Over the last four years Vaulter Magazine and our club (Vaulter Club) has had the wonderful opportunity to deal with some of the largest track and field suppliers in the world. We’ve been extremely blessed to have such a strong relationship with many of these companies. Support in this sport…
Happy April, everyone! This issue of Vaulter Magazine marks 4 years that we have been publishing! 4 years! We definitely could not have done it without the support of our readers and the progression of this wonderful sport that we all love. The indoor season ended with some amazing performances!…
Athletics superpower Russia is running out of time to eradicate doping and may not be able to send a track and field team to this year’s Rio Olympics, Dick Pound, chair of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) independent commission, said on Wednesday. “There seems to be some evidence that they’re…
My mom took erythropoietin—EPO. It helped her tired, anemic body pump out more red blood cells for years before it became the drug of choice for professional cyclists in the late 1990s and early 2000s. I mention this because somebody’s mom probably also takes meldonium, the same drug that tennis…
RIO DE JANEIRO—A new subway line expected to form the backbone of public transportation when this seaside city hosts the Olympics in August will be ready on time, officials said Monday, Touring an almost-finished station at the base of the sprawling Rocinha favela, Rio de Janeiro state Transportation Secretary Rodrigo…
How confident is Scott Blackmun, the chief executive of the United States Olympic Committee, that the Zika virus will not ruin the Rio Summer Olympics or render them unsafe for athletes, workers and spectators? Just last week, even though the number of people reported to have the virus in Brazil…
The upcoming 2016 Rio Olympics will be partially filmed in 8K “Super-Hi Vision,” and anyone wealthy enough to actually own an 8K TV in Japan will be able to watch around 130 hours of it. That’ll include the opening and closing ceremonies, plus some of the more popular sports like…
In a major change in the handling of positive drug tests at the Olympics, the IOC is set to remove itself from the process and have a group of independent sports arbitrators rule on doping cases during the games in Rio de Janeiro, officials familiar with the plans told The…
Ethiopian-born Swedish runner Abeba Aregawi, the 2013 World 1500m champion, failed a drug test and has been suspended indefinitely, putting her Rio Olympic chances in jeopardy. Aregawi tested positive for an undisclosed substance in January, according to Swedish media. She is banned pending an investigation and analysis of a B…
Even as athletes grow increasingly concerned about the outbreak of the Zika virus in Brazil, the organizing committee for the August Olympics in Rio de Janeiro said it will charge national delegations to have mosquito screens on athletes’ rooms. The screens, one measure Brazilians are using to help ward off…
