SI.com (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) -- Giselle Davies has resigned after six years as the International Olympic Committee's communications director and chief spokeswoman.The 39-year-old Briton told The Associated Press on Thursday she was stepping down to "start a new chapter" in her professional and personal life.Davies' resignation, to be announced officially by the IOC on Friday and...
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 24/08/2008
WINNERSChina: Spent at least $40 billion, staged most memorable Games.Beijing: Pollution? What pollution? Those were blue skies over Olympic Green on some days.IOC: Decision seven years ago to award Games to country with one-fifth of the world's population: vindicated. The IOC, spokeswoman Giselle Davies said at a closing news conference, leaves holding "very firmly in the belief it was...
Democratic Underground (Free subscription) | 24/08/2008
... to investigate "what have been a number of questions and apparent discrepancies," spokeswoman Giselle Davies said. But all of the information the Chinese gymnastics federation has presented so far supports its insistence that its athletes were old enough to compete."We believe the matter will be put to rest and there's no question . . . on the eligibility," Davies said. "The...
Deadspin (Free subscription) | 23/08/2008
... to attend the IOC/BOCOG press conference (they’re back!).Earlier today, BOCOG’s Wang Wei and IOC’s Giselle Davies were again grilled about Tibet, press freedom, and of course, the real age of Chinese gymnast He Kexin. In the tumultuous days since the humble hacker re-exposed the documents in question (which the NY Times seemed to have actually back in July), the story has taken off,...
New York Newsday (Free subscription) | 23/08/2008
BEIJING (AP) _ The International Olympic Committee will investigate whether the Chinese women's gymnastics team that won the gold medal had underage athletes, saying "more information has come to light.""If there is a question mark and we have a concern, which we do, we ask the governing body of any sport to look into it," IOC spokeswoman Giselle Davies said Friday.Messages for the International...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 21/08/2008
BEIJING (AP) Heptathlon silver medalist Lyudmila Blonska has been temporarily suspended pending a final ruling in her doping case at the Beijing Olympics. International Olympic Committee spokeswoman Giselle Davies said the Ukrainian athlete has been removed from the start list for Friday's long jump final. Read the full story
Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 23/08/2008
... time to prove the girls were eligible."It's not a question of a final decision," IOC spokeswoman Giselle Davies said. "We simply want the federation to work with the national federation ... to just put to bed once and for all the questions."The FIG asked China for documents on He Kexin, Yang Yilin, Jiang Yuyuan, Deng Linlin and Li Shanshan, and said it will forward all information...
Today's Tribune-Review (Free subscription) | 23/08/2008
... time to prove the girls were eligible. "It's not a question of a final decision," IOC spokeswoman Giselle Davies said. "We simply want the federation to work with the national federation ... to just put to bed once and for all the questions." The FIG asked China for documents on He Kexin, Yang Yilin, Jiang Yuyuan, Deng Linlin and Li Shanshan, and said it will forward all information...
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 23/08/2008
... is no irrefutable proof to the contrary."It's not a question of a final decision," IOC spokeswoman Giselle Davies said. "We simply want the federation to work with the national federation ... to just put to bed once and for all the questions."
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 23/08/2008
... a deeply Anglo-Saxon world, did not like it. "It was clearly inappropriate," said IOC spokeswoman Giselle Davies. In the language of IOC diplomacy, the sentence is strong. Chicago, Tokyo and Rio quietly made a note of it. "The controversy shows that in an international competition you cannot use your own head, your own culture, but you must think about how others can interpret things,"...
Fox News (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
... to investigate "what have been a number of questions and apparent discrepancies," spokeswoman Giselle Davies said. The International Gymnastics Federation asked China to submit documents that will further substantiate the ages of He Kexin, Yang Yilin, Jiang Yuyuan, Deng Linlin and Li Shanshan.The federation said it would forward its conclusions to the IOC. If it finds evidence that...
Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
... to investigate "what have been a number of questions and apparent discrepancies," spokeswoman Giselle Davies said. The International Gymnastics Federation asked China to submit documents that will further substantiate the ages of He Kexin, Yang Yilin, Jiang Yuyuan, Deng Linlin and Li Shanshan.The federation said it would forward its conclusions to the IOC. If it finds evidence that...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
... to investigate “what have been a number of questions and apparent discrepancies,” spokeswoman Giselle Davies said. The International Gymnastics Federation has asked China to submit documents that will further substantiate the ages of He Kexin, Yang Yilin, Jiang Yuyuan, Deng Linlin and Li Shanshan.The federation said it would forward its conclusions to the IOC.“It is in the interests...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
... Olympic year.The Chinese women gymnasts won six medals in total, including two gold.IOC spokesman Giselle Davies, however, said the committee had already received documents such as birth certificates showing the gymnasts were old enough to compete. Davies would not specify how many gymnasts or which of them were under scrutiny."We've received some information which puts the...
IndianPad - Popular Stories (Free subscription) | 21/08/2008
The International Olympic Committee insisted on Wednesday that the low number of positive doping cases announced at the Beijing Olympics was a proof that they were winning, not losing, their battle against drug cheats. IOC communications director Giselle Davies said that out of 4,133 tests conducted during the Games only four positive doping cases have been revealed. The only podium finisher...
