Halfway through yesterday's Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon, in the United Arab Emirates, Tonya Nero was on course to qualify for the 2016 Olympic Games.

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Chanelle Young and Rheeza Grant of the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) Marketing Department are among 34 participants from 25 National Olympic Committees attending a two-day International Olympic Committee (IOC) Olympic Marketing Seminar in Lausanne, Switzerland.

CHANELLE YOUNG and Rheeza Grant of the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) marketing department are among 34 participants from 25 National Olympic Committees attending a two-day International Olympic Committee (IOC) Olympic Marketing Seminar in Lausanne, Switzerland, which gets underway at the Olympic Museum today.

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