Basketball at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics will begin two days before the opening ceremony takes place on July 14, the sport's governing body FIBA said on Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/08/21/la28-basketball-before-opening-ceremony/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics#la28 #2028losangelesolympics #fiba
Olympic wrestling champion Gable Steveson will make his mixed martial arts debut next month, the latest turn in a winding career path that has seen the American compete in pro wrestling and sign for an NFL team. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/08/21/olympic-champion-steveson-mma/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #gablestevenson #mixedmartialarts
Olympic boxing champion Imane Khelif has denied claims made by her former manager that she has retired from the sport, saying she is still training regularly. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/08/21/imane-khelif-denies-retirement/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #imanekhelif #2024parisolympics
Organizers of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics will sell naming rights for some competition venues to "unlock an additional revenue stream" in a move that breaks with Olympic tradition. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/08/15/la-naming-rights-olympic-venues/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #2028losangelesolympics #internationalolympiccommittee
American Fred Kerley, a two-time 100m Olympic medalist, has been provisionally suspended for failing to notify anti-doping officials of his whereabouts. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/08/13/fred-kerley-provisional-suspension/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #fredkerley #doping
Reigning Winter Olympic men's figure skating champion Nathan Chen of the United States says he will not defend his crown at next year's Games in Italy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/08/10/nathan-chen-no-2026-olympics/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics#nathanchen #us #2026milanocortinaolympics
The world's democracies should boycott the Trump Olympics.
Trump announces he will chair White House taskforce for 2028 LA Olympics
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/aug/05/trump-taskforce-los-angeles-olympics
@jeffjarvis it will be a mess, like everything connected to Trump's America.
Boycotts, careers threatened, countries excluded, Oligarchs indulged....a mess.
Boycotts, careers threatened, countries excluded, Oligarchs indulged....a mess.
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Hmm, have any countries start to think about an LA Olympics boycott yet? Will we be seeing a complete choreographed opening ceremony celebrating Dear Leader? Will they be renditioning and probing the gender of athletes at the events, or at the border?
LA Times: Trump names himself chair of L.A. Olympics task force, sees role for military during Games
For Cortina native and Olympic champion curler Stefania Constantini, the 2026 Milano-Cortina Games promise to be extra special. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/08/06/constantini-curling-cortina-olympics/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #stefaniaconstantini #2026milanocortinaolympics
Hmm, have any countries start to think about an LA Olympics boycott yet? Will we be seeing a complete choreographed opening ceremony celebrating Dear Leader? Will they be renditioning and probing the gender of athletes at the events, or at the border?
LA Times: Trump names himself chair of L.A. Olympics task force, sees role for military during Games
Nyjah Huston, widely regarded as the greatest street skateboarder of all time, has set his sights on Olympic gold when the sport returns to its roots at the Los Angeles Games in 2028. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/08/05/nyjah-huston-2028-olympics/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #nyjahhuston #2028losangelesolympics#la28
U.S. President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Tuesday creating a White House Olympics task force to handle security and other issues related to the 2028 Summer Olympic Games. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/08/05/trump-olympics-task-force/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #donaldtrump #2028losangelesolympics
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Today in Labor History July 31, 1968: Students protested the Olympics in Mexico City. They occupied schools and began a General Strike. Cops violently attacked them. The violence culminated with the Tlatelolco massacre, October 2, during which the cops slaughtered 350-400 people, using snipers. They arrested and tortured over 1,300.
Alejandro Jodorowsky dramatized the massacre in his surreal film, “The Holy Mountain” (1973). In it, he showed birds, fruits, vegetables and other things falling and being ripped out of the wounds of the dying students. The late author, Roberto Bolaño, recounted the massacre in his novel “Amulet” (1999). He also retells the story in his novel, “The Savage Detectives.”
#workingclass #LaborHistory #students #olympics #mexico #protest #massacre #tlatelolco #generalstrike #police #policebrutality #policemurder#robertobolaño #film #author #books #fiction #novel #writer @bookstadon
Today in Labor History July 31, 1968: Students protested the Olympics in Mexico City. They occupied schools and began a General Strike. Cops violently attacked them. The violence culminated with the Tlatelolco massacre, October 2, during which the cops slaughtered 350-400 people, using snipers. They arrested and tortured over 1,300.
Alejandro Jodorowsky dramatized the massacre in his surreal film, “The Holy Mountain” (1973). In it, he showed birds, fruits, vegetables and other things falling and being ripped out of the wounds of the dying students. The late author, Roberto Bolaño, recounted the massacre in his novel “Amulet” (1999). He also retells the story in his novel, “The Savage Detectives.”
#workingclass #LaborHistory #students #olympics #mexico #protest #massacre #tlatelolco #generalstrike #police #policebrutality #policemurder#robertobolaño #film #author #books #fiction #novel #writer @bookstadon
German double Olympic biathlon champion Laura Dahlmeier has died after a mountaineering accident in Pakistan, her management and local authorities confirmed on Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/07/31/dahlmeier-dies-mountaineering-accident/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #lauradahlmeier #pakistan #mountaineering
Paris Olympic heavyweight boxing champion Lazizbek Mullojonov has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for a prohibited substance. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/07/30/mullojonov-provisional-suspension/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #lazizbekmullojonov #2024parisolympics #doping
Peres Jepchirchir said on Wednesday she was relishing her imminent return to Japan for the first time since storming to Olympic marathon gold at the COVID-delayed Tokyo Games in 2021. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/07/25/jepchirchir-japan-return/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #peresjepchirchir #marathon#worldathleticschampionships
The president of the 2032 Brisbane Olympics organizing committee is happy with the progress made so far but concedes there will be little wiggle room for any delays. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/07/23/brisbane-2032-olympics-progress/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #2032brisbaneolympics #brisbane
Doha is bidding to host the 2036 Olympic and Paralympic Games, authorities said on Tuesday, as the wealthy Gulf state of Qatar sets its sights on yet another major sports event to diversify its energy-reliant economy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/07/23/qatar-2036-olympics-bid/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #qatar #2036summerolympics