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International Gymnastics Federation President Morinari Watanabe to Run for IOC Head, But Is He a Reformer or Just Another Fool?

The Paris Olympics have just ended and the Paralympics are set to kick off next week on the 28th, but the focus is already shifting to the Los Angeles Olympics 4 years down the road. International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach, 70, will step down from his position at the end of his term next June. The word is that IOC member Morinari Watanabe, 65, president of the International

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Akasaki on 6th-Place Finish in Paris: “A 2:09 Guy Making Top 8 Was a Nice Surprise”

A native of Ozu, Kumamoto, Paris Olympics men’s marathon 6th-place finisher Akira Akasaki appeared at a press conference in his current base of Fukuoka on Aug. 19. “Most people didn’t think I could make top 8,” he said. “I think a 2:09 guy making top 8 was a nice surprise.”Before the marathon Akasaki’s PB was only 2:09:01, ranking him 74th among the 81 starters in the marathon field. But at

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