Tag: Tokyo 2020
TSX INTEL REPORT: The Int’l Swimming League is half over; have you noticed? +...
≡ TSX INTELLIGENCE REPORT ~ 4 November 2019 ≡
● LANE ONE ● Is the International Swimming League making an impact? It doesn't appear to be making...
THE BIG PICTURE: Tokyo concedes event moves to Sapporo, but gets back $100+ million?
The tug-of-war over the location of the Olympic marathons and race walks for 2020 was concluded on Friday during the meeting of the International...
TSX INTEL REPORT: More events to be moved from Tokyo due to heat? Here...
= TSX INTELLIGENCE REPORT ~ 1 November 2019 =
● LANE ONE ● IOC moves Tokyo marathons and walks, but are there still more events to be moved?
The International...
LANE ONE: IOC moves Tokyo marathons and walks, but are there still more events...
The International Olympic Committee’s ninth Coordination Commission meeting is underway in Tokyo, and there is a lot to talk about with less than a...
TSX INTEL REPORT: Russia sends more answers to WADA on “manipulated” doping data; NCAA...
≡ TSX INTELLIGENCE REPORT ~ 30 October 2019 ≡
● LEADING OFF ● Russian Sports Ministry sends responses to WADA inquiries
The question of what to...
LANE ONE: IOC’s Bach says Salazar case “raises serious concerns”; no vote on 2032...
“We have also discussed the Salazar case, which is very worrying and raises serious concerns, but we are confident that will look into...
TSX DAILY: Why WADA in charge of the Russian data case, not the IOC...
≡ TSX DAILY ~ 30 September 2019 ≡
| 1. | LANE ONE: Why Russia's situation for Tokyo rests with the World Anti-Doping Agency and not...
LANE ONE: Why Russia’s situation for Tokyo rests with the World Anti-Doping Agency and...
At Friday’s joint news conference between the International Olympic Committee chief Thomas Bach of Germany and IAAF President Sebastian Coe of Great Britain, the...
TSX DAILY: Middle East politics part of Israeli judoka’s path to World Champs gold;...
≡ TSX DAILY ~ 29 August 2019 ≡
| 1. | LEADING OFF: Israel’s Muki wins Judo Worlds gold, but not a handshake from beaten Egyptian
The...
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...
VOLLEYBALL: Men’s Olympic qualifying tourneys will send six to Tokyo; U.S. is in Rotterdam
After a dramatic weekend of women’s qualifying, the men’s Olympic qualifying tournaments are on this week, with six tickets to be punched for Tokyo...
TSX DAILY: Stunning results at U.S. swim Nationals, anti-Games activists channeling Groucho, and remembering...
= TSX DAILY ~ 5 August 2019 =
| 1. | SWIMMING: New talent shines at the 2019 USA Swimming Nationals, as if the U.S. didn’t...
LANE ONE: Anti-Olympic activists appear to be getting their strategy from … Prof. Quincy...
In one of the most riotous comedies of all time and a world-class spoof of American college life, Professor Quincy Adams Wagstaff addressed the...
HEARD AFTER HALFTIME: Another 2012 gold medalist caught for doping; Katie Ledecky speaks and...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Games of the XXX Olympiad: London 2012 ● The International Olympic Committee...
LANE ONE: You want transparency? Look to World Rowing and you will see it,...
There has been much made of the lack of transparency, not to mention outright secrecy or deceit within the International Federations which govern sports...
ARCHERY Preview: More than a dozen Olympic and World medalists at Tokyo test event
The World Archery World Cup in Berlin ended last Sunday, but a lot of the top shooters in the world didn’t go home; they...
HEARD AFTER HALFTIME: Semenya’s appeal of IAAF regulations filed with the Swiss Federal Tribunal
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...
LANE ONE: The IOC keeps changing the Games, and not a minute too soon
International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach has said – with good reason – that the Olympic Movement is in pretty good shape at the...
LANE ONE: Is the Tokyo swimming schedule better for Katie Ledecky or Caeleb Dressel?
/Updated: see Endnote/ Now that the Tokyo organizers have released much of the detail of the 2020 Olympic sports schedules, it’s finally possible to...
LANE ONE: Morning swimming and track finals in Tokyo are the price of funding...
“Having finals in the morning, as requested by the International Olympic Committee, will enhance the visibility of athletics across all time zones.”
That comment from...
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