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Jan 20 2014
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U.S. lawmakers: Winter Olympics aren’t safe
Members of both the House and Senate Intelligence Committees say they are extremely concerned about security surrounding next month’s Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said he wouldn’t go to the games himself – “and I don't think I would send my family,” he told CNN’s State of the Union.
CNN (Online News)Feb 18 2024
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Japan launches ‘newborn H3’ rocket into orbit
TOKYO -- Japan's flagship H3 rocket reached orbit and released two small observation satellites in a key second test after a failed debut launch last year, buoying hope for the country in the global space race. The H3 rocket blasted off from the Tanegashima Space Center on time early Saturday, two days after its originally scheduled liftoff was delayed by bad weather. The rocket successfully
Northwest Arkansas Democrat GazetteJul 26 2012
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New Olympic Event: Cameron vs. Romney
Mitt Romneys carefully choreographed trip to London caused a stir when he called the British Olympic preparations “disconcerting and questioned whether Londoners would turn out to support the games.
New York Times (News)Feb 18 2024
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Diggins takes 3rd in Minneapolis Loppet Cup 10K; Schumacher becomes 1st US man to win in 11 years
MINNEAPOLIS — The United States got its cross-country ski champion Sunday in the long-awaited return of the sport to the United States. But it was not at all who anyone thought would be at the top of the podium. Afton-native Jessie Diggins, the Olympic champion and the greatest U.S. racer the sport has ever seen, was the unofficial host of the Loppet Cup at Theodore Wirth Park this weekend.
CBS News (Online)Feb 18 2022
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Bots and Fake Accounts Push China’s Vision of Winter Olympic Wonderland
Inside the Potemkin village of China’s propaganda, the Winter Olympics have unfolded as an unalloyed success, a celebration of sports and political harmony that has obscured — critics say whitewashed — the country’s flaws and rights abuses.
At Beijing 2022, the hills are snowy, not brown as usual this time of year. A Uyghur skier is the symbol of national unity, the tennis player Peng
New York Times (News)Feb 10 2022
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Why Did Beijing Choose a ‘Dystopian’ Industrial Site for the Winter Olympics?
As Olympic skiers and snowboarders bust out daredevil moves down a 60-meter ski ramp in the Beijing Winter Games this week, viewers were treated to the sight of an unusual backdrop: drab industrial structures that some have mistakenly called nuclear plants.
The curious juxtaposition—no help from the harsh winter landscape—has become such a talking point that Big Air Shougang, a stadium
ViceFeb 10 2022
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Chen’s near-perfect skate wins long-sought Olympic gold
Nathan Chen remembers making the long drive with his mother from his home in Utah to Rafael Arutyunyan’s training base in Southern California. He had started out in figure skating just a few years earlier, using his sister’s skates and sleeping in the car to follow his Olympic dreams.
Ten years later, Chen sat alongside Arutyunyan as his scores were read and that dream realized.
Associated PressFeb 02 2022
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International Coalition of Olympic Athletes Will Boycott Opening Ceremony in Beijing: Report
An international coalition of athletes, representing at least two western nations, will boycott the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic games on Friday in an act of protest against China’s human rights abuses.
Given that publicly condemning China could mean retaliation for these participants, some are choosing not to make an appearance at the ceremonies as a symbolic gesture in
National Review (News)Jan 21 2022
Analysis
Olympic Sponsors Have “Entirely Ghosted” Activists Ahead of the Beijing Games
Once the International Olympic Committee awarded the 2022 Winter Olympics to Beijing more than six years ago, Mandie McKeown and her colleagues at the nonprofit International Tibet Network got right to work. McKeown had already gone through one pre-Olympics cycle of protesting China’s human rights abuses, back when Beijing hosted the 2008 Summer Games. Now, as the ITN’s executive director, she
Mother JonesJan 30 2024
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With Kamila Valieva banned, Russian skaters get bronze and everyone’s mad
The Court of Arbitration for Sport’s ruling Monday supporting a four-year doping suspension for Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva dating from before the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics seemed to end one of the longest and strangest sagas in Olympic sports. The stunners. The cheers. The home runs, hat tricks and gameday magic. Don’t miss out with The Sports Moment, a newsletter for the biggest
Washington Post