Tokyo Olympics 2020: Protests and demonstrations banned at games as Rule 50 upheld
3 years, 8 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Protests and demonstrations banned at games as Rule 50 upheld

CNN  

CNN — The ban preventing athletes from protesting or demonstrating at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics has been upheld by the International Olympic Committee. According to the survey: “A clear majority of athletes said that it is not appropriate to demonstrate or express their views on the field of play, at official ceremonies or on the podium.” READ: Meet Ayesha McGowan, the first Black American woman in pro cycling IOC President Thomas Bach, opens the Executive board meeting in April at the Olympic House. From Greg Martin/IOC “The goal of this wide outreach was to engage with athletes and hear their thoughts on existing and new opportunities to express their views at the Olympic Games as well as outside Games time,” Kirsty Coventry, chair of the IOC Athletes’ Commision, said. Rule 50 states that: “No kind of demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda is permitted in any Olympic sites, venues or other areas.” The Rule strives to ensure that the focus at the Olympic Games remains on athletes’ performances, sport, unity and universality, according to the IOC. From Greg Martin/IOC Despite the continued ban on protests, the IOC outlined a number of “recommendations” which outlined alternate ways athletes could express themselves at the Summer Games in Japan.

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Olympics 2024: What are the rules on political protests and the punishments?
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Olympics 2024: What are the rules on political protests and the punishments?

The Independent  

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IOC’s stance on Russia could ‘bury Olympic movement’, Putin says
1 year, 1 month ago

IOC’s stance on Russia could ‘bury Olympic movement’, Putin says

Al Jazeera  

Putin remains tight-lipped on Russian athletes’ participation in the 2024 Olympics under the conditions imposed by the IOC. Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused the International Olympic Committee of trying to bury the Olympic movement by imposing rules on Russian athletes for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. “They have been training for years … and that’s why I supported …

IOC rejects Putin’s ‘ethnic discrimination’ claims
1 year, 2 months ago

IOC rejects Putin’s ‘ethnic discrimination’ claims

The Hindu  

The International Olympic Committee on Friday firmly rejected Russian President Vladimir Putin’s allegation that it was using “ethnic discrimination” against Russian and Belarusian athletes ahead of the 2024 Paris Games. Putin on Thursday slammed the IOC for potentially using the Games “as an instrument of political pressure towards those people who have nothing to do with politics.” RELATED | Putin …

Putin accuses IOC of using Olympics for politics and racism after Russia is banned from the Games
1 year, 2 months ago

Putin accuses IOC of using Olympics for politics and racism after Russia is banned from the Games

The Hindu  

President Vladimir Putin on Thursday lashed out at the International Olympic Committee for effectively suspending Russia from the Olympic movement, accusing it of using the Games as a tool of politics and racism. “Thanks to some of the leaders of the modern International Olympic Committee, we learned that an invitation to the Games is not an unconditional right of the …

Russia Olympic chief fuming over ‘unacceptable’ Asian Games exclusion
1 year, 3 months ago

Russia Olympic chief fuming over ‘unacceptable’ Asian Games exclusion

The Independent  

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Russia says will not boycott 2024 Paris Olympics
1 year, 4 months ago

Russia says will not boycott 2024 Paris Olympics

The Hindu  

Russia’s Olympic Committee has said Moscow would not be boycotting the 2024 Olympics in Paris and every Russian athlete was free to choose whether or not to take part under a neutral banner. “Boycotting the Games leads to nowhere,” Russian Olympic Committee President Stanislav Pozdnyakov said in a briefing Thursday. Despite the ongoing conflict, the International Olympic Committee has recommended …

European lawmakers urge for Olympics ban on Russia, Belarus
1 year, 8 months ago

European lawmakers urge for Olympics ban on Russia, Belarus

The Independent  

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Ukraine looks to block athletes from competing with Russians
1 year, 9 months ago

Ukraine looks to block athletes from competing with Russians

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — The Ukrainian government is looking to block its athletes from sports competitions, particularly qualifying events for next year’s Paris Olympics, which readmit Russian athletes. The International Olympic Committee recommended Tuesday that sports federations allow Russians and Belarusians to compete as neutral athletes without national symbols. There was no clarification on how Ukraine’s approach might affect tennis, where …

U.N. expert advising Olympics Committee gives views on Russia participating at Olympics
1 year, 9 months ago

U.N. expert advising Olympics Committee gives views on Russia participating at Olympics

The Hindu  

Russian athletes who have actively served in the military invasion of Ukraine should be allowed to return to international sports if they did not take part in war crimes, according to a United Nations expert advising the International Olympic Committee. The U.N. special rapporteur for cultural rights, Alexandra Xanthaki, said late on March 26 only Russian military members implicated in …

