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...words about the level of financial firepower Russia had focused on their efforts. "Salzburg didn't stand a chance," he said. "It was an economic and political powerplay...which indicates the way they want to go from now on, and this is wrong for the sport and for the IOC and Olympic Movement...
...asked the International Olympic Committee to take the extraordinary step of scheduling the swimming finals in the morning in Beijing - which, since the city is 12 hours ahead of East Coast time, would position them ideally for a live U.S. broadcast. In a letter sent earlier this week to IOC President Dr. Jacques Rogge and obtained by TIME, Kerry Stokes, chairman of Australia's Seven Network, voiced strong objections...
...wholesale changes to the traditional schedule are being considered for Beijing but that they are being approached in what would appear a pre-emptory fashion," writes Stokes. He warns Rogge that the decision will "decimate your audience," and says the only conclusion the world will draw is "that the IOC cares more about the North American TV viewer than billions of viewers throughout Europe and Asia." Stokes also says that other changes under consideration include moving key track-and-field events, as well as the men's basketball final, away from their customary afternoon and evening slots...
...thrilled to keep it close, or put another way, pleased that Canada kept it close. "We had no tears for disappointment and no tears for happiness," said Swedish captain Erika Holst. Having outscored opponents 46-2, Canada freshened debate about whether women's hockey belongs in the Olympics. The IOC is committed to women's hockey until the 2010 Games in Vancouver. Beyond that date, there's discussion about limiting the tournament to the top-ranked teams and of introducing a measure to thwart lopsided scores...
...failure of that approach in the face of full-court lobbying by the British left him bitter. "What made us lose was fair play," Delanoe said from Singapore. In Paris, Pascal Bildstein, vice president of the French Triathlon Federation, was more explicit: "When Princess Anne promises all the IOC members an audience with the Queen, it's just not ethical. This was a victory for Anglo-Saxon lobbying, and a loss for real Olympic values...