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Should Olympic Medalists Be Taxed?

Senator Marco Rubio introduced a bill yesterday that would exempt Olympic Athletes from being taxed for earning medals at the Games. Medalists earn an honorarium depending on their medal, $25,000 for a gold down to $10,000 for a bronze medal. The amount they are taxed...

IAAF Falls Short By “Restoring” Paula Radcliffe’s Record

by Blaine Moore | News

A month and a half ago, the IAAF enacted a sexist rule that stripped some women of their world records and made it more difficult for them to set new world records going forward (as of January 1st, 2012). Most notably, Paula Radcliffe’s near-unreachable 2:15:25...

Cross Country Running to be Considered for 2014 Olympics

by Blaine Moore | News

Last September, Bekele, Tergat, and Gebrselassie wrote an open letter to the International Olympic Committee to try to get cross country reinstated into the Olympic Games. Cross country was originally removed after the 1924 Paris Games when unseasonably hot weather...

Olympic Athletes Will Have Blood Samples Retested for Steroids

by Blaine Moore | News, Sports

The IOC has announced that it is going to retest all of the samples collected from the Olympic games in the wake of the positive tests found by the Tour de France for the latest version of EPO, Continuous Erythropoiesis Receptor Activator. CERA is a stamina boosting...

Olympic Games are not threatened by the financial crisis

by Blaine Moore | News

Here in the United States, everything is in an uproar over the collapse of the financial industries. Personally, I do not worry about it because it lets me buy into the market at a discount. I’m not the only person who isn’t worried, though. IOC president...

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Should Olympic Medalists Be Taxed?

IAAF Falls Short By “Restoring” Paula Radcliffe’s Record

Cross Country Running to be Considered for 2014 Olympics

Olympic Athletes Will Have Blood Samples Retested for Steroids

Olympic Games are not threatened by the financial crisis

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