Ty Speer Lands Glasgow 2014 Role
Glasgow 2014 chiefs are wasting no time in recruiting from London 2012’s pool of talent, naming Ty Speer as deputy chief executive.
The 46-year-old former LOCOG client services director will lead the 2014 Games’ $162 million commercial program, including generating revenues from sponsorship, ticketing, international broadcast rights sales and licensing and merchandising.
Speer was a senior commercial manager of the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games, and for LOCOG he led the development of key sponsorship properties, including the Olympic Torch Relay, Volunteer Program, Cultural Olympiad and the Paralympics.
Glasgow 2014 CEO David Grevemberg said Speer’s knowledge, experience and leadership "will all be great assets to the organizing committee in delivering on our ambitions of an outstanding Commonwealth Games for Glasgow and for Scotland".
Speer, who hails from Atlanta, Georgia, said: "It is clear from commitment shown and the enthusiasm generated that the Games already have a fantastic momentum. I look forward to maximizing all opportunities to deliver an outstanding sporting and cultural celebration of which Scotland can be proud."
He is due to take start at Glasgow 2014 in early November.
Also today, Glasgow 2014 named Rebecca Adlington, double Olympic champion in Beijing and a London 2012 swimming medalist, as its latest ambassador. She will be involved with the launch of the official Games mascot later this week.
Adlington competed at the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games, where she won gold in both the 400m and 800m freestyle.
Glasgow's mascot will be launched on Thursday at BBC Scotland's studios in Pacific Quay.
Maglione Reelected
Julio César Maglione will serve another four years as president of the Uruguay Olympic Committee.
The IOC member and FINA president has led the NOC since 1987.
Maglione earned the vote of 26 of the 31 national sport federations at the Sept. 5 elections.
Washington Beltran was elected new secretary general, replacing Ernesto Cajaravilla.
India Medal Target
India’s sports minister is setting an ambitious target of earning four times more medals at the 2020 Games than in London.
"In the 2020 Games, we have set a target of 25 medals," Ajay Maken said on Saturday. India had its best Olympic performance this summer, winning six medals.
"The Olympic medals are correlated with the country’s economic growth, if you see our Olympic history in the last 100 years and the total medals," he added.
"If you see the last two Olympics, we have got a total of nine medals. And all these medals we have bagged are in individual events. Before this in our 100-year Olympic history, we got only two individual medals. And within four years, we have got nine medals."
Written by Mark Bisson, Ed Hula III and Matthew Grayson.
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