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...city has received some good news on air quality. The International Olympic Committee said in March that a study last summer showed pollution levels in Beijing that were better than expected. IOC president Jacques Rogge said last week that air quality should not be a problem for shorter events, though long-distance competitions such as mountain biking, cycling road races, the marathon and triathlon may need to be postponed based on pollution levels on the days of the events. Beijing is hoping the latest measures will make postponing events unnecessary...
...lose or tie, the Barça-Madrid match is perhaps not the most telling example of Catalan nationalism's strange intermingling of sports and politics. For that, look to a quieter game scheduled a week later. Although international sporting organizations such as UEFA and the IOC have long rejected Catalonia's efforts to field its own sides, the region continues to mount unofficial efforts. And on December 29th, a Catalan selection will take to the San Mamé s stadium in Bilbao for a friendly match against - who else? - Euskadi, the Basques' national soccer team...
...midst of the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights movement, proved the ideal setting for public dissent. And the U.S. Olympic crew, made up entirely of Harry Parker’s varsity eight from Harvard, became the face of the repugnant hippie undercurrent the International Olympic Committee (IOC) wanted to stamp out of the Mexico City Games. The Crimson’s attempt to qualify for the 1968 Olympics was rocky as well. Parker’s eight secured the U.S. entry with a 0.05-second win over Penn in the Olympic Trials. The Harvard win fulfilled a five year...
...words about the level of financial firepower Russia had focused on their efforts. "Salzburg didn't stand a chance," he said. "It was an economic and political powerplay...which indicates the way they want to go from now on, and this is wrong for the sport and for the IOC and Olympic Movement...
...wholesale changes to the traditional schedule are being considered for Beijing but that they are being approached in what would appear a pre-emptory fashion," writes Stokes. He warns Rogge that the decision will "decimate your audience," and says the only conclusion the world will draw is "that the IOC cares more about the North American TV viewer than billions of viewers throughout Europe and Asia." Stokes also says that other changes under consideration include moving key track-and-field events, as well as the men's basketball final, away from their customary afternoon and evening slots...