TSX RECAP: The top stories of 2024, from 5 to 1: swimming and track were great, Russia’s return, Bach Era to end and the Paris Olympic Games!
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≡ THE 5-RING CIRCUS ≡
● LANE ONE: The top stories of 2024, nos. 5-1: a record-breaking year in swimming (in and out of the pool), Russia's limited return, a fabulous year for U.S. track & field (now and future), International Olympic Committee chief Bach to step down and the fabulous return of the Olympic Games in Paris! Read more here: https://bit.ly/3ZZS0Di
≡ PANORAMA ≡
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● Moscow 1980: More on the heartbreak of the Jimmy Carter-led 1980 Olympic boycott, from a 2005 Los Angeles Times story by Alan Abrahamson.
● Paris 2024: More problems with the Paris medals, with a French swimmer saying his had developed “crocodile skin”!
● Paralympic Games: More acceptance, as the Japan Olympic Committee and Japan Paralympic Committee agree to allow joint sponsorship agreements.
● Commonwealth Games: In a BBC interview, Commonwealth Games Federation chief Chris Jenkins is enthused for the future after the naming of Glasgow for 2026 in a much more compact and cost-effective model.
● International Olympic Committee: The year-end message from IOC President Thomas Bach (GER) emphasized the success of the Paris Games, and the role the Olympic Movement can play in a troubled world.
● Russia: Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a new program of scholarships for Olympic, Paralympic and other athletes, and coaches, with 4,000 recipients targeted in 2025.
● Athletics: Michael Johnson said in an interview that his Grand Slam Track program can help elevate the sport to where golf, tennis and Formula 1 are, and will announce the broadcasting arrangements in January.
● Swimming: Swedish sprint superstar Sarah Sjostrom said she will not compete in 2025, but will train with an eye to working back up to full speed for a try at a sixth Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 2028.
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