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Paris Games opening ceremony set for sunset

Weekend Rap - 03/10/2024
The opening ceremony of the Paris Games along the river Seine will be "held during sunset" in what will be the first time an Olympic opening ceremony will be “held outside a stadium setting." About 10,500 athletes will "parade through the heart" of Paris on boats on the Seine...

Bach: Israel's Olympic status not in question

Closing Bell - 03/06/2024
IOC President Thomas Bach today said that Israel faces "no threat to its Olympic status ahead of the Paris Games despite the conflict in Gaza." Some of the "scattered calls Israel has faced for sporting sanction since October have come from Russia," which is "isolated in world...

Commission: SafeSport should be independent

Closing Bell - 03/01/2024
A commission charged with reviewing the Olympic system in the U.S. recommended Congress "rework key facets" of the U.S. Center for SafeSport, "including making it completely independent of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee and reimagining the way it deals with cases in the grassroots" ( AP, 3/1...

Macron inaugurates Paris 2024 Olympic village

Closing Bell - 02/29/2024
French President Emmanuel Macron today "officially inaugurated the 2024 Olympic village and praised the legacy the Games will leave to Paris." The keys to the 52-hectare village, "just north of Paris along the Seine," were officially handed to the Olympics organizers today. The ceremony saw...

Paris '24 Paralympics set for broadcasting record

Morning Buzz - 02/28/2024
The Paris Paralympics later this summer will set a record for number of broadcasters for the Games. The International Paralympic Committee and Paris 2024 announced today that media rights holders in more than 160 countries and territories plan to broadcast the Paralympics, which run Aug. 28 to Sept....

USADA partners with Ember LifeSciences to enhance blood sample shipping processes

The US Anti-Doping Agency is partnering with Ember LifeSciences, whose expertise is cold storage, for enhanced shipping of athlete blood samples for the upcoming Olympic Trials. The Ember Cube preserves temperature-sensitive deliveries, primarily for vaccines and pharmaceuticals, and was first used in sports last year at the Boston and...
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