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TTOC president Lewis completes International Marathon course
Monday 25 January 2021
TTOC president Brian Lewis (front) leads a group of walkers during their participation at the virtual TT International Marathon, from Freeport to the Queen s Park Savannah in Port of Spain, on Sunday. PHOTO COURTESY TTOC. -
TT Olympic Committee (TTOC) president Brian Lewis completed the TT International Marathon (TTIM) 26.2 mile distance in six hours, 37 minutes and seven seconds on Sunday.
The 52-year old journeyed from St Mary’s Junction in Freeport, at 2 am, and arrived at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port of Spain, just before 9 am.
Owing to the covid19 pandemic, this year’s 39th edition did not feature its usual scores of participants on a set date.
Lewis: TT Marathon to start TTOC 75th celebrations
TT Olympic Committee president Brian Lewis. - SUREASH CHOLAI
PARTICIPATION in the 2021 TT International Marathon will kickstart the TT Olympic Committee (TTOC)’s 75th-anniversary celebrations, according to TTOC president Brian Lewis.
However, the TTOC’s celebrations will be done differently due to the ongoing covid19 pandemic.
During a recent interview, Lewis said, “Because of covid and the challenging circumstances, our 75th celebrations would look entirely different to how it would have looked were it not for covid.
“The Marathon is kicking off the covid-restricted celebrations,” added Lewis. “The Marathon this year is a virtual (one), as organised by the TT International Marathon Committee chaired by Diane Henderson. I have to give credit to her leadership, for deciding that, notwithstanding the challenges, they wanted to still have an event for (its) 39th year, and you have to give them credit for that.”
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Rather than dwelling on this milestone, I have opted to look forward to seven potential areas of interest in my seventh year of service. Understandably Tokyo 2020 and the ongoing impact of coronavirus will be the key priorities for the Olympic Movement in the year ahead, but I have tried to steer clear as far as possible from these two obvious areas.
Bach rebooted
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Weightlifting in the Americas Still Alive Despite COVID-19 12/22/20
(ATR) The eventful year faced by the weightlifting family closed with messages of hope in the Americas through the best possible way: watching the athletes compete.
USA Weightlifting held virtual competition for nationals. (USAW)
The weightlifters of the Americas managed to keep their dreams alive through what 10 months ago was the unimaginable idea of online competitions.
After all of the national and international tournaments canceled or postponed due to the global coronavirus pandemic, December closes with the encouraging signs left by United States Weightlifting and the Pan American Weightlifting Federation in organizing online contests that, like everything celebrated for the first time, remain fixed in the sports memory.