Olympics
Olympic athletes should be allowed to protest
July 19, 2021On April 21 of this year, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) upheld Rule 50 of the Olympic Charter ahead of this year’s Olympic Games, which were likely to feature protests from athletes regarding social and racial justice. Rule 50 prohibits any demonstration of political, religious, or racial propaganda in any Olympic sites or venues. According to the CBC, this decision was the result of a survey of about 3,500 athletes, 70% of whom said it was “not appropriate to demonstrate or express their views'' on the field or at the opening or closing ceremonies. That same survey also showed 67%…
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World News Beats
March 9, 2018Europe colder than the Arctic Europe is being engulfed by a cold spell, seeing temperatures plummet and leaving cities scrambling to shelter the homeless from the freezing weather, while places north of the Arctic Circle are seeing warm winters.…
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Olympic News Beats
February 16, 2018Possible cyber attack during Olympics opening ceremony A potential cyber attack that may have occurred during the opening ceremony of the PyeongChang Olympics is being investigated by organizers. Local media reported problems with non-critical systems, but the organizers have…
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SFU team competes in Zurich in Cyborg Olympics
October 24, 2016[dropcap]S[/dropcap]FU researchers were tested on the world stage on October 8 at ETH Zurich’s Cybathlon — the first ever Cyborg Olympics. The researchers’ bionic arm, which was developed to act as a more intuitive prosthetic arm for amputees, competed with…
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Olympic Watch: SFU student Gabriel Ho-Garcia is Rio-ready
July 24, 2016[dropcap]S[/dropcap]FU will not be without representation at the Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics. In the opening ceremonies, keep your eyes peeled for student Gabriel Ho-Garcia, playing men’s field hockey for Team Canada . The Peak caught up with Ho-Garcia after…
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Fierce Fencers: An interview with two SFU students gunning for a gold
June 12, 2016[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n late May, two SFU student athletes earned bronze medals at the 2016 Canadian Fencing Federation’s National Championships in the University Division. If you’ve never heard about SFU’s fencing team before, it’s because we don’t actually have one. In fact,…
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SFU student wins bronze medal at Olympic Games
September 3, 2012Jasmin Glaesser, a third-year computing science student at SFU, had the opportunity to compete in the London 2012 Olympic Games this summer, and won a bronze medal for her race in women’s team pursuit cycling. When Glaesser, a Coquitlam native,…
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