Tokyo Olympics

• Outpost24 , a leading provider of cyber threat exposure management solutions, has today released its research findings after investigating the online infrastructure of the upcoming 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
• The research revealed that while, overall, the cybersecurity posture of the Olympic Games Organizing Committee Paris 2024 site is mostly secure, it also highlighted several risks, including open ports, SSL misconfigurations, cookie consent violations, and domain squatting.
• “While we found several attack surface risks to analyze, it would be fair to say the overall cybersecurity posture of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games was good,” said Stijn Vande Casteele, CSO of Outpost24’s EASM.
• “In comparison, it’s clear more cybersecurity efforts have been taken by the Paris 2024 cybersecurity team.

• London, Feb. 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Laureus, the global organization that uses the power of sport to change the world, today announced nominations for the prestigious Laureus World Sports Awards.
• Florida surfer Caroline Marks is nominated for the Laureus World Action Sportsperson Award after winning her first world title.
• The Laureus World Sports Awards also honour the work of over 300 programmes supported globally by Laureus Sport for Good, using the power of sport to change the world.
• For more information, editorial imagery and the full list of Laureus World Sports Awards Nominees, click here .

• The Synthetic Turf Council honored AstroTurf as the recipient of the 2023 Single Field Sports Project of the Year at the sixth Annual STC Awards Ceremony during the Annual Conference and 20th Anniversary Celebration in New Orleans, Louisiana.
• DALTON, Ga., Oct. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- On October 16, 2023, the Synthetic Turf Council honored AstroTurf as the recipient of the 2023 Single Field Sports Project of the Year at the sixth Annual STC Awards Ceremony during the Annual Conference and 20th Anniversary Celebration in New Orleans, Louisiana.
• The STC Single Field Sports Project of the Year Award recognizes an outstanding sports project installed by an STC member company that exhibits innovation and quality reflective of the STC mission.
• This Tokyo GT turf was installed over a 10mm E-Layer pad to provide shock absorption and consistency throughout the field.

• In a survey of UK female athletes, 51% experienced breast pain and 29% said that poorly fitting bras affected their performance.
• Before the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, Team GB athletes and para-athletes were offered a bra prescription service in which they were fitted with a sports bra based on an individual assessment.
• Around 97% of those prescribed a bra reported benefits in comfort, fit and support, while 17% said it had significantly improved their performance.
• This article is part of Women’s Health Matters, a series about the health and wellbeing of women and girls around the world.
• When comparing physical activity between low and high breast support conditions, there is evidence that performance is reduced in low support.

What makes a good sports bra?

• A compression bra is usually made from one piece of strong elastic, and it works to compress breast tissue to the chest to limit breast movement.
• Encapsulation bras are designed to support and limit the movement of each breast individually, while combination bras have characteristics of both compression and encapsulation bras.
• For a high-support sports bra, there are five characteristics to look for that have been linked to reduced breast movement.
• High-support sports bras also tend to have a higher neckline – for every 1cm higher the neckline, breast bounce is reduced by 1%.