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(ATR) Plans for a second Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City are facing budget pressures that include the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
Originally pegged at $1.35 billion two years ago, the budget for an encore to the 2002 Winter Games is under constant revision, three dozen iterations so far Fraser Bullock, president and CEO of the Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games tells Around the Rings. He spoke following the Oct. 21 meeting of the bid board of governors.
"With the Olympics going through this unprecedented postponement due to corona, we need to make sure we have adequate contingency in the budget," he says. The current number is $60 million but he expects that will increase. How much he would not say.
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Weightlifters Caught in Federation Feud
(ATR) The recent chaos surrounding the leadership of the International Weightlifting Federation has left the athletes wondering what it means for them.
They want to know whether they will be able to compete at the Olympics if the IWF is not active in the effort to clean up the sport and its own house.
"It’s definitely a worry, especially for coaches and athletes that are younger folks that have aspirations of competing in the Olympics in the future," Travis Cooper, the USA Weightlifting Elite Athlete Director and USOPC Athlete Advisory Council Representative, tells Around the Rings.
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World Press Briefing Goes Virtual
(ATR) More than 250 media representatives are participating in the Beijing 2022 World Press Briefing, held entirely on line, a first for an Olympic Games organizing committee.
The three-day meeting covered all of the principal topics usually presented in a WPB, usually held once or twice ahead of the Olympics.
Monday’s opening session covered sport, venue and infrastructure, the Main Press Center, logistics and venue press operations, language services, photo operations and the OIS and technology. Tuesday dealt with accreditation and accommodations, arrivals and departures, transportation, rate card and security. A third day on Wednesday is meant for photo briefing and one on one meetings with Beijing 2022 media staff.
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