Global Athlete

"While the IOC has developed clear eligibility & qualification criteria intended to ensure fairness & universality, these are often disregarded or manipulated by NOCs &/or NFs who favour subjective, non-transparent processes" Open letter to the IOC
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60+ international athletes have issued an open letter urging the IOC to enforce fair, transparent, and accountable Olympic selection processes. Athletes deserve clarity, consistency, and a system that upholds the values of sport.

Read below or bit.ly/ioc128

Congress critical of WADA's inquiry to find leaker A bipartisan group in Congress has sent a letter to the head of the World Anti-Doping Agency criticizing that group for opening an investigation into who leaked information that led to the agency clea...

“it appears this investigation's intent is to intimidate and suppress whistleblowers. [If...] accurate, WADA is not defending clean sport but is continuing to defend a cover-up.” Congress letter to WADA @apnews.com
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LOOKING TO 2026 ➡️

🗣️ Athletes deserve not only a platform but meaningful and legal power. This will only be possible if collective bargaining rights for Olympic and international athletes are embedded in the Olympic Movement. @FairSportOrg

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YEAR IN REVIEW 🗓️

🤺 440+ fencers: Open letter urging the FIE to restore independent checks for Russian/Belarusian AIN applicants.
™️ Paralympic sponsors: Campaign to spotlight contradictions of IPC sponsors amid Russia’s ongoing aggression.

More of 2025: bit.ly/gafs25

2025 REVIEW 🗓️ OLYMPIC MOVEMENT:
We sent a letter to the new IOC President, Kirsty Conventy, focused on:
⚖️ Collective bargaining & fair compensation
📷 Reforming Rule 40
🗣️ Abolishing Rule 50
📝 Independent athlete rep.
🥇 Overhaul global anti-doping governance

More of 2025: bit.ly/gafs25

YEAR IN REVIEW 🗓️
🇨🇦 CANADA: We provided a formal submission to the Future of Sport in Canada Commission outlining a bold vision to radically reconstruct the Canadian sports system.
⚖️ ANTI-DOPING: We worked closely with athletes demanding wholesale reform at WADA
bit.ly/gafs25

Water Polo Canada aurait été informé dès 2001 d’allégations Selon des documents déposés en cour, Water Polo Canada était au fait depuis 2001 d’allégations de comportements inappropriés visant certains de ses entraîneurs.

Former national team athletes suing Water Polo Canada for $5.5M alleging years of abuse, harassment & toxic culture between 2004–2016. They claim coaches used threats, humiliation & tolerated sexual/homophobic misconduct @kevenbreton.bsky.social

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2025 Wrap-Up! Our team at Global Athlete and FairSport extend our gratitude to all the athletes, advocates and allies who have driven our athletes’ first movement forward this year.
🔗 End of Year Message www.globalathlete.org/our-word/202...

@sammobile.com you suspended shipments to Russia. Yet your IPC sponsorship helps reboot Russia & Belarus back on the world stage. @paralympics.org

📢 Allianz you pledged support for Ukrainian refugees. But standing with an International Paralympic Committee that reinstates Russia & Belarus risks insuring impunity instead of justice. @paralympics.org

Paralympics offer Putin golden propaganda opportunity Ukraine claims Kremlin targeted Asian and African countries to vote for Russia’s suspension from the IPC to be lifted and warn that it will overshadow Andrew Parsons third term as President

The decision by the International Paralympic Committee to lift the ban on Russia and Belarus has handed Vladimir Putin an unprecedented propaganda opportunity at Milan Cortina 2026 and @la28games.bsky.social. Analysis in this *free to read* edition of the #ZeusFiles open.substack.com/pub/duncanma...

📢 @omegawatches.bsky.social you paused shipments to Russia. Yet your support for the International Paralympic Committee, that is welcoming Russia and Belarus, turns back time on accountability.

