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WADA starts work on copying doping data in Moscow lab
MOSCOW (AP) — World Anti-Doping Agency experts have started the process of copying data from a Moscow laboratory that could implicate numerous Russian athletes in past drug cases. “Work has started with the equipment, setting…
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House panel finds Olympic leaders valued image over safety
A congressional review of the U.S. Olympic system’s handling of sex-abuse cases criticizes a culture that sought to protect reputation and image over athlete safety.
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Senators bring bill to criminalize vast doping conspiracies
The measure is named after Grigory Rodchenkov, the Moscow lab director who blew the whistle on Russian cheating.
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Salt Lake City bids for 2nd Olympics in changed climate
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — When Salt Lake City pursued the Winter Olympics more than two decades ago, competition was so fierce that lavishing International Olympic Committee members with gifts and favors seemed commonplace. Salt…
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Report: USOC and others delayed in response to Nassar
DENVER (AP) — An independent report details a toxic pattern of bureaucratic paralysis among Olympic leaders who reacted slowly, if at all, after they knew Larry Nassar was suspected of molesting young gymnasts. From the…
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Olympic-related meetings overshadowed by corruption charges
TOKYO (AP) — A corruption case involving a powerful International Olympic Committee member is overshadowing meetings this week in Tokyo with local 2020 Olympic organizers, IOC officials, and the heads of 206 national Olympic committees.…
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Calgary bid for 2026 Winter Olympics iced by City Council
CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Calgary’s bid to hold the 2026 Winter Olympics is over. The City Council voted Monday to end the bid following last week’s nonbinding vote in which 56 percent of those who…
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Majority of Calgary voters say ‘no thanks’ to 2026 Olympics
CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Calgary’s bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympics was rebuffed on Tuesday when local voters said “no” in a nonbinding referendum. Unofficial results showed that 56 percent voted against bidding for…
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Issues galore, resources limited for typical US Olympic org
Soon after he accepted the thankless task of trying to rebuild the sprawling, fractured operation at USA Track and Field, Doug Logan received a one-line text from the NBA commissioner at the time, David Stern:…
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Koreas to inform IOC of intent to co-host 2032 Games
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North and South Korea on Friday agreed to officially inform the International Olympic Committee of their intent to co-host the 2032 Summer Olympics as they continued with reconciliation efforts. Korean…
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Calgary 2026 Olympics bid survives on council motion
CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Calgary’s potential bid for the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympics survived a city council vote Wednesday when a motion leading to the cancellation of an upcoming plebiscite failed to pass. Ten…
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Olympian Shaun White apologizes for ‘insensitive’ Halloween costume
The famed X-Games star, 32, dressed up as Simple Jack, played by Ben Stiller in the movie Tropic Thunder, over the weekend. The fictional character has a mental disability.
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Tokyo Olympic minister promises transparency on spending
TOKYO (AP) — The minister in charge of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics said Tuesday that national government spending on the event is billions less than a recent national government audit showed. Tracking Olympic costs is…
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50 years after raised fists at Olympics, legacy of protest continues with Kaepernick
“Colin Kaepernick’s kneeling is the exactly the same sort of symbolic protest as the black power salute from the 1968 Olympics,” said Leland Ware, the Louis L. Redding Chair for the study of law and public policy at the University of Delaware.
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Biles criticizes new Gymnastics President over anti-Kaepernick tweet
Four-time Olympics gold medalist Simone Biles responded to a tweet by Bono from earlier this year in which she posted a photo of her drawing over the Nike swoosh logo on a pair of shoes in protest of the company using Colin Kaepernick in an ad campaign.
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