Up to 5,000 people are expected to be in Singapore for the IOC meeting and vote for the host of the 2012 Olympics.
This influx is expected to generate $24M for the local economy.
Saturday, May 07, 2005
Thursday, May 05, 2005
IOC Blow It
Dick Pound, World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) chairman, claims that both the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the official lab of the Athens Olympics made mistakes that enabled time-trial champion Tyler Hamilton to escape charges of alleged blood doping.
Quote:
"As far as I understand...(the lab director) blew it and also the IOC blew it,".
Hamilton tested positive for a blood transfusion in August, after winning the Olympic time-trial gold medal.
However, he kept his gold medal because the IOC said the result of a follow-up sample was "non-conclusive" because it had been destroyed by being deep-frozen.
Pound went on to say:
"The lab director didn't deal with (the sample) right away as a positive case, and the IOC didn't notice the problem for several days...It should have been reported as a positive case instead of merely suspicious, and the IOC should have been reading these forms every day...they didn't respond quickly enough,".
In December, Greek prosecutors launched an investigation into the blunder. They say that they want to determine if the deep freezing was deliberate or negligent.
Quote:
"As far as I understand...(the lab director) blew it and also the IOC blew it,".
Hamilton tested positive for a blood transfusion in August, after winning the Olympic time-trial gold medal.
However, he kept his gold medal because the IOC said the result of a follow-up sample was "non-conclusive" because it had been destroyed by being deep-frozen.
Pound went on to say:
"The lab director didn't deal with (the sample) right away as a positive case, and the IOC didn't notice the problem for several days...It should have been reported as a positive case instead of merely suspicious, and the IOC should have been reading these forms every day...they didn't respond quickly enough,".
In December, Greek prosecutors launched an investigation into the blunder. They say that they want to determine if the deep freezing was deliberate or negligent.
Wednesday, May 04, 2005
Size Matters
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has decided that size matters after all.
They have imposed a ruling on sports manufacturers to reduce the sizes of uniform logos for the 2006 Torino Winter Olympics.
The IOC are to ban brand logos larger than 3.1 square inches, or 7.8 square centimeters, on uniforms starting at next year's Games.
Addidas and Nike are reportedly working on changes.
They have imposed a ruling on sports manufacturers to reduce the sizes of uniform logos for the 2006 Torino Winter Olympics.
The IOC are to ban brand logos larger than 3.1 square inches, or 7.8 square centimeters, on uniforms starting at next year's Games.
Addidas and Nike are reportedly working on changes.
Tuesday, May 03, 2005
Money For Competing
Seattle SuperSonics guard Ray Allen is reported to have said that NBA players should be paid for appearing at the Olympics.
Quote:
"You're dealing with a different animal than the other sports..You've got people who are selling out buildings (venues) and if you want these particular (NBA) players there, how do you get them there?..You're making money off their merchandising. You're not making money off the discus thrower."
He added:
"I'm by no means saying I need to get paid..but you're talking about some of these young players who are some of the best players in the world and why would they want to play in the summer?..Most athletes, they hunger for the Olympics every four years. They spend their lives wanting to get there and that's what they want to do..But we're different. We've just finished an 82-game season and we want to chill out."
He said that salaries for the NBA professionals could be generated from merchandise that is sold featuring the players.
The Olympics is all about money anyway, what possible difference would this proposal make?
Otherwise, these guys needn't bother going and the Games will continue without them.
Quote:
"You're dealing with a different animal than the other sports..You've got people who are selling out buildings (venues) and if you want these particular (NBA) players there, how do you get them there?..You're making money off their merchandising. You're not making money off the discus thrower."
He added:
"I'm by no means saying I need to get paid..but you're talking about some of these young players who are some of the best players in the world and why would they want to play in the summer?..Most athletes, they hunger for the Olympics every four years. They spend their lives wanting to get there and that's what they want to do..But we're different. We've just finished an 82-game season and we want to chill out."
He said that salaries for the NBA professionals could be generated from merchandise that is sold featuring the players.
The Olympics is all about money anyway, what possible difference would this proposal make?
Otherwise, these guys needn't bother going and the Games will continue without them.
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