Tag: International Paralympic Committee
LANE ONE: IOC’s “Olympic Summit” needles U.S. Congress and USOPC, pushes away from “gaming”;...
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HEARD AT HALFTIME: Bach stresses unity; Coleman suspended for two years; Leeper loses CAS...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● International Olympic Committee ● IOC President Thomas Bach of Germany has been...
LANE ONE: After 79 years, the Paralympic Games deserves to have the world stage...
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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...
THE TICKER: Everyone wants in on the Russian appeal of its suspension by WADA
The latest news, notes and quotes from the worldwide Five-Ring Circus:
● Doping ● It seems that everybody is in on the appeal of the...
TSX REPORT: The World Beach Games came and went; did you notice? + Paris...
≡ TSX REPORT ~ 24 October 2019 ≡
● LANE ONE ● What was all the fuss about the World Beach Games, anyway?
Although a major topic of discussion...
THE BIG PICTURE: International Paralympic Committee reports record $26.9 million revenues for 2018
Say what you will about the evils of money, the key metric for the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) to continue its growth as a...
LANE ONE: Here we go again – Russia could be suspended after evidence of...
Last week was a great one for Russian sport ... until the news began leaking out about a possible calamity.
Russia hosted the men’s World...
THE BIG PICTURE: Int’l Paralympic Committee reinstates Russia, but with lot of conditions
Since the Russian doping scandal broke in 2015, the International Paralympic Committee has been much stronger in its dealings with its Russian National Paralympic...
LANE ONE: International Paralympic Committee to Malaysia: no Israel, no World Championships
It has not been lost on observers of the Olympic Movement that if you want to find an organization with a disciplinary backbone, look...
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...
THE BIG PICTURE: Malaysia signals anti-Semitism is alive and well, even for Paralympic sport
According to Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, the two Israeli swimmers who have applied for visas for the World Paralympic Swimming Championships cannot compete...
LANE ONE: Russia readmitted by WADA, causing it to split apart
The World Anti-Doping Agency’s Executive Committee did a curious thing on Thursday during its meeting in the Seychelles: by re-integrating Russia into its membership,...
When will the Int’l Paralympic Committee give its athletes the spotlight?
TSX HEADLINES – for Mar. 12, 2018: With considerable fanfare, the heads of the International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee signed an...
When will the Int’l Paralympic Committee give its athletes the spotlight?
TSX HEADLINES – for Mar. 12, 2018: With considerable fanfare, the heads of the International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee signed an...
PyeongChang preview no. 1: Bobsleigh
TSX HEADLINES – for Jan. 31, 2018: The frantic pace of the winter World Cups has finally slowed down enough to start looking ahead...
PyeongChang preview no. 1: Bobsleigh
TSX HEADLINES – for Jan. 31, 2018: The frantic pace of the winter World Cups has finally slowed down enough to start looking ahead...