The latest entry in the surprisingly robust YouTube subgenre of viral college gymnastics routines dropped over the weekend, flooding timelines everywhere and generating national media attention rare for the parochial sport. The footage of UCLA senior Nia Dennis tumbling and swaying...
The Japanese government has vehemently denied a story that it has privately concluded that this summer’s Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo are doomed, calling them “categorically untrue”. Sources at the International Olympic Committee have also told the Guardian that...
Dick Pound, a senior member of the International Olympic Committee, has said he “can’t be certain” that the delayed Tokyo 2020 Games will go ahead this summer, as a coronavirus state of emergency was declared in the host city. Asked about the...
Dick Pound, a senior member of the International Olympic Committee, has said he “can’t be certain” that the delayed Tokyo 2020 Games will go ahead this summer, as a coronavirus state of emergency was declared in the host city. Asked about the...
When Japanese and International Olympic Committee officials finally accepted defeat in March and postponed the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, there was general agreement that a one-year wait would give the world ample time to overcome the coronavirus pandemic. The delayed Olympics, the then...
Teenage Olympic hopeful Kaylee McKeown has set the ‘virtual’ Australian national short-course swimming championships alight by smashing the six-year-old 200m backstroke world record in Brisbane. No one was more surprised by her blistering time than 19-year-old McKeown, who clocked 1...
In much of the world, the end of the year and the beginning of the new one are times of festivity, with many different celebrations taking place. But what do all these celebrations have in common? They're a chance to...
The IOC and Paris 2024 worked in close collaboration with the relevant International Federations to develop the updated concept, with important input also provided by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and public stakeholders. Paris 2024’s optimised strategy signals a new...
Adopted by the IOC Session at its meeting in Monaco in December 2014, Olympic Agenda 2020 is a set of 40 detailed recommendations whose overarching goal was to safeguard the Olympic values and strengthen the role of sport in society....
Speaking after the meeting, IOC President Thomas Bach said: “As part of the COVID countermeasures, the IOC has elaborated, together with Tokyo 2020 and all other stakeholders, including of course the Athletes’ Commission, on joint guidelines which should serve all the...
