TSX RECAP: LA28 sure L.A.’s traffic can be tamed for ‘28 Games; U.S.’s Stull and DeMarco elected IF chiefs; star coach Karolyi passes at 82
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● LANE ONE: The best explanation yet why traffic can be handled adequately for the 2028 Olympic & Paralympic Games came at last week’s International Olympic Committee’s Coordination Commission news conference, where LA28 Chair Casey Wasserman said the challenge is "no different than Carmageddon." Find out what “Carmageddon” was! Read more here: https://bit.ly/4hRLczt
● ATHLETICS: Grand Slam Track’s first-year finale was confirmed for UCLA’s Drake Stadium at the end of June, 2025. Meanwhile, the USATF chief executive said that he wants the 2028 Olympic Track & Field Trials to be held at the Olympic venue at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, despite the construction and date challenges of installing the track there. Read more here: https://bit.ly/3CqQFNw
● GYMNASTICS: Bela Karolyi, the iconic coach of Romanian and U.S. Olympic stars from the 1970s through the 1990s, passed away last Friday at age 82. He coached historic stars such as Nadia Comaneci and Mary Lou Retton, but was also known as a harsh taskmaster.? Read more here: https://bit.ly/3YSB94D
● MODERN PENTATHLON: In a stunning, dramatic result, the U.S.'s Rob Stull was elected UIPM President, winning on the third ballot over the former federation secretary general and the head of one of the top national federations. Even Stull can’t believe it. Read more here: https://bit.ly/3ASQzhe ?
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● Olympic Games 2036: The Hungarian Supreme Court ruled that a referendum can be held on the question of whether Budapest can bid for the Olympic Games in 2036 or beyond.?
● Memorabilia:?An 1896 Athens Olympic Games second-place medal – in bronze in those days (pictured above) – brought $35,000 to highlight Ingrid O’Neil’s Auction 97. A Paris 2024 Olympic torch sold for $26,000!
● Alpine Skiing: American star Mikaela Shiffrin “won” her eighth reindeer in the Slalom race at Levi, Finland, her 98th career World Cup gold. Olympic champ Clement Noel of France won the men’s Slalom.?
● Archery: Anthony Barbier (FRA) and Duna Lim (KOR) won the World Archery Indoor World Series second stop in Strassen (LUX).?
● Athletics: Grant Holloway and Gabby Thomas were named the USA Track & Field men’s and women’s athletes of the year. UCLA’s Joanna Hayes was honored as coach of the year.?
● Badminton: China's Shi Feng Li and Akane Yamaguchi of Japan won the men’s and women’s Singles at the Kumamoto Masters Japan.?
● Bobsled & Skeleton: Britain surprised with wins in both women’s Skeleton races to open the IBSF World Cup season in Korea.?
● Figure Skating: Japan swept the Singles events at the ISU Grand Prix Finlandia Cup in Helsinki, with Yuma Kagiyama and Hana Yoshida. Canada's 2024 World Champions, Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps won Pairs, and Britain’s Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson took the Ice Dance gold.?
● Lacrosse: American Bob DeMarco was elected President of World Lacrosse in an online vote, days after chief executive Jim Scherr of the U.S. was extended as chief executive through 2028.
● Rugby: Australian Brett Robinson was elected World Rugby Chair at an interim meeting of the World Rugby Council in a two-round vote, and will serve a four-year term,
● Speed Skating: The U.S. won seven races at the ISU Four Continents Championships, including individual wins for superstar Jordan Stolz (3), Erin Jackson and Brittany Bowe, plus two men’s relay wins!
● Volleyball: The International Volleyball Federation elected Secretary General Fabio Azevedo of Brazil as its new President by acclimation, as he was the only candidate. ?
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