Tag: Rio 2016
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IOC executive board proposes rule change for athletes, sponsors during Olympics
Generic, non-Olympic advertising by athletes during the Olympics will be allowed if an International Olympic Committee executive board proposal is approved in July. The board proposed changes to Rule 40 and Rule 50 of the Olympic Charter, the IOC said Thursday. “It has to do with advertising around the games, on a social media site, or…
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Conheça os mascotes – Meet the mascots | Rio 2016
On 2 October 2009, when Rio de Janeiro was elected to host the Games, the great explosion of joy amongst Brazilians was felt by nature and from this energy the mascots were born.
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Australian Olympic Committee to fight late night swimming starts at Rio Games
Australian Olympic Committee president John Coates says his organisation will fight what he calls an unreasonable proposal to hold some of the swimming finals at the 2016 Rio Games late at night. American TV networks want the final sessions to begin at 10:00pm local time, meaning some gold medals would be decided after midnight. Coates…
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Chad Le Clos confident of beating Phelps again in Rio
Chad le Clos, one of the few men to have beaten Michael Phelps at the Olympics, has thrown down the challenge to his old rival, urging him to get back into training so they can have a rematch at Rio in 2016. […] “I really, really hope that he and his team decide to swim…
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Cesar Cielo calling for Rio 2016 volunteers – BOOOORAAAA!
Cesar Cielo is calling you to volunteer. Accept the challenge? Then BOOOORAAAA!
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Eamon Sullivan targeting Rio Olympics
See news.com.au Eamon Sullivan aims to have one last crack at Olympic gold at 2016 Rio Olympics before he calls it quits, with the three-time Olympian currently preparing for the Glasgow Commonwealth games.
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Note to Olympic Sailors: Don’t Fall in Rio’s Water
See NY Times Nico Delle Karth, an Austrian sailor preparing for the 2016 Summer Olympics, said it was the foulest place he had ever trained. Garbage bobbed on the surface, everything from car tires to floating mattresses. The water reeked so badly of sewage that he was afraid to put his feet in it to…
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IOC says ‘totally unfeasible’ for London to step in for Rio as 2016 Olympics host
Read The Guardian Much to the disappointment of those hoping for an action replay of the heady summer of 2012, the International Olympic Committee has rejected as “totally unfeasible” claims that London could step in for troubled Rio to host the 2016 Olympics. A report in the London Evening Standard has claimed that the capital had been secretly sounded…
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Rio 2016 so far behind schedule IOC ‘make secret plea’ to reuse London
Read The Telegraph. And jeez. So worried are Olympic organisers by how far behind schedule the 2016 Rio Games has fallen, London has reportedly been asked, in secret, if it could host the event at the last minute. According to the London Evening Standard, an informal approach has been made by IOC chiefs to ascertain whether London’s…