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Mar 18 2024
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Baltimore native gymnast carrying team mindset into Paris 2024 Olympics
A Baltimore native is preparing to chase a gold medal in Paris this summer.Donnell Whittenburg is like a gymnast in linebacker's clothing."I already know there's never going to be anyone like me in the sport," he said.His brawn is matched with precision. His Wikipedia page is like a treasure chest of precious metals from skills he has mined since he was a kid in Baltimore."At gym class, I was
WBAL 11Mar 17 2024
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Special Olympics athletes compete in annual Three Rivers Basketball Tournament
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Hundreds of basketball players descended on the University of Pittsburgh campus on Sunday for the Special Olympics Three Rivers Region Basketball Tournament. More than 50 teams from across the area took the court at the Fitzgerald Field House, with the goal of earning a medal at the end/ Athletes competed in 5-on-5 games, 3-on-3 games, and individual skills challenges --
CBS News (Online)Mar 16 2024
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Host of LSU swimmers, divers aim at representing their countries in 2024 Olympics
Former LSU swimmer and 2020 Olympic gold medalist Maggie Mac Neil isn’t the only Tiger trying to make it to this year’s Olympics. Here’s a list of current and former LSU swimmers also pointing toward Paris: • Brooks Curry, USA – The 2020 gold medalist (400-meter freestyle relay) now trains at California with one COVID-19 year of eligibility remaining but reportedly is not planning to swim for
The Times-PicayuneJul 20 2021
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Tokyo Olympics ready to start, but Covid overshadows the world’s greatest sports spectacle
After a one-year delay, weeks of negative headlines and public backlash, the Tokyo Olympics are set to open Friday.
But that’s still a maybe, as Covid-19 continues to cause a disturbance throughout Japan.
It’s been quite the task for the International Olympic Committee to get to this point. The Tokyo Olympics was postponed in 2020 due to the pandemic. But following a vaccine,
CNBCJul 22 2021
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Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony director fired over 1998 Holocaust joke
The director of the Tokyo Olympics’ opening ceremony was fired Thursday over a Holocaust joke he made during a comedy show in 1998.
Kentaro Kobayashi was ousted just a day before the pandemic-delayed Games were set to officially kickoff Friday with an elaborate ceremony he helped create, the latest in a long list of setbacks to hit the event.
Kobayashi was fired “after a joke he
NBC News (Online)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 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 PostMar 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 TODAYMar 24 2020
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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 TODAYMar 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
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