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Court of Arbitration For Sport Rejects Murofushi's Appeal Against IOC Election Block05 / 23 / 13The 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 ... Tags: Olympics |
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Bolt Is Track & Field's Top Draw
Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt “remains track’s most thrilling performer and its economic engine,” according to Tim Layden of SI. U.S. shot putter Adam Nelson said, “Without Bolt, I suppose we have no sport.” Layden writes the 100m and 200m races at the London Games &ldqu ...
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Olympic Medals Most Expensive Ever
The Olympic medals for this summer's London Games will be "the most expensive in history," according to LEFIGARO.fr. Mining Corporation Rio-Tinto needed to extract eight tons of gold, silver and copper from Mongolia and Utah to make the 4,700 medals for these Games. With the increasing price of gold ...
Analysts: G4S Will Continue To Thrive
In the minds of the public, politicians and media, the world's biggest security company G4S is "fatally damaged after completely mangling its eight-week contract to provide security for the London Olympics," according to Simon Neville of the London GUARDIAN. However, analysts who have followed G4S f ...
Union Leader Accuses Ministers Over Strike
The union leader behind a planned 24-hour strike involving Heathrow immigration workers the day before the Olympic Games "has insisted the stoppage can be averted and accused ministers of whipping up hysteria about disruption ahead of the event," according to Brian Groom of the FINANCIAL TIMES. Publ ...
What To Expect At The Ceremony
Director Danny Boyle and his team "have gone to extraordinary lengths" to keep the content of Friday's opening ceremony secret, according to Sawer & Duffin of the London TELEGRAPH. Volunteer performers each signed pledges that they "would not reveal details to outsiders, and professional technic ...
Olympics Notes
Andy Murray and the rest of Great Britain’s tennis players are "determined to soak up the Olympic team spirit" generated at London 2012, but will have to do most of it "at a distance." Geography dictates none of the British tennis team will be staying in the Olympic Village during competition. ...
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LOCOG Won't Ban Non-Sponsor Apparel
LOCOG officials said that London Games ticket-holders “will be 'free to wear the clothing of their choice' inside Games venues,” according to Shiv Malik of the GUARDIAN. LOCOG Chair Sebastian Coe previously had said that people "wearing advertising logos of non-Olympic sponsors woul ...
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Spain's Olympic Uniform Creates Buzz
Spain's garish red and yellow Olympic uniforms "have not gone down well with some athletes" and have become the "butt of jokes" on social media networks, according to Emma Pinedo of REUTERS. Russian company Bosco, who also designed the kits for Russia and Ukraine, provided Spain with uniforms "free ...
Borders Staff Plan Strike Before Olympics
Thousands of Home Office workers in London, including Border Agency staff, "are to go ahead with strike action" on the day before the Olympics, according to Jenny Booth of the LONDON TIMES. The striking workers will follow the July 26 strike action with "other forms of industrial action," such as an ...
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Outsourcing Of Security Questioned
British Labour Party leader Ed Miliband called for a rethink of the "outsourcing of policing" to private companies such as G4S, according to Alexandra Topping of the London GUARDIAN. This comes after the failure of the private security firm to meet its Olympic commitments, which forced the deploymen ...
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