Category: Olympics

2019 European Games Minsk, Belarus

The 2019 European Games is scheduled to be the second edition of the European Games, a multi-sport event for European athletes. It will be held in June 2019 in Minsk, Belarus, having previously been awarded first to the Netherlands and then to Russia.

The Netherlands withdrew citing costs and lack of support, while the next hosting agreement with Russia was provisional on the basis of it addressing concerns raised by an independent WADA investigation into doping in Russia. …

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Controlling spending is a key concern for Belarus, which is in recession and has asked the EOC and International Olympic Committee to provide financial support for the games, though it was not clear Friday whether that would be provided. …

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Inside Gymnastics – Olympic issue

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Olympic excitement in Japan

Already looking forward to 2020.

… central Tokyo on Oct. 7 to give superstar treatment to the Japanese athletes who competed in the Rio de Janeiro Olympics and Paralympics. …

800,000 pack Ginza to cheer Rio Olympians, Paralympians

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Women’s Gymnastics 1928

Lauren Hopkins believes this is the oldest footage online of any female doing Gymnastics. Leave a comment if you know of anything older.

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Daniel Leyva Rio highlights

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Sam Oldham training for Tokyo

Sam Oldham scored a personal best 89.950 to finish 1st AA all around at the GBR 1st Olympic trial. But ultimately wasn’t named to the Rio competition team.

He’s training for the 2020 Olympics now back at his home Gymnastics club in Nottingham.

Sam Oldham on overcoming Rio omission and loving gymnastics again at old club in Nottingham

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Olympic reserves: Courtney Tulloch, Sam and Dan Purvis

British Gymnastics in Rio montage

From an Awards Evening celebrating the momentous achievements of British Gymnasts at the Olympics.

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U.S. Olympic prize money

Olympic athletes who bring home the gold, silver and bronze for Team USA will no longer pay a “victory tax” for their achievement under a bill that President Barack Obama signed into law Friday.

The IRS will now be prohibited from taxing most medals or other prizes awarded to U.S. Olympians.

The U.S. Olympic Committee awards cash prizes to medalists, ranging from $25,000 for gold, $15,000 for silver and $10,000 for bronze. The cash prize comes on top of the value of the medals themselves: $600 for gold and $300 for silver; bronze medals aren’t worth much. …

But not all Team USA medalists will be exempt. The tax will still apply to high-profile athletes who earn at least $1 million a year, such as swimmer Michael Phelps.

Obama ends ‘victory tax’ on some U.S. Olympic medalists

via GymCastic