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VOICED: With Asian Games set to begin, China eyes second Olympics
VOICED: With Asian Games set to begin, China eyes second Olympics
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Owners and their pets join Rio 'Dog Olympics'
OWNERS AND PETS JOIN RIO 'DOG OLYMPICS'Rio's dog owners and their mascots have embraced the Olympic spirit and taken part in the first ever Rio Dog Olympic Games on Sunday. Dozens of dogs of all breeds, ages and sizes competed for medals...
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Georgia Girl Returns Missing Olympic Gold Medal
A 7-year-old Atlanta girl received the personal thanks of a Olympian whose stolen gold medal she found and reunited with its owner this week.Joe Jacobi won the medal in men's canoe double slalom at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. In June...
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Olympic flame at Rio's most famous landmark
Former Brazilian volleyball player and Olympic medallist Isabel Barroso Salgado carried the Olympic Torch at the Christ the Redeemer statue on Friday, ahead of the opening of the 2016 Summer Olympics later in the day.Barroso Salgado was...
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VOICED: Tokyo flashes its infrastructure, wealth for Olympic bid
VOICED: Tokyo flashes its infrastructure, wealth for Olympic bid
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Kipchoge: I gave marathon attempt 100 per cent
Kenya's Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge said on Saturday that attempting to become the first person to run a marathon in less than two hours was to show that there are no limits to human endurance.Kipchoge ran the 26.2 miles (42.2...
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"Total unity" benind Paris bid, Macron tells IOC
French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday said there was "total unity" behind the Paris 2024 Olympic bid.Macron's comments came after the Paris delegation made its final presentation at the 2024 Candidate City Briefing for...
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1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles
Title card: 'On Your Marks! - Long Island - Los Angeles - Hail! Hail! The gang's all here! 2,000 athletes from all over globe ready to fight for Olympic honors' / aerial views of Olympic Village, Los Angeles, CA / main street of Olympic...
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Los Angeles To Host 2028 Olympics
Los Angeles leaders on Tuesday celebrated an agreement with Olympic organisers to host the 2028 Summer Games.
The city had sought to win the 2024 Games, but ended up agreeing to wait four more years.
The...
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Room service robots get in gear ahead of the Tokyo Olympics
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Japan's hoteliers are gearing up for the 2020 Olympics by recruiting new helpers to ensure the best customer experience.
One hotel is introducing robots to deliver the best room service.
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LA Lights Olympic Cauldron
The Olympic cauldron at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is blazing again, ahead of the expected official awarding of the 2028 Games to LA.
The cauldron was lit early Wednesday morning at the stadium that was the site of...
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IOC comments on North-South Koreas and drug testing
The link up between North and South Korea during a combined team hockey game was what the Olympic spirit was all about, an Olympic Games official said on Sunday.
Mark Adams, the International Olympic Committee (IOC)...
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Russian athletes return home after taking part in Winter Olympics
Russian athletes who participated in the Winter Games in Pyeongchang were on Monday welcomed by cheering supporters upon their return to Moscow.
A group of cheering fans waved flowers and flags and cheered on the athletes...
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Russian sports commentator on Olympic doping bans being overturned
Twenty-eight Russian athletes had their Olympic doping bans overturned Thursday, throwing the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) policy on the country into turmoil.
Russian sports commentator Petr Sahdrin said the...
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POGOC chief comments on norovirus, joint Koreas team
About 1,200 people working security at the Pyeongchang Olympics are being kept in their rooms while they're tested for norovirus.
Lee Hee-beom, chairman of the Pyeongchang Olympics organising committee, says they'll be...
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Shaun White: Sexual Misconduct Claims 'Gossip'
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DAILY MOFA BRIEFING
MOFA Briefing
Spokesperson: Geng Shuang
Date: 12 February 2018
Duration: 3:52
1. Has China's representative to the Pyeongchang Olympics Han Zheng met with anyone from the North...
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Pyeongchang Winter Olympics to give athletes and visitors a chill
After two straight balmy Winter Olympics where some might have wondered if it was indeed the summer games instead, athletes and visitors alike will finally experience a serious chill in their bones during the 2018 games in mountainous...
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Japan Crown Prince Naruhito in first appearance since abdication date announced
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1. Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako sitting down
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Tour of venues for Tokyo 2020 Olympics
Organisers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games took members of the media on a tour of the proposed venues on Tuesday.
With about two years to go before the opening of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Japan, members of the media...
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Surfing debuts at Pan Am Games in Peru
At dusk, the first surfers in wet suits paddled out into the waves, while instructors on rocky beaches with Hawaiian names like Makaha and Waikiki trained students and insisted that surfing was born in Peru.
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CLEAN : No time to lose on Rio Olympics preparations: IOC
Preparations for next years Rio Olympic games are entering a very important time IOC president Thomas Bach said after a visit to the city (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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Bach: IOC to 'look again' at Russia participation
The president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) wants a "fresh look" at the Russian doping scandal amid allegations that critical lab data given to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) might have been manipulated.