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A group of American athletes, led by 1968 Olympian John Carlos, Saturday published a letter to the International Olympic Committee and International Paralympic Committee urging the abolition of IOC Charter Rule 50. The letter was sent on behalf of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee Athletes’ ...

New Book 'Unfair Play: The Battle For Women's Sport' is Released “This book is dedicated to my family, who’ve had to put up with my crusade for justice these last few years. “It’s also for the wonderful men and women who have taken on the abuse and fought alongside me for fair play, safety and the r...

Kirsty Coventry Among Seven Candidates for IOC Presidency International Swimming Hall of Famer Kirsty Coventry was named Monday as one of seven candidates to succeed Thomas Bach as the president of the International Olympic Committee. Coventry is the only female candidate. The Zimbabwean is the only...

Commentary by Casey Barrett The damage control arrived in my Inbox the next morning. The IOC wanted me to know that it is “totally relaxed” about Olympians wearing the rings tattoo in competition. IOC Director of Communications, Mark Adams, wrote that: “this announcement was made by the IPC not the ...

IOC Re-Elects Kirsty Coventry to Executive Board The International Olympic Committee (IOC) re-elected 2023 International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) inductee Kirsty Coventry to its executive board on Monday. Coventry, from Zimbabwe, was re-elected with Prince Feisal al Hussein of Jordan to the exe...

Through Jim Thorpe Decision, IOC Has Opened Door to Right Wrongs of East German Doping So, the door is ajar? Is that what the International Olympic Committee has suggested? Seems to be the case. A few days ago, in what can only be described as a terrific decision, the IOC declared American Jim Thorp...

IOC Hails G7’s Stance as ‘Fully Aligned’ With It on Russian Athlete Participation The International Olympic Committee this week hailed a statement by the Group of 7 nations that it portrayed as “fully aligned” with the IOC’s stance on how athletes from Russia and Belarus might re-enter international...

Further doubt has been cast on Tokyo 2020 going ahead next year by the head of the Japan Medical Association (JMA) Yoshitake Yokokura in the wake of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Games were moved back a year last month after the pandemic forced the cancellation of sporting events worldwid...

It could well be a case of “Australians let us all rejoice” when the IOC Members cast their votes on Brisbane’s “irresistible bid” to host the 2032 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games. The IOC Executive Board has overnight unanimously approved Brisbane’s proposal to host Australia’s third Olympics w...

The postponement last week of the Women’s Olympic Water Polo Qualifier—scheduled for March 8 - 15 in Trieste, Italy, but now postponed to May 17-24—continued a pattern of athletic event disruption by the novel coronavirus, which has infected 90,000 people world-wide, and claimed 3,000 lives. [FINA P...

Tokyo 2020 To Become Tokyo 2021 The International Olympic Committee has announced the postponement of the Olympic Games to 2021 "at the latest" as the coronavirus (COVID-21) pandemic continues its relentless march across the world. The decision marks the first time in Olympic history that the Games ...

IOC Caves to Allow Russian Athletes at Paris Olympics Under ‘Strict’ Conditions The executive board of the International Olympic Committee on Friday caved to pressure to allow Russian and Belarussian athletes to compete at the Paris Olympics under ‘strict eligibility conditions.’ The athletes will c...

We end our memories of the boycotted Moscow 1980 Olympic Games with an overview of the swimming events, the truth that emerged down the years and a review of the races over the closing two finals sessions of the meet and where they left the protagonists, at that moment and in the long-term of life ....

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has announced their investigation approach regarding the recent allegations regarding the 2014 Sochi Olympics after CBS 60 Minutes and The New York Times published pieces last week regarding doping misconduct and an alleged state-run doping program that included d...

Commentary by Bruce Wigo, CEO of International Swimming Hall of Fame. From the Middle Ages to the dawn of the 20th century, women were discouraged from participating or even watching physical activity. This view was held because a woman was supposed to be passive, obedient and the “weaker sex." In f...

Catch up on the notable swims from the meet and the other biggest stories across the world from this week below in the week that was! The Week That Was #5 - Four More Join USA Roster For Open Water Pan Pac Team [caption id="attachment_264226" align="alignnone" width="700"] Photo Courtesy: Aaron Dost...

How Tokyo Plans to Run a Safe Olympic Games Olympic organisers insist the emphasis is on safety as they unveiled new guidelines for international federation and technical officials who are expected to attend Tokyo 2020. The Olympics are scheduled to run from 23 July - 8 August with the Paralympics ....

Tokyo 2020 will take place from 23 July to 8 August 2021, the International Olympic Committee have announced. The Olympic Games were scheduled to start on 24 July 2020 but the relentless march of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic meant they were postponed last week for the first time in their hist...

IOC Recommends Barring Russian, Belarusian Athletes After Invasion of Ukraine The executive board of International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Monday recommended the exclusion of Russian and Belarusian athletes from international events during the former nation’s military invasion of Ukraine. In the ...

IOC Withdraws Doping Case Against Australia's Brenton Rickard Who Is Left Holding A $50,000 Bill To Clear Name Nightmare doping charges that emerged some eight years after the London Olympics against Australian triple Olympic swimming medalist Brenton Rickard have today been withdrawn by the Interna...