The British Bobsleigh and Skeleton Association (BBSA) has announced its chief executive will be leaving the organisation prematurely to "help reduce central costs and ensure that maximum available resources can be focused on athletes".
A crowdfunding campaign launched by British bobsleigh athletes who had their funding cut five months before next year's Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang has raised over the £30,000 ($40,000/€34,000) target they set.
A crowdfunding campaign launched by British bobsleigh athletes who have had their funding cut five months before next year's Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang has raised just under £25,000 ($33,000/€28,000) in three days.
The British Bobsleigh and Skeleton Association (BBSA) is set to pull financial support from its women's team just five months before the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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