to San Diego ended failure on Thursday as word leaked out that the...
HEARD AFTER HALFTIME: Semenya’s appeal of IAAF regulations filed with the Swiss Federal...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport: ● Athletics ● As promised, South Africa’s Olympic 800 m champ Caster Semenya filed an appeal to the Swiss Federal Tribunal against the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s approval of the female eligibility regulations of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). The […]
HEARD AFTER HALFTIME: More weightlifting doping positives, new T&F world leaders and the...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport: ● Doping ● Although weightlifting has been fully reinstated into the Olympic sports program for 2024 and beyond, the Court of Arbitration for Sport issued a reminder of what imperiled it: doping. The Court’s new Anti-Doping Division issued its first decision on Monday, […]
STAT PACK: Results for the week of 20-26 May 2019
The Stat Pack: a summary of results of international Grand Prix, World Cup and World Championships events, plus U.S. domestic events and Pan American championships events of note. In this week’s issue are reports on 18 events in 16 sports: ● Archery: Hyundai World Cup 3 in Antalya ● Artistic Swim: FINA Artistic World Series […]
SPEED READ: Headlines from The Sports Examiner for Monday, 27 May 2019
Welcome to The Sports Examiner SPEED READ, a 100 mph (44.7 m/s) review of what happened over the last 72 hours in Olympic sport: LANE ONE Monday: Is swimming climbing toward heaven, or walking the tightrope across the pit now that ISL has announced its schedule? What the International Swimming League is trying to do […]
THE BIG PICTURE: IOC evaluation shows more (a lot more) confidence in Italy...
The International Olympic Committee’s Evaluation Commission released its report on the two candidates for the 2026 Olympic Winter Games, with considerably excitement over the Milan-Cortina bid and not so much for Stockhom-Are. The 144-page report profiled each bid in specific areas including Games Concept, Games Experience, Paralympic Games and Games Delivery. There was no numeric […]
HEARD AFTER HALFTIME: IOC is going to be even more flexible in the...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport: ● Olympic Games ● The International Olympic Committee’s Executive Board received a report on Wednesday from a working group charged with reviewing the procedures for selecting the host city/region/country for the Olympic Games. Its recommendations, which will be offered for approval by the […]
THE BIG PICTURE: Boxing confirmed for Tokyo 2020, but organized by the IOC,...
/Updated: see footnote/The International Olympic Committee’s Executive Board kept its promise to the athletes. There will be a boxing tournament at the Tokyo Games in 2020, but the International Boxing Association – AIBA – will not organize it. The IOC’s statement included: “After a thorough discussion, the IOC EB recommended to the IOC Session that […]
STAT PACK: Results for the week of 13-19 May 2019
The Stat Pack: a summary of results of international Grand Prix, World Cup and World Championships events, plus U.S. domestic events and Pan American championships events of note. In this week’s issue are reports on 17 events in 12 sports: ● Athletics: IAAF Diamond League 2: Shanghai ● Athletics: IAAF Race Walk Challenge: European Cup […]
SPEED READ: Headlines from The Sports Examiner for Monday, 20 March 2019
Welcome to The Sports Examiner SPEED READ, a 100 mph (44.7 m/s) review of what happened over the last 72 hours in Olympic sport: LANE ONE Monday: This is not a joke: FINA has a man who is accused of murder in Hungary as a member of its governing board, its executive committee and as […]
THE BIG PICTURE: Poland’s Banka elected next head of the World Anti-Doping Agency
The World Anti-Doping Agency is headed by an elected Chair with a six-year term, rotated between a sports-organization candidate and one from governmental authorites. Poland’s Minister of Sport and Tourism, 34-year-old Witold Banka, was nominated on Tuesday by the the “Public Authorities” representatives on the WADA Executive Committee and Foundation Board. He is expected to […]
HEARD AFTER HALFTIME: South Africa confirms it will appeal Court of Arbitration holding...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport: ● Athletics ● Despite its agreement in June with the IAAF that it would abide by the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport in its filing against the federation’s Eligibility Regulations for Female Classification, Athletics South Africa confirmed that it would […]
THE BIG PICTURE: Bach signals AIBA’s days may be numbered
The International Olympic Committee’s Executive Board will meet on 22 May in Lausanne to determine whether the International Boxing Association – known by its French acronym, AIBA – should operate the Olympic Boxing tournament in Tokyo in 2020. The IOC’s President, Thomas Bach (GER), made his clearest statements yet that indicate his organization does not […]
HEARD AFTER HALFTIME: Raelene Boyle rightly calls on the IOC to redress East...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport: ● Doping ● The Australian Olympic Committee’s Annual General Meeting drew a lot of attention over the weekend, with International Olympic Committee chief Thomas Bach visiting and speaking to the assembly. The delegates – and Bach – also heard from Raelene Boyle, now […]
HEARD AFTER HALFTIME: Hot distance running at the Payton Jordan Invite at Stanford
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport: ● Athletics ● Sure, the Diamond League opener in Doha was spectacular, but that wasn’t the only fast running on Friday. The annual American distance spectacular – the Payton Jordan Invitational at Stanford – once again delivered in style: The expected star of […]
THE BIG PICTURE: Court of Arbitration for Sport upholds IAAF regulations on applicable levels...
The Swiss-based Court of Arbitration for Sport has dismissed the requests for arbitration by Athletics South Africa and two-time Olympic 800 m champion Caster...
THE BIG PICTURE: USA Gymnastics’ future collides with its present over the next seven...
On Tuesday, USA Gymnastics announced that the 2020 Olympic Trials in Artistic Gymnastics will be held at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri...
STAT PACK: Results for the week of 15-21 April 2019
The Stat Pack: a summary of results of international Grand Prix, World Cup and World Championships events, plus U.S. domestic events and Pan American championships events of note. In this week’s issue are reports on 12 events in eight sports: ● Artistic Swim: FINA Artistic World Series 3 in Kazan ● Athletics: World Marathon Major […]
THE BIG PICTURE: Howman pushing for more innovation in doping control
When David Howman talks, people in the sports world should listen. The former Director General of the World Anti-Doping Agency is increasingly critical of the standard testing program now in place, which still relies primarily on taking urine samples. Reuters reported on his Monday remarks to a conference of the Partnership for Clean Competition in […]
SPEED READ: Headlines from The Sports Examiner for Friday, 12 April 2019
Welcome to The Sports Examiner SPEED READ, a 100 mph (44.7 m/s) review of what happened this week in Olympic sport: LANE ONE Wednesday: It seems like every Olympic-sport federation (and some U.S. federations) now have world rankings, but it all started 72 years ago in a Bay Area town in California. But Track & […]
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