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The official gym equipment supplier to the Olympic Games has launched a pop-up open-
air fitness centre on Rio’s Ipanema Beach as part of its social campaign ‘Let’s Move for
Rio’.
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09 Aug 2016
The first ever Olympic Games to take place in South America will see all athletic
preparation centre fitness equipment supplied by Technogym, after the Italian
giant won an exclusive contract for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
news •
08 Sep 2014
The second annual UK School Games will kick off on 23 August in Coventry. Talented sports youngsters aged 17 and under from all four home nations will compete in eight sports at the four-day event, which has been designed to replicate the feel of major events such as the Olympic Games.
news •
21 Aug 2007
The London Organising Committee of the
Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG)
has signed a licensing agreement with the
London costume character company, Rainbow
Productions.
product innovation •
12 Jul 2011
Technogym, the official fitness equipment supplier to the Olympic Games, will donate 600 pieces of
gym equipment to sports centres across the host city following the Games.
news •
19 Aug 2016
The leisure facility at Bolton One – the £30.6m complex opened earlier this year
– is to be renamed in honour of Olympic gold medal-winning cyclist Jason Kenny
if approved by the local authority.
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23 Aug 2012
Ski jumper Eddie ‘The Eagle’ Edwards has been announced as the keynote speaker for SIBEC EU in
Spain next month.
news •
16 Oct 2017
Technogym has been named as the official fitness
equipment supplier for the PyeongChang 2018
Winter Olympic Games. This is the seventh
Olympic appointment for the company.
product innovation •
19 Jan 2018
Technogym has secured a deal to equip 30 Olympic training centres in Tokyo this year, after being named the
official supplier to the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
news •
28 Jan 2020
Matt Carroll, CEO of the Australian Olympic Committee, has said the organisation will take a 'new
direction', which will include using the power of sport to inspire more young Australians to get into
sport.
news •
02 Nov 2018
Johnson Health Tech UK's commercial division - Matrix Fitness - has announced that Olympic cycling
champion Dani King will become a brand ambassador for Matrix and its associated brands.
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12 Sep 2012
Technogym has today been announced as the official fitness equipment supplier
for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.
news •
16 May 2014
Southend Borough Council (SBC) has confirmed that it will keep the town's Warriors Swim Centre open until a new multi-million pound facility is completed at Garon Park.
news •
20 Jan 2009
The British Olympic Association (BOA) has launched the first annual publication to chart the progress of the British squad up to the London Olympic Games.
news •
10 May 2006
Councillors in Scarborough have approved proposals for a multi-million pound
leisure village, which will include a new 2,000-seater football ground, leisure
facilities and an eight lane swimming pool.
news •
06 Nov 2013
The Sports and Leisure Working Party Group of the International Union of Architects (UIA)
has announced it will examine the legacies of the most recent Olympic Games – London
2012 – and most recent Commonwealth Games – Glasgow 2014 – at a seminar and site
visit to be held in London on 12 and 13 June.
news •
14 Apr 2015
The Club Company has completed an £850,000 refurbishment of its Essex Golf & Country Club.
news •
06 Mar 2008
Volleyball England has launched a new initiative to increase numbers of participants and spectators in beach sports with funding for beach courts across the UK.
news •
27 May 2011
David Lloyd Leisure has announced it will be the first major UK fitness operator
to introduce Volleybody, created by beach volleyball experts in the wake of last
year's Olympic Games. Aimed at people with good levels of fitness, the class takes inspiration from three
core moves used during a beach volleyball game - defending, hitting and blocking a ball.
news •
08 May 2013
The government’s failure to set a budget for the 2012 Olympic Games is a “major risk” to its chances of success, a report from the National Audit Office (NAO) has said.
news •
02 Feb 2007
Rio de Janeiro in Brazil has been selected as the host city of the 2016 Olympic Games - the first time ever that the Games have been given to a South American nation.
news •
02 Oct 2009
NVM Private Equity has invested £3m of growth capital into indoor climbing business The Climbing
Hangar (TCH).
news •
22 Aug 2018
An £8m Physical Education and Sports Science Centre has opened at the University of Bedfordshire’s Polhill campus in Bedford.
news •
21 Jan 2007
Technogym has launched a new app featuring an AI-powered digital coach.
news •
24 Jun 2021
Final approval has been given for the redevelopment of the Ironmonger Row Baths in Islington, London.
news •
31 Mar 2010
Flooring specialist Gerflor’s acquisition of US-based
Connor Sport Court International in November 2014
has played a “crucial” part in expanding the firm’s
global market reach.
product innovation •
23 Feb 2017
The designs for London 2012's velodrome have been unveiled by the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA).
news •
08 Sep 2008
Olympic 200m breaststroke swimmer James Kirton officially launched the new Dolphin Award Swimming Lessons at the Barnsley Metrodome Leisure Centre this month.
news •
08 Oct 2008
A new online resource offering the public an easy way to find sporting
opportunities will launch in July as part of digital legacy plans for the 2012
Olympic Games.
news •
28 May 2012
Renowned US-based fitness industry expert Thomas Plummer has been announced as the
headline speaker for next month’s Business of Fitness Summit in London.
news •
29 Apr 2016
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Speaking on the LIFTS podcast recently, Xponential Fitness CEO Anthony Geisler said participation in studio cycling is down globally. Kath Hudson decided to investigate
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