So long as there is doubt whether the LZR Speedo is giving unfair advantage to swimmers who use it, I can’t understand why FINA would continue to sanction its use. I also don’t understand why otherwise honorable athletes — I’m looking at you Americans and Australians — would be okay with using it. Whatever happened [...]
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Missing in Action: Cuba’s Yurisel Laborde
Did she defect to the United States? Or did something bad happen to her that we still don’t know about? Yurisel Laborde is a Cuban judoka who won a bronze medal during the 2004 Olympics in Athens. She also boasts of two Judo World Championships gold medals which she bagged in 2005 and 2007. After [...]
The Money Report: United States
How much incentive money does the United States award to its Olympic medal winners? According to CNNmoney.com, the United States Olympic Committee gave out the following amounts in 2004: $25,000 to gold medal winners, $15,000 to those who take home a silver and $10,000 for a bronze I guess it’s safe to assume that U.S. [...]
Niceness Wins Olympic Medals?
Want to win an Olympic medal? Be cooperative rather than competitive. Don’t take my word for it. Take the words of sports psychologist Susan Butt who believes that Cuba’s remarkable achievements in the Olympics could be traced to its emphasis on “reinforcing feelings of competence and co-operation in athletes” rather than “promoting aggression and competition”. [...]
