with a lavish firework display. usually the olympics is a time to bring countries together and celebrate athletic ability. the games also gives the host country the opportunity to showcase itself. china had pledged to deliver a simple, safe and, splendid games but did they achieve that? dr susan brownell is an expert on chinese sport and the olympics at the university of 0lympics at the university of missouri in st louis. she told me why the games were very success for china. the games were well organised, covid was kept under control i think somewhat surprisingly, really, because that could have been a disaster, but after one week into the games, the rate of infection was dropping and very soon, they had zero new infections, so that was really quite a victory for them. and, yeah, everything went smoothly. there were spectacular sport performances. i m not sure they could have asked for anything more than that. so, in terms of the sport, it went well. as you said we ve
the various changes that japan is going through. thank you so much. now to a sport which takes incredible athletic ability, endurance and training but is not in the olympics it s free diving. the vertical blue freediving competition has been taking place at dean s blue hole in the bahamas over the last week, and some impressive records have been broken including a new constant weight women s world record slovenian diver alenka artnik, set a new world record, reaching a depth of 122 metres that s 400 feet in 3 minutes and 34 seconds. well, i am very pleased to say, we are joined live now from long island in the bahamas, by the new world record holder, alenka atnik. thank you so much for being with us and congratulations. how does it feel? with us and congratulations. how does it feel? amazing, you know, honestly! how does it feel? amazing, you know, honestly! i how does it feel? amazing, you know, honestly! ithink- how does it feel? amazing, you know, honestly! i think i - h
there will be two flag bearers, one male and one female, gender balance, but a basketball player, his father is from bannon and it is fair to say that 60 years ago it would have been unimaginable for a biracial athlete to be representing japan so slowly and gradually we are seeing the changes that japan is and gradually we are seeing the changes thatjapan is going through. now to a sport which takes incredible athletic ability, endurance and training but is not in the olympics, it s free diving. the vertical blue freediving competition has been taking place at dean s blue hole in the bahamas over the last week, and some impressive records have been broken, including a new constant weight women s world record. slovenian diver alenka artnik, set a new world record, reaching a depth of 122 metres. that s a00 feet in 3 minutes and 3a seconds.
several popular websites around the world have been affected by an outage of service, linked to problems at the web provider akamai. it says the issue has now been fixed, and was not caused by a cyber attack. among the sites affected were aianb, the ups delivery service, british airways and the playstation network used for online games. the upper house of the czech parliament has approved a bill which would compensate hundreds of mostly roma women, who were forcibly sterilised. the practice began in the 1960s during the communist era, and continued until 2012. authorities would threaten to withhold state benefits or even take away existing children if they got pregnant again. the czech government issued a formal apology 11 years ago. now to a sport which takes incredible athletic ability, endurance and training but is not in the olympics it s free diving. the vertical blue freediving competition has been taking place at dean s blue hole in the bahamas over the last week, and so
impossible by the name, image, and likeness laws passed at the state level along with the ongoing recurring litigation threats. shannon: robert, one of the things he says is that states have gotten involved and there s a patchwork in states about who can get paid for what and how. they are a private group, an organization. they ve been making millions upon billions of dollars for decades. the image and likeness of a student athlete based off their athletic ability, skill and training and dedication, motivation. without coveting the student athlete in any way, shape, or form. trying to sell memorabilia with his name and image out of it. ruining a professional career because of the issues. this idea that the ncaa has any leg to stand on when it comes to