MetaFilter posts tagged with ioc

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timeistight — Wed, 02 Jul 2003 08:50:17 -0800

Vancouver gets the games. 2010 Winter Olympics will be held in Vancouver, BC. Maybe now we can get a Mefi meetup.

Keen — Tue, 05 Feb 2002 14:15:14 -0800

IOC will not allow WTC flag at the SLC Olympics. A flag was found in what was left of the World Trade Center. It was going to be flown at the opening ceremonies but the IOC says that the flag is too political. What does everyone think about this?

netbros — Tue, 05 Dec 2000 10:05:26 -0800

Net faces 10-year Olympic shutout. Chairman of the IOC Internet working group says, "Unless and until you can guarantee your internet signal is only available within your territory, you cannot put video on your website. We're going to go forward with that and we're going to see how it evolves." Anyone have some portable transmission walls they can erect on international boundaries every two years?

cowboy — Tue, 26 Sep 2000 07:35:22 -0800

C.J. Hunter failed drug tests. What I don't get is why the IOC brought this up now, months after it happened, and right when the track and field events are going. He's not even competing in the Olympics. He's there to support his wife, Marion Jones. What purpose is served by announcing this information except to bring doubt on Marion's efforts to win her events. The IOC and the media have done a bad thing here, in my mind, it confuses and disgusts me.

john — Mon, 18 Sep 2000 12:00:51 -0800

Can a corrupt IOC spoil the spirit of competition? Is the IOC "...more important than the Catholic Church"?