Tag: Juan Antonio Samaranch
LANE ONE: De Coubertin’s 1892 Olympic-revival manifesto is back in Lausanne, but what did...
On Monday, the International Olympic Committee gleefully welcomed the donation of the original manuscript of Baron Pierre de Coubertin’s 1892 speech that called for...
LANE ONE: The IOC hands out lots of medals, but soon might be in...
Having watched the International Olympic Committee at work from near and far over 40 years, it is amazing how that organization has changed, especially...
HEARD AFTER HALFTIME: Lyles to run only 200 m at USATF Nationals; Rakhimov resigns...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Athletics ● Ending considerable speculation, Noah Lyles and his coach confirmed that...
LANE ONE: Remembering the day the Olympic Movement didn’t collapse: 8 May 1984
(This is a reprint of our Lane One column of 9 May 2018, which was available in our old PDF format and not as...
HEARD AFTER HALFTIME: Raelene Boyle rightly calls on the IOC to redress East German...
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...
Bach’s embrace of Russia a re-run of an old Samaranch movie
TSX HEADLINES – for Mar. 2, 2018: The International Olympic Committee’s quick re-embrace of Russia didn’t suit a lot of people, but for those...
Bach’s embrace of Russia a re-run of an old Samaranch movie
TSX HEADLINES – for Mar. 2, 2018: The International Olympic Committee’s quick re-embrace of Russia didn’t suit a lot of people, but for those...
Case study: How IOC President Juan Samaranch outlasted North Korea
PALM DESERT, August 23, 2017 – The 2018 Olympic Winter Games will be held in PyeongChang, South Korea next February. You probably know that...
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