“The fire alarm had actually been silenced in our building while they were doing maintenance work on the building next door – so the alarms and the sprinklers did not activate”.
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Bach said at the news conference following Saturday’s executive board meeting that the International Olympic Committee had worked hard to keep drug cheats away from the Olympics.
Rio de Janerio: Members of the first-ever Olympic refugee team visited Rio de Janeiro’s iconic Christ statue Saturday, with smiles as wide as their arms were outstretched, imitating the landmark’s open embrace as they posed for photos.
“I hope all refugee athletes continue their training as the Olympic committee and the whole global society provide them the supports they need”.
Rio Olympic organizers say the water and gas leaks, blocked toilets, and electrical faults may have been caused by isolated cases of sabotage.
Los Angeles, seeking to bring the Summer Games to the US for the first time since Atlanta hosted the 1996 Olympics, is competing against Paris, Rome and Budapest, Hungary.
He did not give details of the IOC’s financial support.
The budget shortfall has been reported to be about $70 million.
Rio de Janeiro (dpa) – The Russian doping affair is no embarrassment for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) which did the right thing not to impose a blanket ban on the nation’s athletes for the Rio Games, IOC president Thomas Bach said on Sunday. “Is it possible to take an athlete and say, ‘Because your government has done something wrong, you automatically are out?’ This would not be justifiable, neither on a moral ground, not to speak on a legal ground”.
Rio’s Olympics that open this Friday and run through August 21 are the first to include a team entirely of refugees, which includes ten athletes from four countries who will compete under the Olympic flag.
“Their country was broken, but they have the spirit of humanity, the spirit of athletes”, said Tegla Loroupe, the head of the delegation and a three-time Olympian from Kenya.
Among the four is Sarah Attar, who was the first woman from Saudi Arabia to compete in Olympic track and field in 2012.
Alexander Zverev has become the latest tennis player to drop out of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, citing health issues.
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An overwhelming 87% female and 69% respondents below the age of 30 said they would prefer a career as an Olympian sportsperson rather than filmstar or an entrepreneur.