UN expert advising IOC gives views on Russians at Olympics
1 year, 9 months ago

UN expert advising IOC gives views on Russians at Olympics

Associated Press  

GENEVA — Russian athletes who have actively served in the military invasion of Ukraine should be allowed to return to international sports if they did not take part in war crimes, according to a United Nations expert advising the International Olympic Committee. The U.N. special rapporteur for cultural rights, Alexandra Xanthaki, said late Sunday only Russian military members implicated in …

UN expert advising IOC gives views on Russians at Olympics
1 year, 9 months ago

UN expert advising IOC gives views on Russians at Olympics

The Independent  

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IOC president Bach urges Ukraine to drop Paris Olympics boycott threat
1 year, 11 months ago

IOC president Bach urges Ukraine to drop Paris Olympics boycott threat

The Hindu  

International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach has called on Ukraine to drop threats of a boycott of the 2024 Olympics over the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes. In a letter to Ukraine’s National Olympic Committee president Vadym Huttsait, seen by Reuters, Bach said claims that allowing Russian and Belarusian athletes back into the Games would promote the invasion were …

Olympic echoes of boycott era as Ukraine vs IOC intensifies
1 year, 11 months ago

Olympic echoes of boycott era as Ukraine vs IOC intensifies

Associated Press  

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — A contest that could define the 2024 Paris Olympics is playing out 18 months before medals are awarded. Bach said in September 2021 when issuing the ban that taking part in the Olympics can “show to the world how it could look like if everybody would respect the same rules, if everybody would live together peacefully without …

Olympic echoes of boycott era as Ukraine vs IOC intensifies
1 year, 11 months ago

Olympic echoes of boycott era as Ukraine vs IOC intensifies

The Independent  

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Nearly 40 Nations May Boycott 2024 Olympics to Make Paris Games 'Pointless'
1 year, 11 months ago

Nearly 40 Nations May Boycott 2024 Olympics to Make Paris Games 'Pointless'

News 18  

Poland’s sport and tourism minister Kamil Bortniczuk has said that nearly 40 countries could boycott the Paris Olympics to make the holding of the Games “pointless”. “Considering this I don’t think we will face tough decisions before the Olympics and, if we were to boycott the Games, the coalition we will be a part of will be broad enough to …

US backs Russians, Belarusians competing as neutrals in 2024 Paris Olympics
1 year, 11 months ago

US backs Russians, Belarusians competing as neutrals in 2024 Paris Olympics

Firstpost  

Washington: The United States backs moves to allow athletes from Russia and Belarus to take part at the 2024 Olympics as neutral athletes provided they are prevented from displaying their national flags or emblems, the White House said Thursday. “The United States has supported suspending Russia and Belarus’ sport national governing bodies from international sports federations,” Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre …

Latvia considers Olympic boycott if Russians compete
1 year, 11 months ago

Latvia considers Olympic boycott if Russians compete

The Hindu  

Latvia will consider boycotting next year’s Paris Olympics if athletes from Russia and its ally Belarus are allowed to take part after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. While various governments in Europe, including Latvia, have condemned the International Olympic Committee’s push to allow Russians and Belarusians to compete, and Ukraine has threatened to boycott the Games, the response from the national …

A corruption scandal has added a dark footnote to the Tokyo Olympics
2 years, 2 months ago

A corruption scandal has added a dark footnote to the Tokyo Olympics

NPR  

A corruption scandal has added a dark footnote to the Tokyo Olympics A corruption scandal has ensnared a powerful former Tokyo Olympics organizer, and the corporate sponsors accused of bribing him. As a bribery scandal unfolds, NPR's Anthony Kuhn reports from Tokyo that the scandal is a dark footnote to last year's controversial Summer Games that were held amid a …

Russia eyes 2024 Paris Olympics despite sports bans
2 years, 5 months ago

Russia eyes 2024 Paris Olympics despite sports bans

Associated Press  

PARIS — With two years to go until the Paris Olympics open, Russia is making plans for its athletes to live and compete in the French capital even though many remain barred from upcoming qualification events because of the war in Ukraine. Russian Olympic Committee president Stanislav Pozdnyakov wrote on the Telegram messaging app Tuesday that the country was working …

Russia invasion upends Olympic 'neutrality' — if it existed
2 years, 10 months ago

Russia invasion upends Olympic 'neutrality' — if it existed

The Independent  

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The ‘Feel Guilty Games’?: China human rights issues have forever marked the Beijing Olympics
2 years, 11 months ago

The ‘Feel Guilty Games’?: China human rights issues have forever marked the Beijing Olympics

