Tag: Tamas Ajan
THE TICKER: Arbitration panel “all about the athletes” to trim WADA sanctions on Russia;...
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LANE ONE: The top stories of 2021 from 10 to 6: Biles, Dressel and...
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LANE ONE: The top-10 stories of 2020, a year most of us would like...
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THE TICKER: Athletes will be in-and-out of Tokyo; IOC unhappy with AIBA, IWF and...
The latest news, notes and quotes from the worldwide Five-Ring Circus:
● Games of the XXXII Olympiad: Tokyo 2020 ● The Tokyo 2020 organizing committee...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: WADA-U.S. war of words continues; Bach visits Tokyo; Dressel and Shields...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Games of the XXXII Olympiad: Tokyo 2020 ● International Olympic Committee chief...
LANE ONE: Bach heading to Tokyo next week; “very confident” on 2021; athletes OK...
“Given the toolbox we are putting together and given the latest and very recent developments with regard to rapid testing and vaccination, we are...
LANE ONE: Stunning WADA report shows IWF, some national weightlifting federations “allowed doping to...
On Tuesday, the International Weightlifting Federation posted a note celebrating the support of “more than one hundred Member Federations” for a Constitution Reform Congress...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: Tokyo 2020 announces “simplification” measures; IOC concerns mount on Italian government...
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HEARD AT HALFTIME: Gymnastics case judge considers settlement conference, while World Rowing faces hard...
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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...
THE BIG PICTURE: McLaren Report paints picture of ex-weightlifting chief Ajan at top of...
Not only validating, but going well beyond the charges leveled in January’s “The Lord of the Lifters” documentary on German television, an independent report...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: Coe on Kenya and doping: “The Russian situation is entirely different”...
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● Athletics ● During our online time with World Athletics chief Sebastian Coe...
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...
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...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: Another McLaren report coming, this time on weightlifting and Tamas Ajan
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Weightlifting ● After his much-praised reports on the Russian doping scandal in...
LANE ONE: Ajan steps down as International Weightlifting Federation head for now, American Ursula...
One of the seemingly eternal figures in international sport, Hungary’s Tamas Ajan, agreed to “step away” from his position as the elected President of...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: Weightlifting could face IOC suspension; AIBA wants a new name and...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Weightlifting ● The fire under the International Weightlifting Federation is getting hotter.
The...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: Diack trial postponed after son’s testimony shows up from Senegal
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
The new year has barely begun and the headlines are all about doping,...
THE BIG PICTURE: German documentary drops a bomb on weightlifting, alleging doping and financial...
The folks who brought you the Russian doping scandal in December of 2014 are back at it again.
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