Former Nanjing Mayor Out of Party; Meteorite Medals in Sochi

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Nanjing Mayor Ji Jianye (L) stands next to Jacques Rogge (C), President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) during the handing over of the Olympic flag at the closing ceremony of the 2010 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore on August 26, 2010. IOC president Jacques Rogge on August 26 hailed the Youth Olympics in Singapore as exceeding all expectations as the inaugural Games closed with a colourful ceremony of music and dance.  AFP PHOTO/ROSLAN RAHMAN (Photo credit should read ROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP/Getty Images)
Nanjing Mayor Ji Jianye (L) stands next to Jacques Rogge (C), President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) during the handing over of the Olympic flag at the closing ceremony of the 2010 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore on August 26, 2010. IOC president Jacques Rogge on August 26 hailed the Youth Olympics in Singapore as exceeding all expectations as the inaugural Games closed with a colourful ceremony of music and dance. AFP PHOTO/ROSLAN RAHMAN (Photo credit should read ROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP/Getty Images)

Nanjing Mayor Kicked Out of Party

Ji Jianye, former mayor of 2014 Youth Olympic Games host Nanjing, has been expelled from the Communist Party.

The reasons for expulsion were bribery, abuse of power, and being "morally corrupt."

Jiwas removed from his post as mayor of Nanjing this past October, andduring his time in office was known as "mayor bulldozer" for hispenchant for redeveloping the city.

During his time as mayor, Jiallegedly took advantage of his political position to collect bribes andget benefits for people close to him. It is not yet known whether his alleged crimes may have affected YOG preparations.

Ji is expected to be charged criminally now that he has been removed from the party.

Meteorite Medals

Winners of gold medals on February 15th will receive an extra commemorative medal with pieces of the Chelyabinsk meteorite in them.

The extra medals commemorate the one year anniversary of the meteorites’ impact in Lake Chebarkul.

The 10 gold medal winners will receive the commemorative medals in a special ceremony, while 40 more are expected to be sold to private collectors.

A special nickel coating will be put on the medals, which will be made with a combination of gold and silver. A special medal crafting process dating to 1815 will be used to make the medals according to website Novyy Region.

The medals will be handed out as part of a separate ceremony and are not part of the formal medal presentation.

Fox Sports Grabs Latin American Rights

The next two editions of the Olympic Games will be aired by Fox Sports in Spanish-speaking Latin-American countries.

The broadcaster paid an undisclosed sum for the rights to this year’s Sochi Winter Olympics and the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

The rights were sublicensed from America Movil, the Mexican telecommunications company owned by billionaire Carlos Slim.

The rights extend to 17 Latin American territories excluding Brazil.

Written by Nick Devlin and Aaron Bauer

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