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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 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 20 2021
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Tokyo Olympics Organizers Ban Foreign Spectators
Overseas spectators will not be permitted at the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, organizers announced Saturday. The games were postponed to 2021 in March 2020 due to the onset of the pandemic. A large majority of the Japanese public opposes foreign spectators, with up to 80% saying the games should be postponed or canceled. Organizers have promised refunds
Associated Press New York Times (News) The Japan TimesMar 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
WGNJul 23 2021
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Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony features Naomi Osaka, blue humans and Tongan flag-bearer
The Tokyo Olympics officially kicked off in a virtually empty stadium Friday night after a yearlong delay due to the pandemic.
As the Games face the ongoing threat of Covid-19, with the Japanese capital under a state of emergency and many of the country's residents adamantly opposed to hosting the Olympics at all, viewers were still treated to the night's festivities that marked the
NBC News (Online)Jul 07 2021
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Tokyo Sees Highest COVID Cases Since May, State of Emergency Expected During Olympics
Tokyo has seen a surge in COVID-19 cases, hitting a two-month high that makes the possibility of the Japanese government declaring a new state of emergency during the Tokyo Olympics almost certain.
On Wednesday, 920 new cases were reported in Tokyo, which is up from 714 on last Wednesday. It's the highest number of new cases since May 13, when 1,010 were reported.
NewsweekApr 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 CheckMar 14 2024
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Vintage Ski Fashion Show at Utah Olympic Park
From padded one-piece jump-suits to over-the-boot stretch pants and floral designs -- they’ll all be part of a fashion flashback March 20 at the History Welcome Party at the Utah Olympic Park. Festivities will begin with a free reception in the Alf Engen Ski Museum in Park City at 5 PM followed by the vintage fashion show at 5:45 PM on the museum plaza. Connie Nelson, director of the Engen
FOX 13 Salt Lake CityMar 20 2024
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Paris Olympics offer hope in ‘dark times,’ IOC says
Brian Toth from Puerto Rico, center, poses for a photo with fans at the ISA World Surfing Games, a qualifier for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, on La Marginal beach in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. The 2024 Summer Games in Paris were touted as bringing hope to an increasingly divided and violent world by International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach on Wednesday, as
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