Gold Medalist Teams Up With P&G for Twitter Party -- Sponsor Spotlight

(ATR) Six-time Olympic medalist and new mom Dana Vollmer hosteda Pampers Twitter Party on Sep.15. where she discussed how being a mom impacts her life as an athlete and her experiences at the Rio Games.

After giving birth to her son in March of 2015, Vollmer went on to win three swimming medals at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games breaking an American record for thewomen’s 4x100m freestyle relay, winning gold in the 4x100m medley and bronze in the100m butterfly.

"We are proud to partner with Dana, who as a first-time mom and world-class athlete showed the world that you can be a mother and an Olympian. Her performance at the Olympic Games just 17 months after having a baby is inspirational " said vice president of North America Baby Care, P&G E.Yuri Hermida in a statement.

P&G's efforts to hire more outside talent have borne fruit with the position of Global Media Director.

Former top European media executive for Mondelez International Gerry D'Angelo will be assuming this new title.

During his time at Mondelez, D'Angelohandled global partnerships with major media companies such as Google and Facebook.

"I look forward to partnering with world-class marketing professionals and agency partners to harness data and technology into game-changing approaches for one of the world's most respected and well-known companies" D'Angelo states.

Visa Inducts Five Paralympians into Hall of Fame

The Visa Paralympic Hall of Fame now has five new members following an "inspiring celebration" at the Grand Mercure Hotel in Rio de Janeiro.

Junichi Kawai, Chantal Petitclerc, Franz Nietlispach, Neroli Fairhall and coach inductee Martin Morse join 19 other athletes and coaches already in the Hall of Fame since its inception at the Torino 2006 Olympics.

"Visa decided to support the Paralympic Hall of Fame as a demonstration of our commitment to athletes worldwide, much like our Team Visa program," Visa director of global sponsorship marketing Kara Linse tells Around the Rings.

"The Visa Paralympic Hall of Fame recognizes athletes and coaches from all walks of life, and shares the same values with Visa of acceptance, partnership and innovation."

The induction ceremony on Sep. 9 welcomed more than 125 guests who learned about the inspiring careers of each of the inductees. Attendees also had the opportunity to meet the athletes and coach following the ceremony.

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FISU partners with EPIC for Summer Universiade

The International University Sports Federation will celebrate its 70th anniversary at the 30th edition of the Summer Universiade in Naples in 2019.

Though that might seem like a long time from now, time is actually short given that the Italian city was only awarded the hosting rights earlier this year.

With only 34 months to prepare rather than the traditional 60,FISU is partnering with the event planning company EPIC to meet the tighter deadline.

EPIC will also assist in formulating a planning model that centers around making this edition more cost effective.

"We are very excited about the opportunity to support FISU and Naples 2019 SU organizers and to put into action what we believe is a more efficient and cost-sensitive operational planning paradigm," EPIC President Alan Shaw said in a statement.

FISU and EPIC representatives kicked off the initial planning phase with the 2019 Summer Universiade Organizing Committee at a recent three-day workshop in Naples.

Samsung Recalls Galaxy Note 7: UPDATE

TOP Olympic sponsor Samsung recently recalled its new smartphone the Galaxy Note 7 after dozens of reports of the devices exploding or catching fire while charging.

In the U.S. all defective devices sold before Sep.15 can be replaced with a new phone through theNote7 Exchange Program.

Click here to check your eligibility for a new Galaxy Note 7.

There have been no issues with the Galaxy s7 Edge, the smartphone Samsung designed to coincide with the Olympics.

All Olympic athletes, IOC Members and sports leaders were distributed a special edition of the Galaxy s7 along with the newly designed Icon Gear X and fully integrated wireless Bluetooth headset designed to track athletic activity during the Rio 2016 Games.

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