Tag: Agenda 2020
Nick Butler: IOC Evaluation Commissions Must do More to Foresee Problems in Olympic Organizing...
Inspection and reflection season has begun in International Olympic Committee (IOC) circles; an opportunity to consider the good, the bad and the ugly before...
Tokyo Governor, IOC Agree to Review 2020 Olympic Games Costs
Urged by IOC President Thomas Bach to cut costs of the Tokyo Olympics, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike accepted Bach’s proposal for a four-party working...
Rowbottom: Departing Grandee of World Gymnastics Offers his Final Judgments
So here’s the problem with gymnastics. Unlike athletics and swimming, the other big beasts of the Olympics, it requires judging; and getting judgments to...
Armour: Tokyo Games Could Cost $30 Billion, Putting Future of Olympics at Risk
Consider this the line in the sand for the International Olympic Committee.
Within a matter of hours Thursday, a panel of experts warned that costs...
Exclusive: Gender-Equal Bodyweight Categories Proposed in Principle by International Weightlifting Federation
The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has agreed in principle to introduce an additional bodyweight category for women, equalling the eight already existing for men.
Since...
UCI President calls for positive, open debate on Olympic Sports Programme
UCI President, Brian Cookson, has today called for "a positive and open debate about the future of the Olympic sports programme."
Speaking from UCI HQ...