Duncan Mackay Editor

Duncan Mackay is the founding editor of insidethegames.biz, the world’s leading and most influential independent Olympic news website. He was voted the British Sports Writer of the Year in 2004, British News Story of the Year in 2004 and British Sports Internet Reporter of the Year in 2009. Mackay is one of Britain's best-connected journalists and during the 16 years he worked at The Guardian and The Observer he regularly broke several major exclusive stories. He was also the only newspaper journalist in Britain to correctly predict that London would win its bid for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Duncan Mackay

Recent articles by Duncan



Lochte takes tally to six gold medals at World Short Course Championships

By Emily Goddard at the Sinan Erdem Arena in Istanbul

Ryan Lochte wins World Short Course 100m Istanbul December 16 2012December 16 - Ryan Lochte captured his fifth and sixth gold medals at the FINA World Short Course Championships here today by winning the 100 metres individual medley, a day after he broke the world record in the event, and also helping the United States to victory in the 4x100m medley.











Phelps' coach backs Istanbul to host "outstanding" Olympic Games

By Emily Goddard at the Sinan Erdem Arena in Istanbul

Sinan Erdem Arena for FINA World Short course Swimming ChampionshipsDecember 14 - Istanbul's hosting of the FINA World Short Course Championships has already received major global acclaim, with the likes of Bob Bowman - coach to the most decorated Olympian of all time, America's Michael Phelps - going so far as to endorse the Turkish city's 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games bid.