Hello and welcome to 100 Days of Summer, my name is Christiaan Page, and we're going to be counting down the days before the Tokyo Olympic Games. This is... read more →
Wow! Colour, culture and carnival! What a truly wonderful start to the games, and I feel so proud to be here in Rio with this team who have made it... read more →
“The important thing in life is not the triumph, but the fight; the essential thing is not to have won, but to have fought well.” – Pierre de Coubertin Over... read more →
Technically the games kicked off today! Football always has a couple of matches they need to squeeze in a before the Opening Ceremony, so from an operational perspective, we are... read more →
It is fair to say that some of our equipment has the best view in Rio! Whether it be on the FOP (Field of Play) or somewhere nearby. Today we... read more →
Ready for a road event! Road Cycling is one of the first medal events starting on day 1 of the games here in Rio. As you can imagine, there is... read more →
Five days, five rings, five things to know about the games… The Olympic motto is the hendiatris Citius, Altius, Fortius, which is Latin for “Faster, Higher, Stronger”. It was proposed... read more →
Hitting the wall. When running a marathon there is a point most people reach at about one-third to three-quarters of the race where it can literally feel like you’ve smacked... read more →
” The Finishing Line…One Journey Shared by Thousands. A small proportion of Athletes reach the final, but regardless of whether or not they win medals, they all become Olympians. For... read more →
When I raced BMX back in the late seventies, it was all about who could jump the “whoops” all in one go. Now the whoops was a combo jump at... read more →