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DANA POINT - Olympians Dawn Harper and Torri Edwards will join more than 11,000 people for the Dana Point Turkey Trot, according to a news release.
Harper was a U.S. gold medalist in 100-meter hurdles at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Edwards has...
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BMW has been given a fairly impressive international branding opportunity: the company was just announced as the automotive partner of London 2012, which includes the upcoming Olympic games and Paralympic games. As part of the arrangement, BMW will provide roughly 4,000 vehicles to move athletes, officials, and others around the city during ..
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- Calling for Great Britons (independent.co.uk)
Coworker #1: Rio de Janeiro just won the vote to host the 2016 Olympic Games.Coworker #2: Is that like a perfume?Charles City, Iowa
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- Rio De Janeiro Bad Choice to Host 2016 Olympic Games (associatedcontent.com)
HONG KONG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--An impressive list of world-class athletes, including a number of Beijing Olympic gold medallists, will compete in the 2009 East Asian Games (EAG) in Hong Kong from December 5-13. Heading the list are 2008 synchronised three-metre springboard Olympic gold medallists Guo Jingjing and Wu Minxia, current Olympic badminton men’s singles champion Lin Dan, and 2004 Olympic 110-metres hurdles champion Liu Xiang from China...
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LONDON (AP) -- Fifteen months after the Beijing Olympics, Bahraini middle-distance runner Rashid Ramzi was stripped of his 1,500-meter gold medal Wednesday and four other athletes were disqualified because of doping at the games.
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Davide Rebellin – who tested positive for the banned blood booster CERA – may lose his Olympic medal after all.
The Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) is finally making moves to strip Rebellin of the silver medal he scored in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
Officials said Tuesday that CONI is acting on the recommendation of the International Olympic Committee and will officially open a disciplinary inquiry against the veteran classics...
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(AP) — Patrick G. Ryan will continue his efforts to expand Olympic sports in Chicago, even after the city lost its bid for the 2016 Games.
Ryan was named chairman of the board Thursday of World Sport Chicago, the bid's legacy organization. The group is dedicated to increasing participation in ...
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From chicagobusiness.com
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2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro: Will the City Be Safe? (TIME): "Just two weeks ago, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said between delirious sobs in Copenhagen that the International Olympic Committee's decision to award the 2016 Olympic Games to Rio de Janeiro was a vindication of Brazil's social and economic advances."
Last Saturday, "at least 14 people were killed and eight more were injured after violent shootouts between...
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- Brazil will shine at 2016 Games: Lula (search.msn.com)
Colorado Springs, CO - U.S. Paralympics, a division of the U.S. Olympic Committee, is encouraging students with physical disabilities who promote physical fitness in their daily lives to apply for the 2010 Paralympic Experience in Vancouver.
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From firsttracksonline.com
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Less than a month after Rio de Janeiro's election as the host of the 2016 Olympic Games, a delegation from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has paid the new host city a visit (30-31 October), as it continues to lay the groundwork for successful Games.
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- IOC completes orientation seminar for Rio 2016 (search.msn.com)
- IOC, Brazil to draw up plan of action for Rio 2016 (search.msn.com)
- United Kingdom: Infrastructure Investments For The Olympics Rio 2016 (search.msn.com)
