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How 2020 Bidding Cities Can Impress the IOC - Sir Craig Reedie PDF Print E-mail
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iSportconnect sat down with Sir Craig Reedie, International Olympic Committee (IOC) vice-president and head of the 2020 Evaluation Commission to exclusively hear what the IOC looks for in a host city, the lessons that can be learned from London 2012 and the importance of a post-Games legacy.

What does the IOC look for in a bidding city and what criteria...

 
British Taekwondo: kicking on! PDF Print E-mail
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The success of Jades Jones and Lutalo Muhammad at London 2012 has catapulted the sport of Taekwondo in Britain into a realm of unprecedented participation and interest.

Since the conclusion of the Games, the team at British Taekwondo have spent countless hours conducting extensive research and results suggest that clubs...

 
A vision for the future- Andrew Shelley PDF Print E-mail
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Glass is not the new rock and roll. People have been mixing sand with soda and potash for centuries so why have all-glass squash courts only been around for less than thirty years? The answer is that the kick-start was provided by one-way vision. It was the ability to allow spectators to look in but that players...

 
LEGACY, LEGACY, LEGACY- Jamie Salmon PDF Print E-mail
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The outgoing BOA Chairman, Colin Moynihan, used his position brilliantly to announce how wrong it is that more than 50% of the country’s 2008 medallists in Beijing came from elite independent schools and that percentage represents a mere 7% of the population.

He added: "There is so much talent out there in the...

 
Security Design – A London 2012 Olympic Success Story- Mark Tucknutt PDF Print E-mail
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Mark Tucknutt CroppedAlthough London 2012 has been universally lauded as a great success, security surrounding the Games received significant public criticism, specifically the failure of a contractor to meet its obligations to provide sufficient security guards. Despite the obvious deficiencies in the provision of guarding by G4S, there were many other...

 
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