International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, right, speaks with members of the Australian Olympic delegation in the athletes village, ahead of the Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Aug. 1, 2016…
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“It should be noted however that Professor McLaren’s focus thus far was on establishing involvement of the Russian State and not regarding individual athletes that may have benefited”, Niggli said.
On July 24, the IOC placed the burden on worldwide sports federations to determine if athletes should be allowed to compete in Rio, where the Games start Friday. There are 23 days until the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. “The political and economic crisis in the country is unprecedented”, he added.
WADA President Craig Reedie said that while the timing of the report was destabilizing, “it is obvious, given the seriousness of the revelations, that they had to be published and acted upon without delay”.
The launching ramp, one of two being used at the Marina da Gloria venue, broke apart on Saturday.
“We’ve got our own plumber that comes in on a daily basis – he’s not at all overworked, but he’s there just in case something gets stuck”, chef de mission Mark England told journalists today.
167-a-09-(Mario Andrada, chief spokesman, Rio Olympic Organizing Committee, with reporters)-“protect their health”-Rio Olympic Committee chief spokesman Mario Andrada says the health risks to open water competitors are small”. He says “that ramp was maybe a bit too big”.
Ruggiero will replace Claudia Bokel, a former Olympic fencer from Germany whose four-year term is expiring at the end of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
Los Angeles is competing against Paris, Rome and Budapest, Hungary.
The Associated Press conducted a study that found extremely high levels of contamination in the waters of Rio De Janeiro, home of the 2016 Olympic Games. “We think we’ve got the best ever chance, we think we’ve got the most talented team that’s ever been to an away Games”, England said.
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Crime is rife in the city and more than 85,000 security personnel will be deployed to make sure athletes and visitors enjoy the Games in safety. Testing at several of the city’s world-famous beaches has shown that in addition to persistently high viral loads, the beaches often have levels of bacterial markers for sewage pollution that would be cause for concern overseas – and sometimes even exceed Rio state’s lax water safety standards.
