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Mar 15 2024
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RIVERSPORT to host U.S. Olympic team trials
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – Excitement is building as RIVERSPORT OKC plans to host the U.S. Olympic team trials at the end of April. The events will be the canoe/kayak slalom and for the first time in Olympic history, kayak cross. “It’s a really big deal for Oklahoma City and for RIVERSPORT,” said Elizebth Laurent, RIVERSPORT’s Chief Marketing Officer. “Having these events like this really shows
KFOR 4Apr 15 2024
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Celtics teammates Jayson Tatum and Jrue Holiday reportedly will join forces for Team USA in Paris Olympics
Paris will see plenty of green this summer. Two Celtics, Jayson Tatum and Jrue Holiday, are among the 11 players locked into spots on the US Olympic team this summer at the Paris Games, ESPN reported on Monday. There is still one roster spot open heading into training camp in July. Tatum, 26, and Holiday, 33, were teammates at the Tokyo Olympics, winning gold in 2021. Tatum and Holiday are two
The Boston GlobeApr 04 2024
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NBC announces broadcast schedule for U.S. Olympic Team track and field trials
The U.S. Olympic Team track and fields trials return to Hayward Field in Eugene, and NBC plans extensive coverage of the events. The network announced its coverage schedule of the trials ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. The games are scheduled to take place July 26-Aug. 11. NBCU will provide over 20 hours of track & field qualifying, semifinals, and finals coverage over eight
The OregonianMar 19 2024
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Hong Kong Adopts Sweeping Security Laws, Bowing to Beijing
Hong Kong on Tuesday passed national security laws at the behest of Beijing, thwarting decades of public resistance in a move that critics say will strike a lasting blow to the partial autonomy the city had been promised by China.
The new legislation, which was passed with extraordinary speed, grants the authorities even more powers to crack down on opposition to Beijing and the Hong
New York Times (News)Dec 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 18 2024
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Relive Kenny and Archibald's madison gold at Tokyo Olympics
Watch Laura Kenny become the first British woman to win gold at three Olympic Games as she and Katie Archibald were crowned madison champions in Tokyo.
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Watch Paris 2024 this summer across the BBC.
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BBC NewsMar 23 2024
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CPD takes polar plunge, raises money 4 Special Olympics
CHICAGO — Outside of the Chicago Police Department’s 22nd District police station in Morgan Park Saturday, there was a dunk tank and plenty of officers who signed up for a plunge on a chilly March day. “I tell you what,” said 22nd District Commander Brian Kinnane. “I took the plunge at north avenue beach and this was a lot worse it was 70 degrees that day.” Kinnane is the proud father of a
WGNApr 04 2024
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A Milestone for a Major International Alliance and an Olympic Music Controversy : State of the World from NPR
A Milestone for a Major International Alliance and an Olympic Music Controversy
NATO, the alliance formed to protect Europe from the Soviet Union is marking 75 years. It the focus is still on Russia.
And a controversy in France over a singer selected to perform at the opening ceremony of the Olympics, raises questions about French identity.
NPR Fact Check