Tag: Olympic
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Student-Athletes on the Olympic Medal Podium
LONDON – August 18, 2012: Now that the London Olympic Games are closed we provide you with one more update of former FISU student-athletes who mounted the Olympic medal podium. Below you will find those athletes who medaled during the last days of the Olympic competitions. In total 94 former SU/WUC participants won an Olympic…
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FISU Student-Athletes claim the Olympic Podium,
Lausanne – Switzerland, August 17, 2012: Olympic Podium, At the Olympic Games in London, former SU/WUC participants continue to climb the medal podium so we continue the list we started earlier. Below an update. – Daniele Molmenti: London 2012 Men’s Kayak K1 gold medal and bronze, in Krakow Poland 2006 5th WUC, K1 – Illya Zakharov:…
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Commentary Line-up for London Live Streams
Germany, August 15, 2012: Streams, The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced the names of its nine strong commentary team who will talk viewers through more than 780 hours of live sport on www.paralympic.org during the London 2012 Paralympic Games. The team, who will provide English and Spanish commentary for the IPC, has over 100…
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UN ignites the flame of social change
Geneva, August 13, 2012: Flame, The London 2012 Olympic Games came to an end yesterday and are already widely lauded as an overall success, with plenty of historic moments that will stay fresh in the minds of many for years to come. But beyond the stadiums, courts and fields where sporting excellence prevailed, the event…
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Medal positions triathlon confirmed
London – GBR, August 11, 2012: The ad hoc Division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has denied the appeal filed by the Swedish NOC and the Swedish Triathlon Federation (STF) against the decision of the International Triathlon Union (ITU) issued on 8 August 2012. The applicants sought to have Lisa Norden ranked…
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IOC bans Alex Schwazer from competing at London
London – GBR, August 10, 2012: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today announced that it had declared Italian athlete Alex Schwazer (race walking) ineligible to compete at the Games of the XXX Olympiad in London for an anti-doping rule violation. Schwazer, 27, provided a urine sample on 30 July in Calice, Italy, that tested positive…
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IOC disqualifies American judoka Nicholas
London – GBR, August 06, 2012: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today announced that it has disqualified American judoka Nicholas Delpopolo from the men’s 73kg judo event of the Games of the XXX Olympiad in London. Immediately after his participation in the event on 30 July, Delpopolo, 23, provided a urine sample that tested positive…
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Two athletes for failing anti-doping tests
London – GBR, August 04, 2012: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today announced that it had excluded Russian athlete Victoria Baranova (cycling-track, women’s sprint) and provisionally suspended Colombian athlete Diego Palomeque Echavarria (athletics, men’s 400m) from the Games of the XXX Olympiad in London. Baranova provided a urine sample on 24 July in Ratomka, Belarus,…
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Buenos Aires 2018 sends good luck wishes
Buenos Aires – Argentina, August 01, 2012: The Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games Bid today sent good luck wishes to the 137 Argentinean athletes who are competing at London 2012. The messages of support by Buenos Aires 2018 were expressed with banners displayed across the open spaces of Buenos Aires city centre. Mauricio Macri,…
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IOC excludes artistic gymnast after B sample
London – GBR, August 01, 2012: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today announced that Uzbek athlete Luiza Galiulina (artistic gymnastics) has been excluded from the Games of the XXX Olympiad in London. Galiulina provided a urine sample on 25 July that tested positive for the prohibited substance furosemide. The analysis of the B sample confirmed…