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LANE ONE: The LA 2028 venue plan continues to shift, along with the rest of Los Angeles
The latest turn in the saga of the International Boxing Association came last Thursday when the Secretary General of the Russian Boxing Federation, Umar Kremlev, offered to pay more than $16 million to clear AIBA’s debts, on the condition that the sport be retained in the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.
It was only the latest example of expanding Russian involvement in the business of the international sports federations.
Kremlev’s offer was made in a letter to International Olympic Committee chief Thomas Bach (GER) and the IOC membership, including:
“And for the sake of the future of boxing, I am ready to close all the debts of AIBA in full, so long as our favorite sport remains in the Olympic program. I decided to close the AIBA debts in full, and also allocate money for the development of the organization. I would like to do this for boxing to remain in the Olympic movement and that financial problems are no longer one of the reasons why the future of boxing would be under threat.”
So his offer is for more than $16 million, gleefully accepted by AIBA, which posted a statement that “AIBA moved one step closer to solving one hundred per cent of the issues, stated by the IOC
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FOOTBALL: Mexico and Spain to face off for women’s U-17 World Cup title
Apart from the doping, politics, suspensions and court cases, there was some pretty good sport taking place in 2018. The awards are starting to be announced and one of the best of the year-end awards programs is the Athlete of the Year awards in track & field, presented annually in a big gala in Monaco, the headquarters of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).
The awards ceremony is coming up next week, on 4 December and the IAAF shared the top-five finalists in the men’s and women’s divisions last week.
(Let’s be clear, the voting is over and the IAAF knows the winners, but they are drawing out the process so that news media will write stories like this one.)
Among the men, the final five:
∙ Christian Coleman (USA) ~ World Indoor Record in the 60 m, World Indoor Champion at 60 m; world leader in the 100 m (9.79) and Diamond League Champion at 100 m.
∙ Mondo Duplantis (SWE) ~ Eight World Junior Records (indoors and outdoors) in the pole vault; World Junior Champion, European Champion, world leader at 6.05 m (19-10 1/4).
∙ Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) ~ Winner of the London Marathon (2:04:17) and Berlin Marathon, where he set a World Record of 2:01:39.
∙ Kevin Mayer (FRA)
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