February 2017 - Champions Olympic Speakers

Posted on Feb 20, 2017

Seven Sports Lose Funding Cut Appeals

TOPSHOT - South Korea's Jung Kyung Eun and South Korea's Shin Seung Chan (unseen) serve against China's Tang Yuanting and China's Yu Yang during their women's doubles Bronze Medal badminton match at the Riocentro stadium in Rio de Janeiro on August 18, 2016, at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
South Korea's Jung Kyung Eun and South Korea's Shin Seung Chan won the match. / AFP / Ben STANSALL (Photo credit should read BEN STANSALL/AFP/Getty Images)

The seven sports that had all of their funding cut for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic games in Tokyo, have today seen their appeals rejected by UK Sport. Archery, badminton, fencing, table tennis and...

Posted on Feb 16, 2017

Speaker Spotlight: Katherine Grainger

One of the most successful British sportswomen and rowers in history, Katherine Grainger CBE has won more Olympic medals than any other female in team GB’s Olympic history. Having competed at five O...

Posted on Feb 9, 2017

2018 Winter Olympics Could Be Record Breaking For Team GB

GANGNEUNG, SOUTH KOREA - FEBRUARY 09: A genaral view of the PyeongChang 2018 One Year to Go Ceremony at Gangneung Hockey Center on February 9, 2017 in Gangneung, South Korea. (Photo by Han Myung-Gu/Getty Images)

In exactly one year’s time the 2018 Winter Olympic opening ceremony in Pyeongchang, South Korea will have begun kicking off a fortnights’ worth of exhilarating action in some of the toughest a...

Posted on Feb 2, 2017

Tokyo 2020 Medals To Be Made From Phones

The Olympic rings are seen above the entrance on the facade of the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland, on December 7, 2016. / AFP / FABRICE COFFRINI (Photo credit should read FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images)

Organisers at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics have come up with a novel idea on how to create the games medals, and educate people on sustainability at the same time. Should they be successful in three ye...