Posts Tagged: #olympics
Olympic expert available to comment on Canada’s diplomatic boycott of Beijing Games
December 8, 2021
Mac Ross from Western University’s International Centre for Olympic Studies is available to media for comment Canada’s diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Olympics.
Expert and former Olympian available to comment on breakdancing as Olympic sport
December 8, 2020
Competitive breakdancing or “breaking” has been added as an official sport by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for the Paris…
Olympic expert and former Olympian available to comment on postponement of 2020 Tokyo Games
March 24, 2020
According to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach has agreed to postpone the 2020 Tokyo…
Olympic and Paralympic expert available to comment on Canada and 2020 Tokyo Games
March 23, 2020
The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) and Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC) announced today that Canadian athletes will not be sent to…
Expert available to comment on formal investigation of head of Japan’s Olympic Committee
January 11, 2019
With news breaking that the head of Japan’s Olympic Committee is being formally investigated in France for alleged corruption in…
Olympians and Paralympians headline human rights in sport conference
October 10, 2018
Marie-Eve Beauchemin-Nadeau, Bruce Kidd, Beckie Scott and Josh Vander Vies have all represented Canada at the world’s biggest sporting event:…
Paralympic expert available to media to comment on 2018 PyeongChang Winter Games
March 8, 2018
On the eve of the PyeongChang Paralympic Winter Games, Laura Misener, Acting Director of Western University’s School of Kinesiology, is…
Major media coverage for International Centre for Olympic Studies
February 26, 2018
Michael Heine, Director of Western’s International Centre for Olympic Studies, was an influential voice over the past few weeks as…
Olympic expert available to media to comment on 2018 PyeongChang Winter Games
February 1, 2018
With the PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games just one week away, the director of Western University’s International Centre for Olympic Studies…
Western University experts available for comment on Olympic athlete injuries
July 7, 2016
In what he has said will be his last Olympic Games, Usain Bolt’s goal of repeating his three gold medal-winning…
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