With the one-year countdown to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games officially underway, the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee, (TTOC) has announced that TTO athletes will benefit from a pre-games training camp at the Japan Athlete Training Center Osumi, in Osaki Town, Kagoshima Prefecture, as part of Japan’s Host Town Initiative.
GAMES
Carter qualifies for Tokyo Olympics
National swimmer Dylan Carter has qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan after reaching the semi-final in the 100m freestyle at the 2019 FINA World Aquatics Championships in South Korea.
Relay gold assured at Tokyo 2020
TEAM TTO has been assured of a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. Twelve years after their second place finish at the 2008 Beijing Games, sprinters Richard Thompson, Marc Burns, Emmanuel Callender and Keston Bledman will receive their 4x100m relay gold.
Team TTO excited as Tokyo 2020 countdown begins
THE one-year countdown to the Tokyo Olympic Games 2020 was celebrated, on Friday evening, at the residence of Japanese ambassador Tatsuo Hirayama, in St Clair. TT Olympic Committee (TTOC) president Brian Lewis also confirmed preparations are well under way and Team TTO will be based in the town of Osaki for a pre-Games training camp.
TTOC President to pursue exchange programme with Korean Ambassador around winter sports
Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) President Brian Lewis is to engage with the Korean Ambassador to the country, Moon Up Sung, on developing an exchange and access programmes around the winter sports and the Winter Olympic Games.
ANOC GENDER EQUITY COMMISSION HOLDS FIRST MEETING IN LAUSANNE
The newly formed Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) Gender Equity Commission met in Lausanne yesterday for the first time.