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May 09 2024
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Cumberland’s Victoria Bossong ready to chase down Olympic berth for the Philippines
Saturday could be a momentous day for Victoria Bossong. The 21-year-old Harvard University track star from Cumberland has applied for citizenship in the Philippines and hopes the process will be completed in time for her to qualify for the 2024 Olympics when she races Saturday in the women’s 800 meters at the Philippine Athletics Championships. Bossong, a Filipino-American who graduated from
Portland Press HeraldApr 30 2024
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Breakdancing to make its Olympics debut in Paris this summer
Breakdancing has come a long way from its beginnings on the street corners of the South Bronx more than half a century ago. Now enshrined as one of the four foundational elements of hip-hop, breakdancing is not only an established art form but is poised to debut on the world's biggest athletic stage: the Olympics. This summer in Paris, 16 B-Boys and 16 B-Girls will "face off in spectacular
The Week - NewsApr 18 2024
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Tokyo's Nikkei Drops Over 1,000 Points, Most In 3 Years
Tokyo's key Nikkei index suffered its largest drop in more than three years Friday, following reports that Israel carried out strikes on Iran and after US tech stocks fell.
The benchmark Nikkei 225 index ended down 2.66 percent, or 1,011.35 points, to 37,068.35, marking its largest fall in points since February 2021.
Barron'sMay 04 2024
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Running: Marin trio set to celebrate Olympic Trials anniversary
A trio of Marin runners — Kentfield’s Jeanne Lavin and Sister Marion Irvine and Leslie McMullin of San Rafael — are heading to Olympia, Washington for the 40th anniversary celebration of the very first Women’s Olympic Trials Marathon. It was an epic struggle to add a women’s marathon to the Olympic Games. In 1980, the longest Olympic race for women was just 1,500 meters. But a determined group
Marin Independent JournalMay 09 2024
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A passerby walks past an electric monitor displaying various countries' stock price index outside a bank in Tokyo
Colorado Springs GazetteMar 24 2020
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Tokyo Olympics to be postponed, Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says
The global spread of the coronavirus has forced the Tokyo Olympics to be postponed until next summer at the latest, Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced Tuesday.
Abe said that he and the International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach came to an agreement to postpone the Games. The latest the event can take place is the summer of 2021.
"In the present circumstances
Fox News (Online News)Mar 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 TODAYApr 18 2024
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Simone Biles thought America would ‘hate’ her after Olympics struggle
Simone Biles feared the wrath of her supporters following her struggles at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, when she combated the “twisties.” During a recent appearance on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast, the seven-time Olympic medalist recalled feeling a mind-body disconnect in the lead-up to the gymnastics events at the Summer Games, which ended in Biles withdrawing from multiple events to focus on
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