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McDonald's Named One Of 15 Contracted Caterers For 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics05 / 24 / 13McDonald's "will get a triumphant welcome in Sochi as the event's official restaurant," according to Lena Smirnova of the MOSCOW TIMES. As one of 15 contracted caterers to the 2014 Sochi Olympics, "the world's largest fast food chain and nine-time official restaurant partner of the games will build ... |
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Organizers for the 2014 Sochi Olympics said Thursday that 2,500 doping tests "will be conducted at the Winter Games next February, surpassing the total at the Vancouver Games four years ago" ( R-SPORT, 5/23 ). ... The Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) has directed the concerned officials of Army, ...
CAS Rejects Murofushi's Appeal
The Court of Arbitration for Sport has "rejected Japanese hammer thrower Koji Murofushi's appeal against the blocking of his election" to the IOC's Athletes Commission, according to Karolos Grohmann of REUTERS. The court said the main reason for turning down his appeal was that the Japanese Olympic ...
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The first of two traction substations "that will power Olympic train services in Sochi next year has gone live." The new rail route "will transport Olympic visitors from the main Olympic village near Adler to the Alpika Service Mountain Resort through a series of six tunnels and 23 bridges" ( ...
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Flawed Strategy Jeopardizing Tokyo '20
With just over three months until the IOC votes on the 2020 Olympic host city, the bid "seems adrift and still lacking a cogent message about why Tokyo should host the biggest global sporting event," according to Jack Gallagher of the JAPAN TIMES. Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose’s recent "unfortunate c ...
Russian Oligarchs Footing Sochi Bill
The mountains of Sochi "are now home to Potanin's slope, Gazprom's gondola lift and Sberbank's ski jump," according to Nataliya Vasilyeva of the AP. The nicknames used by locals and an army of construction workers "leave no doubt about who is paying for the 2014 Winter Games: Russia's business power ...
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Japan Wrestling Federation President Tomiaki Fukuda said Monday that wrestling "has done everything it can to try to stay on the Olympic program" beyond '16. Fukuda said, "As FILA, we've exhausted all our options. We'll just have to see how the IOC feels about it" ( KYODO, 5/20 ). ... A new "Mario ...
Brazil Construction Displaces Families
A study says that as Brazil prepares to host several sporting mega-events, "human rights abuses and authoritarian interventions by the authorities are going on behind the scenes, favoring major urbanization projects and stadium remodeling," according to Fabiola Ortiz of the INTER PRESS SERVICE. ...
Figures Reveal Olympic Torch Relay Cost
England's largest local councils spent more than £6M hosting the Olympic Torch for last year's Games, figures published on the one-year anniversary of the start of the relay show, according to the London EVENING STANDARD. On average, authorities paid out just over £40,000 "to host the fl ...
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Wrestling Makes Drastic Changes For IOC
Newly elected FILA President Nenad Lalovic said that wrestling has "introduced drastic changes designed to keep the ancient sport in the Olympic programme," according to Gennady Fyodorov of REUTERS. More categories for women, eliminating draws and cutting down the number of competitors "are just som ...
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London Sells Olympic Media Centre
Mayor Boris Johnson Thursday claimed that "the legacy of the Olympic Park had been secured as he announced a deal" to take the £300M ($459M) media centre off taxpayers’ hands, according to Matthew Beard of the London EVENING STANDARD. The former Olympic broadcast studio, which was ...
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