LA Times  

The rulebook for the Olympics — called the Olympic Charter — contains numerous bylaws meant to foster “political neutrality.” No protesting on the field of play, no wearing of symbols or flashing hand gestures. At the Tokyo Olympics last summer, the U.S. women’s soccer team kneeled before games and shot putter Raven Saunders crossed her arms overhead on the medals …

Activists urge athletes to speak out at Beijing Olympics
2 years, 11 months ago

Activists urge athletes to speak out at Beijing Olympics

Associated Press  

BEIJING — Human rights activists issued a call to action against the Beijing Olympics on Friday, imploring athletes and sponsors to speak out against what they call the “genocide games.” Speaking at an online press conference organized by the rights group Human Rights Watch, activists representing Chinese dissidents and the minority Uyghur and Tibetan populations urged international attendants to voice …

Putin backs China over ‘politicization’ of Beijing Olympics
2 years, 11 months ago

Putin backs China over ‘politicization’ of Beijing Olympics

Associated Press  

MOSCOW — Russia and China oppose “the politicization of sport and demonstrative boycotts” ahead of the Winter Olympics in Beijing, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday in an address to his country’s athletes. The U.S. is among several countries which have said they will not send politicians or other representatives to next month’s Games in a so-called diplomatic boycott, citing …

Beijing 2022: Athletes warned about speaking out on human rights
2 years, 11 months ago

Beijing 2022: Athletes warned about speaking out on human rights

Al Jazeera  

Behaviour by athletes that violates the “Olympic spirit” or Chinese rules could be subject to punishment, a Beijing 2022 official said, after rights groups voiced concern about the safety of competitors if they protest at next month’s Winter Olympics. ‘Sportswashing’ Meanwhile on Wednesday, human rights group Amnesty International warned that the international community must not allow China to use the …

Olympic athletes urged by activists not to criticize China
2 years, 11 months ago

Olympic athletes urged by activists not to criticize China

Associated Press  

GENEVA — Athletes at the Beijing Olympics were urged by human rights activists Tuesday to avoid criticizing China because they could be prosecuted. The IOC has not yet publicly committed to how athletes who speak out would be protected, activists said in a briefing hosted by Human Rights Watch. “We know the human rights record and the allowance of freedom …

Olympic athletes urged by activists not to criticize China
2 years, 11 months ago

Olympic athletes urged by activists not to criticize China

The Independent  

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Diplomatic boycott of Beijing Games ‘meaningless’ - Coe
3 years ago

Diplomatic boycott of Beijing Games ‘meaningless’ - Coe

The Hindu  

World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said he takes human rights “very seriously” but that Britain’s diplomatic boycott of next year’s Beijing Winter Olympics is “meaningless.” The United States, Australia and Canada have also announced a diplomatic boycott of the Games over China’s human rights record, a stand that China dismissed as “political posturing.” Coe drew criticism over his comments last …

US violating Olympic spirit and will ‘pay price’ for Beijing boycott, China says
3 years, 1 month ago

US violating Olympic spirit and will ‘pay price’ for Beijing boycott, China says

The Independent  

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Kremlin slams US Olympics boycott, says Games should be 'free of politics'
3 years, 1 month ago

Kremlin slams US Olympics boycott, says Games should be 'free of politics'

The Hindu  

The Kremlin on Tuesday criticised the United States for announcing a diplomatic boycott of the upcoming Olympics in Beijing, saying the Games should be "free of politics". US President Joe Biden's administration announced on Monday that it will not send any US diplomatic or official governmental representatives to the Games kicking off in February in a rebuke of China's human …

IOC 'respects' US diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics
3 years, 1 month ago

IOC 'respects' US diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics

Firstpost  

The IOC said the US government’s announcement had made it “clear that the Olympic Games and the participation of the athletes are beyond politics and we welcome this”. Lausanne, Switzerland: The International Olympic Committee said on Monday it respected the US government’s announcement of a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. “The support for the athletes and the …

Biden Mulls Diplomatic Boycott Of Beijing Olympics; China Says 'Politicising Sports' Hurts Olympic Spirit
3 years, 1 month ago

Biden Mulls Diplomatic Boycott Of Beijing Olympics; China Says 'Politicising Sports' Hurts Olympic Spirit

News 18  

President Joe Biden said Thursday he was considering a US diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics in Beijing, in what would be an attempt to show toughness over China’s rights abuses without impacting US athletes. China’s foreign ministry, meanwhile, accused the United States of violating the “Olympic spirit” after President Joe Biden said he was considering a diplomatic boycott of …

Protests or not, Beijing Winter Games are about unity, says IOC's Samaranch
3 years, 2 months ago

