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Male gymnasts
in London for world championships
October 8, 2009 (JoongAng
Daily): The Korean men’s gymnastics
team has departed for London to participate in the World
Gymnastics Championships. The 41st edition of the international
event will begin on Oct. 13 and will feature six categories. Team
competitions are not part of the event. >>
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Gymnastics:
Beth Tweddle aims for World Championship gold in London
October 8, 2009
(Chester Chronicle): Beth Tweddle is
aiming to add a second world title to her collection next week at
London’s O2 Arena. The Bunbury gymnast – who became Britain’s
first ever world champion when she struck gold on the uneven bars
in Denmark three years ago – is once more eyeing up international
glory at the 2009 World Championships in London, running from
Tuesday to Sunday. >>
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Former
Fernley resident to compete in World Gymnastics Championships
October 7, 2009 (RGJ.com):
Jake Dalton has spent the past two
years competing for USA Gymnastics' Junior National Team. Now, the
2009 Spanish Springs High School graduate and former Fernley
resident will compete in front of the world as a member of the
U.S. Men's World Championship Team.
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gymnastics competition coming to DCU
October 5, 2009 (telegram.com):
Bela Karolyi, the international gymnastics coach, was at the DCU
Center today to announce plans to hold a major gymnastics
competition at the arena in March. The Tyson American Cup, slated
for March 6, will feature the world's top gymnasts in an
all-around competition.
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Age probe of Chinese gymnasts ongoing
October 5, 2009
(Associated Press): A ruling on
whether China competed with two underage gymnasts at the 2000
Olympic Games in Sydney has been pushed back until at least next
year. A disciplinary commission of the International Gymnastics
Federation told that group's executive committee, which met Sept.
23-25, that it has yet to finish its investigation. >>
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U.S. women's World Team: Sloan, Bross, Hong,
Williams
October 4, 2009
(Examiner): At the end of September,
the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) sent the media a
list of "nominative" competitors for the 2009 London World
Championships. Penciled in to compete for the U.S. were Bridget
Sloan, Ivana Hong, Rebecca Bross and Kayla Williams. >
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Sloan headlines US women's team for worlds
October 4, 2009 (USA
Today): Olympic silver medalist and
current U.S. all-around champion Bridget Sloan headlines the
women's team that will compete at this month's World Gymnastics
Championships in London. Sloan, of Pittsboro, Ind., won her first
U.S. all-around title, as well as the uneven bars and floor
exercise, at the national championships in August. She was a
member of the squad that won silver at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
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Former world
champ Memmel quits world bid
October 2, 2009 (AFP):
Chellsie Memmel, the 2005 world
all-around champion, has withdrawn from the selection process for
the US team that will compete at the world championships, USA
Gymnastics announced Friday. Memmel, 21, was part of the American
women's squad that took silver in team competition at last year's
Beijing Olympics, but abandoned her bid to compete at this year's
worlds later this month in London. >>
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SPORTS WORLD
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Rugby and
Golf win IOC approval for Olympics inclusion
October 9, 2009
(Sport Business): Golf and rugby
sevens will both be on the programme for the 2016 and 2020 Summer
Olympic Games, after winning the approval of the International
Olympic Committee in a vote today. Figures from the sports and
from the sponsorship industry said that Olympics inclusion will
provide a major boost to both sports. >>
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IOC chief
Rogge re-elected until 2013
October 9, 2009
(Reuters): Jacques Rogge was
re-elected as president of the International Olympic Committee for
a second term until 2013 on Friday. Rogge, who ran unopposed, took
over in 2001 from Juan Antonio Samaranch as the eighth president
of the IOC since the organisation was founded in 1894, two years
before the first modern Games in Athens. >>
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Record-breaking $3.8bn TV revenues for Olympics
October 8, 2009
(Sport Business): The International
Olympic Committee has earned a record $3.8 billion in television
revenues from the 2010 to 2012 Olympic Games package, a $1.2
billion increase from the 2006 to 2008 cycle.
