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Jan 30 2024
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'Pleasantly Surprised': U.S. Skaters React to Kamila Valieva's Ban
Figure skating has its share of drama, but it’s not a sport generally linked to doping. That changed at the Beijing Olympic Games in 2022, when a sample from Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva was positive for a banned substance. It’s taken two years for sport’s highest court, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), to decide Valieva’s fate. In a decision announced on Jan. 29, a three-
Time MagazineJan 09 2018
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North Korea to Send Delegation to Winter Olympics, Commits to Military Talks
South Korea wasn’t able to raise the North’s nuclear program during bilateral talks at the demilitarized zone
Wall Street Journal (News)Mar 13 2024
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Mary Mazzio’s ‘Bad River’ chronicles Wisconsin Native American community’s pipeline fight
“I didn’t know what that was, but I was, like, ‘Well, it’s got a paddle,’” said Mazzio, a Massachusetts native and onetime Olympic rower who’s as comfortable on the water as she is behind the camera. Before Mary Mazzio shot a single frame of “Bad River,” her new documentary about a Native community’s battle to remove a precarious pipeline from its reservation in northern Wisconsin, she was
The Boston GlobeMar 24 2020
Headline Roundup
2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics Postponed
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach have agreed to postpone the summer Olympics in Tokyo amid the spread of the coronavirus.
The Olympics, which will still be dubbed Tokyo 2020 Olympics, will be delayed for about one year.
CNN (Online News) Fox News (Online News) USA TODAYJul 23 2021
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With Tokyo 2020 overshadowed by Covid-19, athletes are left to bring light to troubled Olympics
The Covid-19 pandemic has loomed large over the Tokyo Olympics ever since last year's postponement, shaping a Games the like of which has never been seen before.
When the opening ceremony gets underway on Friday, it will put an end to months of speculation over whether the Olympics would be even able to go ahead, as well as prompting further questions about how Covid-19 could shape the
CNN (Online News)Mar 24 2020
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IOC member says 2020 Tokyo Olympics will be postponed because of coronavirus pandemic
Veteran International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound told USA TODAY Sports on Monday afternoon that the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games are going to be postponed amid the coronavirus pandemic.
“On the basis of the information the IOC has, postponement has been decided,” Pound said in a phone interview. “The parameters going forward have not been determined, but the games are not going to
USA TODAYFeb 12 2018
Headline Roundup
North Korea Coverage at Winter Olympics
With the Winter Olympics in full swing, media coverage of North Korea's participation has varied widely across different news outlets. Some have celebrated Kim Jong Un's sister's diplomatic efforts, while others have harshly condemned any approval of the regime.
CNN (Online News) Washington Post Fox News (Opinion)Dec 05 2017
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Russia Banned from Winter Olympics
Russia has been banned from competing in the 2018 Winter Olympics after their widespread doping scandal was revealed. Individual athletes will be allowed to compete under a neutral flag.
Washington Post Washington Times ReutersAug 19 2016
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Rio Olympics: US swimmer Jimmy Feigen 'settles robbery row'
US Olympic swimmer Jimmy Feigen has agreed to pay nearly $11,000 to a Brazilian charity over his involvement in a dispute about an armed robbery.
BBC NewsMay 14 2018
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Trump denies going soft on Beijing amid ‘make China great again’ mockery
President Trump fended off criticism Monday that he is going soft on China’s unfair trade practice after he moved to cancel sanctions against a cheating Chinese company out of concern for its workers, action that prompted Democrats to mock the president for trying to “make China great again.”
Washington Times