@paralympics.org

#StandWithUkraine

Coca-Cola said no more Coke in Russia, but by backing an IPC that’s reserving Russia & Belarus, their sponsorship is refreshing Putin’s agenda.

#standwithukraine

📢 AB InBev, you promised to leave Russia.

🍺 But sponsoring the International Paralympic Committee that readmits Russia & Belarus is still filling Putin’s glass.

#standwithukraine @paralympics.org

Global Athlete and FairSport have worked in partnership since 2019 to challenge abuse, demand integrity & defend athlete rights.

📖Today, we release Five Years of Partnership: a chronicle of our relentless pursuit for an athlete-centred sporting world.

bit.ly/fyps19

The @paralympics.org have reinstated Russia and Belarus, choosing to favor aggressors over the athletes they serve.

Our statement below ⬇️

We join our colleagues at the Belarusian Sport Solidarity Foundation in calling for immediate action on the disappearance of human rights and athlete safety advocate Anatol Kotau who is currently listed on Russian & Belarusian wanted registers.

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Over 440 international fencers from 40 countries call on the FIE to reverse its decision to reinstate Russian and Belarusian athletes and resume thorough checks of athletes applying for AIN status.

Full Letter: bit.ly/fie25440

FENCING: International federation ends independent checks of “neutral” athletes, requires only a written promise now by Russians and Belarusians - The Sports Examiner FENCING: International federation ends independent checks of “neutral” athletes, requires only a written promise now by Russians and Belarusians - The Sports Examiner - Your all-in-one coverage of Oly...

The FIE has ended independent checks of neutral athletes and instead requesting these Russian and Belarusian athletes to sign an oath that they support peace and do not support Russia’s war in Ukraine.
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LET’S MOVE? Let’s move forward on athletes’ rights.

On the eve of new presidential era for the Olympics, we’re looking forward to seeing the evolution of human rights for athletes: compensation, protection, and freedom of association and expression.

#letsmove #olympicday

And now it’s time for the Olympics to follow suit.

“The House settlement will pay…a whopping $2.8 billion in backpay from (NIL) compensation. Even more groundbreaking, the settlement paves the way for schools, for the first time ever, to directly compensate athletes” @rossdellenger.bsky.social @ncaa.bsky.social

Judge rules ATP Tour cannot retaliate against players who join PTPA tennis lawsuit

“A federal judge has ruled that the men’s professional tennis tour cannot retaliate against players who join an ongoing lawsuit against it, nor against players who consider joining the lawsuit.” @mattfutterman.bsky.social @nytimes.com

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"The SIA's role is to protect clean sport and to ensure a level playing field. One must ask why they have not taken a leadership position in demanding transparency from WADA and @worldaquatics.bsky.social by releasing all files." @robkoehler.bsky.social @couriermail.bsky.social

"It is also extremely disappointing Sport Integrity Australia has remained silent throughout this process when 25 Australian swimmers have been directly impacted due to the lack of due process" @robkoehler.bsky.social @couriermail.bsky.social
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“In fact, the Cottier report commissioned by WADA explicitly stated that contamination was not proven and intentional use could not be ruled out.”
@robkoehler.bsky.social @couriermail.bsky.social @worldaquatics.bsky.social

"while the global regulator & World Aquatics may have hoped this issue would vanish... the continued attention, questions & concerns from the sporting world highlight the severity of the breach of rules" @robkoehler.bsky.social @couriermail.bsky.social
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Congress escalates doping clash with WADA Outrage lingers on Capitol Hill over swimmers testing positive for banned substance before 2021 Olympics

“Members of Congress are pushing for a showdown with the World Anti-Doping Agency… (they) say WADA must choose: commit to greater transparency or say goodbye to U.S. dues payments.” @tjquinn.bsky.social
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🚨 “The initiation of legal actions represents a crucial & necessary step toward building a future where pro. tennis finally implements accountability & the systemic reform that players vehemently desire, prioritizing the health, safety, & rights of the players…”@ptpaplayers 11/11