TSX RECAP: Two world leads at fab Athletissima Lausanne; heavy doping sanctions on Bahrain; Morocco readies 115,000-seater for 2030 World Cup

● August 23,?2024?●

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≡ THE 5-RING CIRCUS ≡

● ATHLETICS: The Diamond League Athletissima meet in Lausanne saw two world-leading marks, an American women’s 3,000 m record from Elise Cranny, and a redemption win for World Champion Chase Jackson of the U.S. in the women’s shot. The top performance was a sensational 1:41.11 men’s 800 m win for Kenyan Olympic champ Emmanuel Wanyonyi, the equal-fourth-fastest ever, but there was a lot more.

Read more here: https://bit.ly/tsx-2022-822laus

● ATHLETICS: World Athletics approved a package of doping sanctions against Bahrain by the Athletics Integrity Unit, suspending the country from major events for a year, limiting its World Championships entries and imposing $7.3 million in costs for a national anti-doping unit (now active) and a talent academy so the country stops relying on getting transfers from other nations to run for it. Pretty serious.

Read more here: https://bit.ly/tsx-2024-822brn

● FOOTBALL: Architects unveiled some detailed renderings of the massive, 115,000-person football stadium to be built about 30 miles outside of Casablanca for the FIFA World Cup in 2030. Everything is enormous, with the most seating of any football stadium in the world, surrounded by gardens and level upon level of luxury seating. And the entire structure is shaded by an aluminum version of a giant tent (pictured above, courtesy Populous).

Read more here: https://bit.ly/tsx-2024-822mar

● PARIS 2024: If you’d like to vote for the Paris 2024 Fair Play Award, now’s the time. The five finalists are now determined, with instances in cycling, fencing, gymnastics and rowing (2) where athletes and/or officials helped Paris Olympic athletes achieve their goals. You can cast your vote now!

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≡ PANORAMA ≡

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● Paris 2024: The U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee’s chief medical officer said data he has seen indicate about 10% of swimmers and triathletes who competed in the Seine River at Paris 2024 developed gastrointestinal issues.

● Los Angeles 2028: The head of the Russian Rhythmic Gymnastics federation is the latest to say she doubts that Russian athletes will compete at the Games of the XXXIV Olympiad in Los Angeles.

● Athletics: Lots of talk from the stars of the Athletissima Lausanne meet, with satisfaction from the top three in the men’s 1,500 m: winner Jakob Ingebrigtsen of Norway and Americans Cole Hocker and Hobbs Kessler.

● Cycling: Australia’s Ben O’Connor turns the Vuelta a Espana inside out with brilliant attack to win stage 6 by 4:33 and take the overall race lead! Who saw this coming?

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