British women sweep gold medals as paracanoe makes Games debut
Great Britain's Jeanette CHIPPINGTON (GBR), Emma WIGGS (GBR) and Anne DICKINS (GBR) picked up all three women's gold medals on offer as paracanoe made a thrilling Paralympic Games debut on Thursday.
CHIPPINGTON's gold in the women's KL1 was her 13th...
IOC must make radical changes to bid process – maybe even self-organize future Games
By Gianni Merlo, AIPS President
The IOC seems to be sailing full speed towards the choice of assigning two summer Olympics, for 2024 and 2028, in one swoop. President Thomas Bach is stubborn and wants to change the procedure quickly...
Boost for female participation and ‘youth and urban appeal’ as IOC confirms 15 new...
By Sonja Nikcevic, AIPS Media
The Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee announced on Friday that a total of 15 new events would be added to the Olympic program for the upcoming Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2020,...
After doping scandals, Russia reformed testing agency
CANOE.COM - After almost two years under suspension, the Russian anti-doping agency wants to show it’s capable of cleaning up a tainted sports scene.
The agency, known as RUSADA, boasts of anti-corruption training and a newfound respect for whistleblowers — a...
Sprint athlete Serghei Tarnovschi stripped of his Olympic bronze medal
Update 12 July 2017 - Moldovan canoe sprint athlete Serghei Tarnovschi will officially be stripped of his Olympic bronze medal after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) dismissed his appeal against a four-year doping ban.
In a press release 19 August...
ICF reverses 2017 Canoe Sprint World Championships Program
By John Mason | Photo: taken from Vote Yes for Women's Canoe FB Page
Yesterday the International Canoe Federation (ICF) reversed their 2017 World Championships Program which would have given an equal number of events for men and women. Gender equity...
Sports leaders need to stop talking and take action
Written by Gianni Merlo, AIPS President
At present, sport has two faces - the first is sweet, attractive and exudes the positive emotions of Olympic competition, while the other is cruel, wrinkled and repulsive, linked to the corruption of...
“IOC/WADA should reopen this case”, says doping authority Richard Ings
By John Mason | Freelance
Richard Ings, former CEO of Australian Sports Anti Doping Authority, thinks that the IOC and WADA should reopen the doping case concerning Polish sprint kayaker Adam Seroczynski.
Polish canoe sprint athlete Adam Seroczynski, who was fourth in...
Mistake with results: Russia and the Czech Republic booted out of Olympic Finals
The Russian rift with the International Canoe Federation (ICF) widened after officials bungled results on day 3 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Canoe Sprint.
Following the completion of the semi finals the results showed Russian athlete Elena Aniushina (pictured...
Rio 2016 Illness Rates Lower Than Previous Games
Around The Rings - A study of illnesses and injuries from the Rio 2016 Olympics shows overall athletes stayed healthier than the previous two Summer Olympics.
The study published on July 29 in the British Journal of Medicine “recorded daily incidence...
