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On the register today: Operation Gold: what a United States medal… · Olympic Solidarity 2025–2028: where the 650… · Medal prize money and the million-dollar line…

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Latest entries on the register
FiledActorDecisionWhat changed
United States Olympic and Paralympic CommitteeOperation Gold: what a United States medal actually paysFixed payments of 37,500, 22,500 and 15,000 dollars by medal, equal for Olympic and Paralympic athletes
Olympic Solidarity CommissionOlympic Solidarity 2025–2028: where the 650 million goesA plan of 650 million dollars, up ten per cent, split between world, continental and Games-participation programmes
United States CongressMedal prize money and the million-dollar line in the tax codeMedals and committee prize money are excluded from gross income unless adjusted gross income exceeds one million dollars
International Olympic Committee Session and Executive BoardHow an Olympic host is chosen now that there is no ballotBidding contests replaced by permanent Future Host Commissions running a continuous and a targeted dialogue; the seven-year rule no longer applies
International Olympic CommitteeThe Host City Contract became the Olympic Host Contract, and gained human rightsThe contract was renamed and human rights obligations referencing the UN Guiding Principles were written in as core requirements
Anti-doping organisations in a registered testing poolThree missed tests in twelve months: how the window actually movesAny three missed tests or filing failures inside twelve months is a violation, and the twelve months run from the first of them
United States CongressThe 24-hour reporting duty, and the ten-year limitation behind itA duty to report suspected child abuse within 24 hours, with criminal exposure for failing it, and a ten-year civil limitation period
Anti-doping organisations and results-management bodiesA provisional suspension is not a ban, and the difference is paid forOne is an interim measure before any finding; the other is a sanction after one, and only the second disqualifies results by itself
Swiss Federal Supreme CourtArticle 190: the only grounds on which a CAS award is set asideAn award from the Court of Arbitration for Sport can be challenged only on the five grounds listed in article 190(2) of the Swiss federal statute
World Anti-Doping AgencyWhat changes in the World Anti-Doping Code for 2027A new Code approved on 5 December 2025 replaces the 2021 text from 1 January 2027
United States CongressWhat Congress can do to the USOPC since the 2020 ActCongress took the power to dissolve the USOPC board and decertify a national governing body, and raised athlete representation to one third
Signatories to the World Anti-Doping CodeSignatory or Delegated Third Party: who actually answersOnly a Signatory is bound by the Code and can be found non-compliant; a contractor acting for one answers to the Signatory
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Decisions on the register, by section

Counted from the pages on this site. One line per section.

SectionEntriesOn the registerShare
Governance1560
Geopolitics760
Money & Ownership1160
Integrity760
Athletes & Power1260
Mega-events560
Betting Policy360
The Brief6060

Where the decisions are taken

Jurisdictions named in the entries on this site.

JurisdictionEntriesShare
United States21
Russia19
International16
Chechnya4
Egypt2
Iran2
Albania1
Azerbaijan1
Brazil1
Dagestan1

Who acts on the register

Offices, bodies and people named in the entries on this site.

ActorEntriesSectionAn entry
United States Congress4Money & OwnershipMedal prize money and the million-dollar line in…
International Olympic Committee Executive Board3GeopoliticsA suspended National Olympic Committee is not a…
Ramzan Kadyrov3Athletes & PowerKadyrov claims Fedor ‘realized his mistake,’…
UFC3Money & OwnershipNew UFC owner will meet with president-elect Donald…
Dana White2GovernanceUFC President Dana White explains support for…
Fedor Emelianenko2GovernanceFedor Emelianenko absent from Ministry of Sports…
International Olympic Committee2Mega-eventsThe Host City Contract became the Olympic Host…
Russian Ministry of Sport2GovernanceFedor Emelianenko absent from Ministry of Sports…
State Duma2GovernanceLegendary freestyle wrestler wins seat in Russia’s…

Sums named in the text

7 of 60 entries name a figure. Scope: the whole register.

FigureActorEntry
A BMW and over 1 million rubles (approx. $15,600) per medallistYulia Efimova · Russian stateOlympic medalist Yulia Efimova sells BMW gifted by…
Nearly 2 million rubles in bank loansMikhail Mamiashvili · Russian Wrestling FederationGangster who heads Russian Wrestling Federation…
USD 37,500 gold, USD 22,500 silver, USD 15,000 bronzeUnited States Olympic and Paralympic CommitteeOperation Gold: what a United States medal actually…
USD 650,000,000 for the 2025–2028 planOlympic Solidarity CommissionOlympic Solidarity 2025–2028: where the 650 million…
USD 1,000,000 threshold; USD 500,000 for married filing separatelyUnited States CongressMedal prize money and the million-dollar line in…
USD 20,000,000 a year to the Center for SafeSportUnited States CongressWhat Congress can do to the USOPC since the 2020 Act
USD 250,000 for an individual, USD 1,000,000 for a non-individualUnited States CongressThe Rodchenkov Act: whom it reaches, and what it…

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