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Feb 26 2024
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The Florida Man Games is the olympics for reckless dunderheads
At The Florida Man Games you can cheer on competitors in events such as "evading police" and "wrestling over beer." The pseudolympic festival was hosted in St. Augustine and competition was stiff. James Gordon of DeLand won the first event, wolfing down a plate loaded with barbecue pork and sausage a fraction of a second before his nearest competitor. He chugged a beer to celebrate. "I've
Boing BoingMar 24 2024
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Utah Gov. Thinks Salt Lake City Could Become A Permanent Olympic Host City
The 2034 Winter Olympics don't have a host city just yet, but it's thought that Salt Lake City has a pretty good shot at getting the nod and hosting its second Games ever. However, Utah Governor Spencer Cox thinks that there's a chance that the city could be put into the International Olympic Committee's regular rotation… if the IOC decides to go with some kind of regular rotation. Cox spoke
OutKickMar 21 2024
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Olympic Conference girls basketball Player of the Year & other postseason honors, 2023-24
Arguably no freshman in the state had the impact that El-Anita Joe-Samuel had for Lenape. Joe-Samuel quickly emerged as one of the top players in South Jersey and got better as the season went on and was hard for opposing teams to handle because of her ability to score and her athleticism. She averaged a team-leading 15.2 points per game and scored in double figures in 28 of the 32 games that
nj.comJan 30 2024
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Russian Skaters Stripped of Olympic Gold but Will Still Get the Bronze
You have been granted access, use your keyboard to continue reading. A decision by the International Skating Union to address the disqualification of Kamila Valieva gave the United States the gold at the Beijing 2022 team event but kept Canada off the podium. Russian Skaters Stripped of Olympic Gold but Will Still Get the Bronze International skating’s governing body on Tuesday stripped Russia
New York Times (News)Mar 14 2024
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Boston Marathon field adds Americans who just missed at Olympic trials
BOSTON — Some of the top also-rans from the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials are coming to Boston. Elkanah Kibet, who missed the men’s podium by 5 seconds in a personal best 2 hours, 10 minutes, 2 seconds, will run on April 15 in Boston, where he already has two top 10 finishes. He will be joined by Sara Hall and Caroline Rotich, who finished fifth and sixth in Orlando on Feb. 3. Rotich, who
Washington PostDec 06 2021
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US expected to declare diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics, China threatens 'countermeasures'
The United States may announce a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics this week, and China is not happy about it.
The Biden administration is expected to declare a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Olympics later this week, according to CNN . In response, the Chinese government is already threatening countermeasures against such a restriction.
Those calling for
Washington ExaminerNov 26 2021
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Pressure over China’s human rights abuses mounts ahead of Beijing Olympics
Tennis star Peng Shuai is an unlikely symbol of Chinese government repression. Like many Chinese celebrities, the 35-year-old’s social media profile is peppered with emoji of the national flag and pictures from Chinese Communist Party events.
“The rise of the motherland is inspiring,” she wrote on the microblog Weibo in 2018.
Yet Peng’s bombshell allegation of sexual abuse by
Washington PostMar 12 2024
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IOC says new baseball, hockey facilities not needed to host 2034 Olympics
The Delta Center is seen in Salt Lake City on Friday, Feb. 23, 2024. The International Olympic Committee has said that facilities used during the 2002 Games, like the Delta Center, would also likely be used for a possible Olympics in 2034. When the International Olympic Committee comes to Utah next month to inspect venues for a 2034 Winter Games, the possibility that Salt Lake City would get
Deseret NewsFeb 03 2024
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US Olympic Marathon trials winners
The US Olympic Marathon trial in Orlando is over and the winners will be heading to Paris in just a few months.The Men's winners were Conner Mantz at 2 hours, 9 minutes and 5 seconds followed my Clayton Young at 2 hours, 9 minutes and 6 seconds. Both will be heading to the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics for the U.S. Third-place Leonard Korir may also be on his way to Paris, but only if the U.S.
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