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Debate continues on whether the 2021 Olympic Games should/will take place as the clock ticks down to July 23 start date. The XXX11 Olympiad will be the first time that the games have returned to Japan since the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. The 1964 Olympic Summer games was a watershed for New Zealand Olympic participation, winning more medals than any previous games with three gold medals and two bronze. The 1964 Olympiad was the zenith of the career of arguably our countries greatest sportsman in (Sir) Peter Snell. During his time in the limelight, Peter Snell won three Olympic gold medals, two Bri...

The Wanda Diamond League will be reopening a treasure trove of world class athletics heritage when the 2021 season gets underway with Mondo Duplantis, Dina Asher-Smith and co in action at the Muller Grand Prix Gateshead two weeks today, Sunday 23 May. Rabat’s misfortune in being unable to host the opening event, due to ongoing coronavirus restrictions, has afforded one of track and field’s traditional hotbeds the opportunity to get back on the international map. The International Stadium in Gateshead, directly across the River Tyne from Newcastle in the north-east of England, last staged...

Webcast Dives into Franchise Law Requirements Published: April 28, 2021 Suzanna M. M. Morales Powley & Gibson, P.C. New York, New York, USA INTA Bulletins—North America Subcommittee Canadian and U.S. practitioners presented recently at an INTA webcast on franchise law requirements, includ...

Oceania is coming together with one voice to urge support for the Global Conversation. The region of Island nations has a rich history in the sport, having twice hosted the Olympic Games (Melbourne 1956 and Sydney 2000), created iconic events like the Stawell Gift – a recipient of World Athletics Heritage plaque – nurtured ground-breaking breaking coaches such as Arthur Lydiard and, of course, has been represented by some the sport’s greatest competitors including Cathy Freeman, Valerie Adams, Herb Elliot, Sally Pearson and Peter Snell. But the region is looking ahead to the future to ...

The outside of Tokyo's Olympic Stadium (© AFP / Getty Images) With every major milestone comes that extra surge of excitement and anticipation for the rescheduled Olympic Games, for which there are now just 100 days to go. On 23 July the spotlight will be on Tokyo's Olympic Stadium as it hosts the opening ceremony and one week later the world’s best track and field athletes will descend on the rebuilt venue of the 1964 Games as athletics action gets under way. More than half a century ago, when Tokyo last hosted the Olympics, the stadium was the place where New Zealand’s Peter Snell tore...