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Michael Phelps' poor run of form continued Sunday as he came second in the 200m individual medley at the shortcourse World Cup while his arch-rival Paul Biedermann broke the 200m freestyle world record. South Africa's Darian Townsend beat the star of the Beijing Olympics with a new world record in the 200m individual medley final of 1 mins 51.55secs, compared to Phelps' time of 1:53.70, to break Ryan Lochte's previous record. The defeat came just hours after Phelps failed to qualify for the... Read Full Story
After the excitement of bidding and the euphoria of winning, the reality of making the 2016 Olympics happen starts in Rio de Janeiro this week. The International Olympic Committee is sending an expert team to Brazil on Wednesday to begin shaping the $14.4 billion games with Rio's organizing committee and government agencies. "We start immediately with working with the Brazilians," IOC President Jacques Rogge told The Associated Press on Monday. IOC team leader Gilbert Felli, executive... Read Full Story
The Olympics Games are a major international sports and cultural festival to be celebrated in the tradition of the Olympic Games as governed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The 2016 Olympics Announcement of Which city host 2016 Summer Olympics. The host city of the Games will be announced at the 121st IOC Session to be held in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Today, October 2, 2009. The 2016 Summer olympics will be held in the same city and organized by the same committee. The host... Read Full Story
Chinese sports officials struck a deal to bring the Olympics to Beijing, promising to support Jacques Rogge's bid to head the International Olympic Committee in return for European backing for Beijing's bid, according to a recently released memoir. Retired sports minister and president of the Chinese Olympic Committee, Yuan Weimin, describes in his book the alleged arrangements surrounding Beijing's Olympic bid in 2001: European members of the IOC verbally agreed to support Beijing for the... Read Full Story
Jacques Rogge was re-elected president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Friday as golf and rugby union sevens were included as sports at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Rogge held onto his position for a new four-year term, taking 88 votes in favour, one against and three abstentions. New rules allowed the former Olympic yachtsman and rugby union international to stand for a final four-year mandate. "You have given me a great honour. We have accomplished a lot... Read Full Story
Tiger Woods and Michelle Wie are making a pitch for golf to enter the program for the 2016 Rid de Janeiro Olympics. Woods will address the International Olympic Committee in a videotaped message during golf's presentation in Copenhagen on Friday. Golf and rugby sevens each need a majority vote by IOC members to be included in the 2016 Games. Wie arrived in Copenhagen on Wednesday to help persuade the IOC to add golf among the 26 Olympic sports. Wie and Suzann Pettersen of Norway said they... Read Full Story
The race for the 2016 Olympics has came down to just Rio de Janeiro and Madrid, with the International Olympic Committee eliminating Chicago in a stunning first round of voting. Tokyo was knocked out in the second round. That left just Rio and Madrid still in the mix. The IOC voted again to separate the two and elect a winner, which will be announced by IOC president Jacques Rogge later Friday. Madrid's surprising success in reaching the final round came after former IOC president Juan... Read Full Story
Not so long ago, the best British gymnasts could hope for was a spot at the world championships or Olympics. Sending a full team to the Olympics? Not likely. Winning a medal? No way. Oh, how things have changed. Britain arrives at this week's world championships as an emerging powerhouse in gymnastics, with realistic chances for multiple medals by both the men and women. In just the last three years, British gymnasts have won an Olympic medal for the first time in nearly a century, claimed... Read Full Story
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Chicago played its two trump cards on Friday, U.S. President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle both making impassioned speeches as they urged the IOC to choose the Windy City as host of the 2016 Olympics. The president, who flew overnight from Washington and went straight into the International Olympic Committee session, stressed that Chicago was the place both he and the First Lady called home. The IOC will choose between Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo in... Read Full Story
Friday's vote by the International Olympic Committee in Copenhagen to select the host city for the 2016 Summer Games is too close to call. Any of the four candidate cities — Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo — could win. Then again, any city could go out in the first round of the secret ballot. For each city, here are three reasons they could win and three reasons they could lose: CHICAGO Why Win: 1. The Obama factor: First lady Michelle Obama works her charm in lobbying individual... Read Full Story