Protests or not, Beijing Winter Games are about unity, says IOC's Samaranch

The Hindu  

Next year's Beijing Games has triggered protests over China's human rights record but the International Olympic Committee's point man for the event, Juan Antonio Samaranch, said the multi-sport extravaganza is about bringing young people together. Samaranch, the IOC's head of the coordination commission for the Beijing Olympics starting on February 4, said the Games were only about unity. The IOC …

Athletics investigators take over Belarus Olympic case
3 years, 3 months ago

Athletics investigators take over Belarus Olympic case

Associated Press  

MONACO — An investigation into two Belarus team officials who tried to force sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya on a flight from the Tokyo Olympics will now be run by track and field authorities. Shimak and Maisevich continued to have contact with Belarus team members in Tokyo for four more days after the airport incident until the IOC withdrew their Olympic credentials. …

Why boycotting the Beijing Winter Olympics could backfire
3 years, 3 months ago

Why boycotting the Beijing Winter Olympics could backfire

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Dr. John Lee is a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and United States Studies Centre where he is an adjunct professor. CNN — With the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics now over, attention is turning to next year’s Winter Olympics in the Chinese capital Beijing. And with less than six months to go, pressure is mounting on …

Broadcasters urged to cancel plans to cover Beijing Olympics
3 years, 4 months ago

Broadcasters urged to cancel plans to cover Beijing Olympics

Associated Press  

TOKYO — Some of the world’s largest broadcasters including American network NBC are being asked by human rights groups to cancel plans to cover next year’s Winter Olympics in Beijing. “All of your companies are at serious risk of being complicit in China’s plan to ‘sport wash’ the severe and worsening human rights abuses and embolden the actions of the …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Closing ceremony, medals and results on August 8
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Closing ceremony, medals and results on August 8

CNN  

Fireworks explode over Tokyo's National Stadium during the Olympics' closing ceremony on August 8, 2021. Now remembered as an event that brought live Olympics sports to the world, Fujita told CNN how thrilling it had been to witness competitions on the magic box as Japan’s economy boomed. Now that I’m retired, I’d been looking forward to enjoying the Olympic atmosphere …

Despite the IOC’s fears, the Tokyo Olympics didn’t become the Protest Games
3 years, 5 months ago

Despite the IOC’s fears, the Tokyo Olympics didn’t become the Protest Games

LA Times  

U.S. shot putter Raven Saunders gestures on the podium after winning the silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics. “People say, ‘Oh, you’re just an athlete’ but we’re not just athletes, we’re people too,” gymnast Simone Biles said. The gesture, she told reporters, represented “the intersection of where all people who are oppressed meet.” The IOC quickly launched an investigation, but …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Six people including two Georgia medallists removed from Games for breaking COVID-19 rules
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Six people including two Georgia medallists removed from Games for breaking COVID-19 rules

Firstpost  

Vazha Margvelashvili and Lasha Shavdatuashvili, who won silver medals for Georgia in judo, were removed after going sightseeing. Tokyo: Tokyo Olympics organizers say they have banished six people, including two silver medalists from the country of Georgia, for breaking rules designed to protect against COVID-19 cases. Toshiro Muto, the games chief executive, says it was a clear and serious violation …

Ban? What ban? Russian athletes leap into fourth spot in the Olympic medal table despite doping ban
3 years, 5 months ago

Ban? What ban? Russian athletes leap into fourth spot in the Olympic medal table despite doping ban

Daily Mail  

Viewers of the Tokyo Olympics could be forgiven for forgetting that Russia is officially banned from the competition as Russian athletes, kitted out in red, white and blue, continue to rack up medals. Pictured: The ROC team win gold for artistic gymnastics Russia was banned from several major international sporting events over mass doping dating back to the 2014 Sochi …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: World’s greatest party comes to town, but the hosts are not invited
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: World’s greatest party comes to town, but the hosts are not invited

Firstpost  

For the host city, just as for the athletes, an Olympic Games is a culmination of a cycle of meticulous preparation. When Tokyo was awarded the Games in 2013, members of the Japan delegation openly wept, showing just how much these Games meant to them. When Japan won the bid to host the Tokyo Olympics, the government was quick to …

EXPLAINER: What’s the history of the Olympics protest rule?
3 years, 5 months ago

EXPLAINER: What’s the history of the Olympics protest rule?