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London told
to choose 2012 venues
October 7, 2009
(BBC): The International Olympic
Committee has told London 2012 organisers they need to finalise
venues for badminton and rhythmic gymnastics at the Games. The
sports were initially set to be held in a temporary arena, but
could now be housed in existing facilities.
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The Rogge
legacy: focus on youth and pursue the Olympic Dream
October 6, 2009
(Sport Features): IOC president Dr
Jacques Rogge is in the final stages of preparing for his
re-election and confirmation of his second mandate on the last day
of this IOC session and congress in Copenhagen. He had been
elected on July 16, 2001, at the 112th IOC Session in Moscow and
is the eighth president after the 21-yr leadership of Juan Antonio
Samaranch.
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IOC to mull
tougher anti-doping requirements
October 5, 2009
(Associated Press): Countries could
be barred from hosting the Olympics, starting with the 2018 games,
if they don’t have laws that empower police to raid and
investigate those suspected of helping athletes use
performance-enhancing drugs.
The value of such police
powers was driven home to the International Olympic Committee by
the 2006 Turin games. Italian police, acting on information from
the IOC, raided the Austrian cross country and biathlon team
lodgings and seized a large amount of doping products and
equipment. >>
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Sorrell Urges
IOC To Innovate In the Digital World
October 5, 2009 (The
Sport Briefing): Martin Sorrell, CEO
of the WPP communications services group, has urged the
International Olympic Committee (IOC) to embrace the use of
digital technology as a means of engaging with the youth of the
world. Sorrell, one of the world’s leading media executives, was
speaking as he addressed delegates on the final day of the Olympic
Congress in Copenhagen. The IOC relaunched its official website,
with a new emphasis on interactive, digital elements, in time for
the Congress and the announcement of the 2016 Olympic Games host
on Friday. >>
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Nuzman to lead Rio 2016 OC
October 5, 2009
(Sport Business): Carlos Nuzman will
head the organising committee for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de
Janeiro after successfully leading the city’s bid team, which was
awarded hosting rights for the event on Friday. >>
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Rome And
Venice To Bid For 2020 Olympics
October 4, 2009 (The
Sport Briefing): The Italian cities
of Rome and Venice have announced they will bid to host the 2020
Olympics. The Mayors of both cities announced their intentions
after the 2016 Games were awarded to Rio de Janeiro on Friday.
Giovanni Petrucci, the president of the Italian Olympic Committee
(CONI), believes the decision to award the 2016 edition to Rio in
Brazil has made it more likely the Games will return to Europe in
2020. >>
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Madrid Mayor
Coy Over 2020 Bid
October 4, 2009 (The
Sport Briefing): Madrid Mayor
Alberto Ruiz-Gallardon refused to comment on the possibility of
the Spanish capital making a third successive bid to host the
Olympics after Rio de Janeiro beat the city in the final round of
voting for the 2016 Games on Friday. Madrid announced its
intention to bid for the 2016 Games in the immediate aftermath of
losing out in the race for the 2012 Olympics four years ago. >>
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Ebersol: Obama and Chicago victims of USOC
politics with IOC
October 3, 2009
(Sport Features): In a video
interview on CNBC following the first round exit of Chicago in
yesterday’s IOC vote for host city of the 2016 summer Games, NBC
Sports & Olympics chairman, Dick Ebersol made the situation
crystal clear. The fallout of the Chicago Olympic bid seemed to
come as a surprise to Americans - however the root of the problem
had been simmering for some time. Proof of this was the voting
pattern demonstrated on Friday.
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Rio beats Madrid to 2016 Olympic Games
October 2, 2009
(Sport Business): The 2016 Olympic
Games will be held in Rio de Janeiro the International Olympic
Committee announced after a bidding race that IMG’s David Abrutyn
says was the closest in history.
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