LONDON -- About two dozen athletes may be barred from the 2016 Summer Olympics.
According to the International Olympics Committee, 23 athletes from six countries and five various sports may not be allowed to participate in the 2016 Summer Olympics due retesting positive in doping reanalysis. NBC states that these athletes and their sports and nationalities were not named by the IOC.
BBC says the IOC focuses mainly on athletes legible to participate in the Rio Olympics.
BBC says the IOC focuses mainly on athletes legible to participate in the Rio Olympics.
From the Beijing Olympics, 31 athletes’ outcomes turned out positive.
The Telegraph informs that the IOC predicted London to be "the cleanest" Olympics referring to drugs taken by athletes.
The Telegraph informs that the IOC predicted London to be "the cleanest" Olympics referring to drugs taken by athletes.
With the addition of the 23 athletes, a total of 55 Olympic participants from the past two Summer Olympics could potentially be disqualified from their events and stripped of any medals or awards they have received.
Thomas Bach, President of the IOC, says, “We want to keep the dopers away from the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. This is why we are acting swiftly now.”
The IOC warns athletes as well as their national Olympic teams and international sports federations about possible disciplinary actions in advance.
Their warning states, "All athletes found to have infringed the anti-doping rules will be banned from competing at the Olympic Games" in Rio.
Reason:
The Summer Olympics is an extremely popular event across the world. Several people pay close attention to it, so it is news that numerous people would be interested in reading. Also, people are able follow up on the information up until the Olympics, itself. Since names, sports, and nationalities were not released, the readers may take interest in staying updated to find out any of that information.
Great first line! It doesn't give away too much so the reader keeps reading the article. While you did cite your sources in the brief, you didn't provide a hyperlink to them or actual APA citations so the reader would have to do some digging to find the articles. That's just my opinion because I am not 100% sure how Professor Coman wanted us to cite sources. Otherwise, great topic. This would fall under the category of interest in newsworthiness and was very well written and detail oriented. I actually wrote my international story about the Olympics being possibly postponed, so ours were similar in the main subject.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Jen!
DeleteI forgot to add them below (who forgets that?!). Anyway, all that's happening before this summer's Olympics is insane. I wonder how it will all turn out!
Alexis-
ReplyDeleteGreat topic! My international story was on the possibility of postponing or cancelling the Summer Olympics due to the Zika virus. We were pretty similar in that. I think you did a really good job of answering the 5 Ws and H in this story. I agree with Jen about the citations, but completely understand that you just forgot. It happens to the best of us! My suggestion for CI is that you make sure to reread for wording that might get confusing before posting.
Overall, great job!
Sam-
DeleteThanks for your suggestions! I will definitely take them into account for next time.
Thanks!
Alexis- Your choice of stories was interesting and relevant. Your writing style draws the reader in which adds to your credibility. Beautifully written and aesthetically appealing. Look forward to your stories in the future, good job!
ReplyDeleteAlexander-
DeleteThank you very much for your input. It means a lot! I'll remember for future stories.