Tag: FINA
TSX REPORT: Check out our exclusive 718-event calendar of events for 2019-20; IOC wants...
≡ TSX REPORT ~ 17 October 2019 ≡
| 1. | LANE ONE: A big year ahead, as shown by 718 events in our new Stat...
TSX DAILY: Ready for an international College Football Playoff? ~ Tokyo Sport Climbing faves...
≡ TSX DAILY ~ 22 August 2019 ≡
| 1. | UNIVERSITY SPORT: FISU slowly moving toward college vs. college championship matches
Fans of American collegiate sports...
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...
TSX DAILY: U.S. men’s soccer players want their “fair share” of revenues; how much...
= TSX DAILY ~ 2 August 2019 =
| 1. | LANE ONE: U.S. men’s soccer players want a “fair share” ~ how much is that?
The United...
HEARD AFTER HALFTIME: Gyarfas charged in 1998 murder plot; worries about IAAF Council candidates...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Aquatics ● Back in May, we asked why the international federation responsible...
LANE ONE: Is the FINA Champions Swim Series the way forward, or a bridge...
The first edition of the FINA Champions Swim Series has now been completed, with three meets and more than $2 million in prize money...
LANE ONE: Gyarfas responds: “I didn’t commit any crime” plus the day of reckoning...
As a result of our Lane One story on Monday about the international aquatics federation – FINA – having an accused murderer as a...
LANE ONE: Why does FINA have an accused murderer as a Technical Delegate at...
It’s amazing what you can find out if you make an effort to read even the most boring documents.
The international federation for aquatics sports,...
LANE ONE: Beginning of the end for the Russian doping scandal, as WADA obtains...
The seemingly endless saga of Russian and one of the largest doping scandals in history may be moving toward its final chapter after a...
LANE ONE: After 72 years, Olympic sports have finally caught up with Track &...
The newest tool for promoting athletes in Olympic sports was pioneered 72 years ago in San Bruno, California.
World rankings.
If you follow USA Wrestling’s impossibly...
LANE ONE: FINA asks for dismissal of International Swimming League and athlete suits
Following the cancellation of a high-profile swimming meet scheduled for last December, the new International Swimming League (ISL) filed suit against the international governing...
LANE ONE: To grow track & field, Sebastian Coe of 2019 needs to talk...
Britain’s Sebastian Coe was one of the finest middle-distance runners of all time. He was so good and so special that he sold thousands...
SWIMMING Panorama: Doping rumors about China’s Yang Sun, and a cancer challenge for Nathan...
Rough news this week for two of the finest swimmers in the world, both from the medical side:
● China’s Yang Sun, the triple Olympic...
SWIMMING: FINA announces impressive details of $3.9 million Champion Swim Series
A three-meet series over three months will comprise the new FINA Champions Swim Series, to be held in three familiar venues:
● 1: 27-28 April...
SPEED READ: Headlines from The Sports Examiner for Friday, 18 January 2019
Welcome to The Sports Examiner SPEED READ, a 100 mph (44.7 m/s) review of the week (so far) in the turbulent world of international...
SWIMMING: FINA confirms no suspensions, talks up Champions Swim Series to national federations
To the surprise of almost no one, the International Federation for aquatic sports, FINA, declared that no athletes would be suspended for participating in...
THE BIG PICTURE: FINA and Int’l Swimming League trade barbs
The furor between the International Swimming League (ISL) and the Federation Internationale de Natation (FINA) continued unabated this week.
ISL held a meeting in London...
LANE ONE: Why is FINA trying to keep swimmers from making money at swimming?
If you listen to the leaders of the Olympic Movement, and especially International Olympic Committee chief Thomas Bach of Germany, you will hear –...
THE BIG PICTURE: After being sued, FINA announces new meet series
In the blowback from the twin lawsuits filed against it for restraint of trade in the U.S., the International Federation for swimming, FINA, suddenly...
SWIMMING: Two anti-trust suits filed against FINA
The decision by FINA to implode the Energy for Swim meet in Turin, which had the interest and support of many top athletes in...
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