Associated Press  

TOKYO — The simple act of taking a knee felt like something more monumental when it happened on Olympic soccer pitches in Japan on the opening night of action. The Olympic rule banning such demonstrations at the Games has been hotly debated and contested for decades, and those issues reached a flashpoint over the past two years. Rule 50 of …

Olympics: Tokyo 2020 Games all set to begin after year's delay amid protests, Covid-19 pandemic
3 years, 5 months ago

Olympics: Tokyo 2020 Games all set to begin after year's delay amid protests, Covid-19 pandemic

India Today  

The Tokyo 2020 Olympics is all set to get underway in Japan's capital city on Friday morning with a scaled-down opening ceremony due to the Covid-19 restrictions A year's wait is finally going to end for sports fans all across the world but the nervousness and anxiety levels will still be very high as Tokyo 2020 kicks-off amid protests and …

Op-Ed: Tokyo’s Olympics have turned nightmarish. L.A., are you watching?
3 years, 5 months ago

Op-Ed: Tokyo’s Olympics have turned nightmarish. L.A., are you watching?

LA Times  

Athletes are testing positive for the coronavirus, fans aren’t welcome, the Japanese are unhappy — but the powerbrokers insist the Games must go own. In May, as public opinion against the Tokyo Olympics surged along with COVID-19 cases in Japan, International Olympic Committee spokesperson Mark Adams uttered what could be the nine most terrifying words in the Olympic lexicon: “We …

Tokyo 2020: World should see safe Olympics, says Japan PM Suga
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo 2020: World should see safe Olympics, says Japan PM Suga

The Hindu  

The world needs to see that Japan can stage a safe Olympics, the country’s prime minister told sports officials on Tuesday ahead of the Tokyo Games. READ| “The world is faced with great difficulties,” Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga told International Olympic Committee members in a closed-door meeting at a five-star hotel in Tokyo, adding “we can bring success to …

Tokyo Olympics: Alcohol sale banned at venues as Covid protocols dominate Games landscape
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics: Alcohol sale banned at venues as Covid protocols dominate Games landscape

India Today  

Bars and pubs at Olympic venues in Tokyo wear a deserted look in the days leading up to the start of the Games as protocols to prevent the spread of Covid-19 dominate the landscape of the quadrennial event. The ban came last month when the organising committee's president Seiko Hashimoto indicated that they were considering the sale of alcohol at …

Two-thirds of Japanese doubt pandemic Olympics can be safe, says poll
3 years, 5 months ago

Two-thirds of Japanese doubt pandemic Olympics can be safe, says poll

The Hindu  

Two-thirds of people in Japan do not believe the country can host a safe and secure Olympics amid a fresh wave of coronavirus infections, according to a survey published by the Asahi newspaper just four days before the opening ceremony in Tokyo. FOLLOW OUR COVERAGE OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES As COVID-19 cases rise in Tokyo, which is under a fourth …

Tokyo 2020: Spectator ban leaves Olympic athletes perplexed
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo 2020: Spectator ban leaves Olympic athletes perplexed

The Hindu  

Whether it is sumo, or domestic basketball or baseball matches, Japanese fans have been filling the arenas in recent days leaving Olympic athletes wondering why they will be competing in front of empty stands at the Tokyo Olympics. "A state of emergency has been declared for Tokyo and on July 9 we saw the decision was to ban spectators," Olympic …

Tokyo Olympics: Only ONE THIRD of Japanese people believe the country can host a safe Games
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics: Only ONE THIRD of Japanese people believe the country can host a safe Games

Daily Mail  

There are just four days to go until the opening ceremony of Tokyo Games Tokyo is under a fourth state of emergency as coronavirus cases continue to rise Two-thirds of people in Japan do not believe the country can host a safe and secure Olympics amid a fresh wave of coronavirus infections, according to a survey published by the Asahi …

Tokyo 2020 sponsors withdraw TV advertising as local public sentiment turn against Olympics
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo 2020 sponsors withdraw TV advertising as local public sentiment turn against Olympics

India Today  

Tokyo 2020 Olympics sponsor Toyota will not run Games-related TV commercials because of lacklustre public support for the Olympics, with two-thirds of Japanese doubting a safe Games can be held during the COVID-19 pandemic, local media reported. COVID CASES Games officials on Sunday reported the first COVID-19 case among competitors in the athletes' village in Tokyo where 11,000 athletes are …

The No-Fun Olympics: How Athletes Are Preparing For Tokyo And Its Strict COVID-19 Rules
3 years, 5 months ago

The No-Fun Olympics: How Athletes Are Preparing For Tokyo And Its Strict COVID-19 Rules

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Sydney McLaughlin turns 22 three days after the final of the 400-meter hurdles, in which she might win Olympic gold and may even lower her current world record. “They’re sacrificing a lot,” USA men’s basketball and San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. “I guess the one thing the pandemic has taught me is not to have …

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