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Athletics News for 2 August 2016
IOC president hits out at Wada's 'nuclear option' over Russia's Rio Olympians
The Guardian - 2 Aug 2016 22:05
• Thomas Bach: Olympic Games blanket ban not what IOC stands for• President's stance backed by 84 out of 85 IOC members in Rio Despite widespread criticism, the International Olympic Committee swung behind Thomas Bac...
IOC falls far short of the Olympic ideal on doping | Letters
The Guardian - 2 Aug 2016 19:34
As the husband, sometime coach and training partner (usually a stride and a half behind) of two-time Olympian and former British and Commonwealth record holder track athlete Kirsty Wade, I would like to make a couple of ...
World half marathon champion Jepchirchir to run Frankfurt Marathon
IAAF - 2 Aug 2016 17:12
Reigning world half marathon champion Peres Jepchirchir will make her major international marathon debut at the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, on Sunday October 30.
Rio 2016: Peter Norman's role in Smith and Carlos' 1968 Black Power protest
BBC - 2 Aug 2016 07:21
Australian Peter Norman is the forgotten man in the iconic Black Power salute photograph from the 1968 Olympics, but he had a big influence in Tommie Smith and John Carlos' protest.
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