Tag: Thomas Bach
LANE ONE: Bach asks for “frugal Games” in Tokyo; what can be learned from...
For those of a certain age, who lived through a prior crisis that threatened the existence of the Olympic Games, it was simply staggering...
THE TICKER: IOC says Tokyo delay will cost it $800 million, including IF bail-outs;...
The latest news, notes and quotes from the worldwide Five-Ring Circus:
● International Olympic Committee ● “We anticipate we will have to bear costs of...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: Track not dead; UK Sports asks for more money; UK Athletics...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Vox Populi ● On the responses to our 24 April story about...
LANE ONE: Was Juan Antonio Samaranch, the man who made the IOC modern, its...
In the continuing tumult over the future of the Tokyo Games and the worldwide struggle with the coronavirus, the 10-year anniversary of the passing...
LANE ONE: Will a year’s delay really be so bad? Seven ways the Tokyo...
Almost as soon as the announcement that the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo would be delayed by a year, estimates began appearing of the...
THE TICKER: Aimless chatter on Tokyo; Bach sees virus crisis leading to a coordinated...
The latest news, notes and quotes from the worldwide Five-Ring Circus:
● Games of the XXXII Olympiad: Tokyo 2020 ● The endless cycle of comments,...
THE TICKER: Weightlifting loses two presidents; is Thomas Bach an IOC immortal? Cycling needs...
The latest news, notes and quotes from the worldwide Five-Ring Circus:
● Weightlifting ● An era ended on Wednesday, as International Weightlifting Federation chief Tamas...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: DeFrantz on spineless USOC ‘80 boycott vote; Bach slaps critics; is...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Games of the XXII Olympiad: Moscow 1980 ● Anita DeFrantz was a...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: U.S. Dept. of Justice indicts four on bribes for 2018 and...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
The U.S. Department of Justice unsealed indictments against four men accused of receiving...
LANE ONE: “All of us, we have to look at whether we are going...
With the postponement of the Tokyo Games to 2021 now confirmed, the enormous task of re-organizing the event for one year later is now...
LANE ONE: IOC followed World Health Organization advice, not athlete criticism, to arrive at...
The World Health Organization and Africa. Those were the triggers that led the International Olympic Committee to decide, in concert with the Japanese government...
THE TICKER: What now for the Tokyo Games? Says IOC chief Bach, “This is...
The latest news, notes and quotes from the worldwide Five-Ring Circus:
In the aftermath of the joint decision by the International Olympic Committee, the Tokyo...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: Canada, Australia say they won’t go to Tokyo in 2020; Athletics...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Games of the XXXII Olympiad: Tokyo 2020 ● Sunday was one of...
THE BIG PICTURE: IOC acknowledges planning for postponement, with decision coming within four weeks
“So, like you, we are in a dilemma: Cancellation of the Olympic Games would destroy the Olympic dream of 11,000 athletes from all 206...
LANE ONE: Vise is tightening on Tokyo 2020 as USA Swimming, USA Track &...
Until Friday, the calls for postponement or cancellation of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games had mostly come from individual athletes. Some were expansive, some...
LANE ONE: No change in the IOC position on Tokyo 2020 on Wednesday, or...
“I think the goal is definitely to get to the 24th July and the Tokyo Olympic Games but we also have to be realistic...
THE BIG PICTURE: IOC continues to plan for Tokyo Games as scheduled, but key...
“ith more than four months to go before the Games there is no need for any drastic decisions at this stage; and any speculation...
LANE ONE: Sure, the Tokyo Games are threatened by Covid-19, but what about Beijing...
The spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19) around the world is wreaking havoc with sporting events all over the globe and is threatening the Games...
LANE ONE: Bach gets 13 of 14 questions about the coronavirus and Tokyo, but...
It was obvious that something was up, as Wednesday’s news conference with International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach (GER) was much more crowded than...
THE BIG PICTURE: IOC expects Tokyo Games to go on as scheduled, passes on...
Within the Olympic world, Tuesday’s attention was on Lausanne and the meeting of the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee ... and the...
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