In an effort for all sporting personnel to "Be In The Know" about the COVID-19 bio-safety measures for sports, the T&T Olympic Committee (TTOC) hosted the first of two sessions on Saturday, to ensure that are all stakeholders are well-informed.
GAMES
Liam Morgan: Pound on independence, governance and the investigation that ended his IOC Presidential hopes
Perhaps the most frequent criticism of the Olympic Movement as an entity is that it lacks independence.
Tokyo 2020's "long journey" ends with emotional Paralympic Closing Ceremony
After a year's postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games ended two months of sporting action in the Japanese capital, with the Closing Ceremony at the Olympic Stadium.
THE EVOLUTION OF LOCAL TRACK AND FIELD COACHING IN JAMAICA
A quick look at the team selected for the Tokyo Olympics is quite revealing. More than half of the athletes selected are locally trained, but even more fascinating, these athletes represent FOURTEEN different local clubs. As we have come to expect, MVP dominates the roster with 11 athletes on the team, but there are another 24 locally trained athletes not affiliated with MVP.
IPC hails Tokyo 2020 organisers for delivering "historic" Games during pandemic
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has hailed the "phenomenal" work of the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee to stage "historic" Olympic and Paralympic Games in the midst of a global heath crisis.
A shift of mindset and language will let us take more from Olympics of the future Cath Bishop
Chris Boardman signalled the shift when he summed up British Cycling’s performance at the Tokyo Olympics: “Fewer medals but a better story.” What could he mean? We all know sporting performance pushes forward. Innovation never stops as athletes look deeper and search further to raise their game. The new territory this time is fresh vocabulary, human stories and different thinking.