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HEARD AT HALFTIME: German athletes barely care about Rule 50; Canadian athletes split on...
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LANE ONE: LA28 revenue chief Kathy Carter on the planning effort: “we’re looking at...
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THE TICKER: Duplantis clears outdoor-best 6.15 m (20-2) in Rome; Diack gets two years...
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LANE ONE: Gwen Berry’s Pan Am protest: “I had to make my stance in...
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LANE ONE: On Tokyo 2020+1: “The only thing we can always say is: it...
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HEARD AT HALFTIME: Comebacking Bromell steams to 9.90 win in Florida; honors for Jim...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport (updated):
● Athletics ● The comeback story of 2020 is 2016 Olympic sprinter...
LANE ONE: IOC’s 2019 financial statements show $2.1 billion in advances to organizing committees;...
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THE BIG PICTURE: Tokyo 2020 moves forward slowly, but talk about the Games is...
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THE BIG PICTURE: Bach warns of new boycott threats; Tokyo confirms venues; IOC approves...
Amidst the concerns for the staging of the next Olympic Games in Tokyo, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach (GER) opened the 136th IOC...
THE TICKER: Pound opines if Tokyo ‘21 cancels, so might Beijing ‘22; The Athletics...
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LANE ONE: Bach underlines partnership with organizers as Dakar 2022 YOG moved to 2026;...
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LANE ONE: FINA’s own status report sees a bright future for aquatic sports, but...
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LANE ONE: Bankruptcy judge’s order to Nassar survivors, USA Gymnastics, USOPC and insurers: settle...
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LANE ONE: Protest or not to protest? The IOC’s choices are hardly black or...
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HEARD AT HALFTIME: Diack calls son “a thug,” Tokyo sponsors wavering on 2021, Australia-New...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Vox Populi ● Further to our Lane One column for 10 June...
LANE ONE: Racism becomes issue one for IOC, but consensus will be favored over...
There are plenty of people who will tell you the International Olympic Committee is deaf. Not this time.
Although the preparations for Tokyo 2020 were...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: Ajan says McLaren Report charges “unfounded” while 11-year-old skateboarder Brown survives...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
“The claims against me are unfounded”
That’s the reply of former International Weightlifting Federation...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: Remembering the day Jesse Owens set six world records in 45...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Athletics ● Today is Memorial Day in the United States, remembering those...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: What’s in the IOC’s $650 million cost for postponing Tokyo; Stefanidi...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Vox Populi ● We received a lot of response to Sunday’s Lane...
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...
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