A gender row involving two female boxers at the Paris 2024 Olympics was the result of a Russian fake news campaign and had little to do with reality, IOC President Thomas Bach said Saturday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/03/16/bach-russia-campaign-boxing-row/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #ioc #thomasbach #2024parisolympics #2028losangelesolympics #russia #fakenews

Paris Games gender row was product of Russian fake news campaign, IOC's Bach says

The International Olympic Committee had to fight off many similar campaigns before and after the Paris Games, its outgoing president said.

https://www.reuters.com/sports/paris-games-gender-row-was-product-russian-fake-news-campaign-iocs-bach-2025-03-15/

India's bid to host the 2036 Olympic Games is a massive opportunity to "turbo-charge" investment in its infrastructure but it must ensure the benefits are shared across local communities, a sports governance expert said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/03/15/india-olympic-sports-infrastructure/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #india #internationalolympiccommittee

More than 400 Olympians from nearly 90 countries around the world have joined in a call for the winner of next week's International Olympic Committee presidential election to make climate their top priority. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/03/14/olympians-climate-change-push/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #climatechange #emissions #ioc #thomasbach

NBCU Picks Up Another Olympics Cycle for $3 Billion
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Trailblazing Ghanaian skeleton athlete Akwasi Frimpong hopes to open doors for more Africans in winter sports, as he eyes one last trip to the Olympics next year before calling time on his career. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/03/06/akwasi-frimpong-skeleton-trailblazer/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #akwasifrimpong #africa #winterolympics #wintersports

A benefit was held over the weekend in honor of the 67 people who died Jan. 29 when an army helicopter collided with a passenger jet in Washington. Many of those victims were young figure skaters. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/03/04/more-sports/figure-skating-plane-crash-victims/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #airaccidents #olympics

The International Olympic Committee on Wednesday granted provisional recognition to World Boxing in a major step toward the sport's inclusion in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/02/27/world-boxing-ioc-recognition/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #internationalolympiccommittee #2028losangelesolympics #worldboxing #internationalboxingassociation

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach will resign as a member of the Olympic body after handing the reins to his presidential successor in June, the IOC said Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/02/27/thomas-bach-resign-ioc/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #thomasbach #internationalolympiccommittee

Full crowds in Tokyo for this year's World Athletics Championships can make up for fans being locked out of the city's pandemic-postponed Olympics in 2021, the event's CEO has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/02/07/world-athletics-party/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #worldathleticschampionships #2020tokyoolympics

China will welcome a mix of world-class athletes and relative novices from desert and tropical nations when the Asian Winter Games open in the city of Harbin on Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/02/06/china-asian-winter-games/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #asianwintergames #harbin #china

The IOC should take action to address climate change going into the 2026 Olympics in an effort to ensure a sustainable Winter Games, Japan's first and only Alpine skiing medalist has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/02/04/ioc-climate-change-chiharu-igaya/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #2026milancortinaolympics #ioc #chiharuigaya #climatechange

The sliding center for the Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics will be delivered on time, with the icing of the track to start next month, the International Olympic Committee said on Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/02/01/milan-olympics-sliding-center/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #italy #2026milanocortinaolympics #ioc #milan

World Athletics chief Sebastian Coe, in the running to be IOC president, said on Thursday his decision to offer prize money to Paris 2024 Olympic champions of his sport should have been handled differently. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/01/31/coe-admits-prize-money-mistakes/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #worldathletics #sebastiancoe #internationalolympiccommittee #thomasbach

Hope, experience, integrity and engaging with the youth of today were some of the messages the seven candidates bidding to become the next president of the International Olympic Committee delivered to fellow members. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/01/31/ioc-presidential-candidates-make-pitches/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #internationalolympiccommittee #sebastiancoe #kirstycoventry #morinariwatanabe #princefeisalalhussein #davidlappartient #juanantoniosamaranch #thomasbach #johaneliasch

Former swimming great Kirsty Coventry says she sees no problem with her bid to lead the IOC despite being a minister in the Zimbabwean government, whose election in 2023 was described as neither "free nor fair." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/01/29/coventry-ioc-presidential-race/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #zimbabwe #africa #ioc #kirstycoventry