Olympics
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Asian Winter Games offer athletes ideal prep for Olympics
Feb 16, 2017 6:00 am - SAPPORO, Japan (AP) - With the Winter Olympics just a year and a short distance away, the Asian Winter Games will be the ideal stage for the continent's leading winter a...
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Takanashi backs up WCup series win with another victory
Feb 16, 2017 6:00 am - PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) - A day after clinching her fourth World Cup overall title with a second-place finish, Sara Takanashi won a ski jumping event Thursday at t...
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Olympic downhill designer says tough, faster course awaits
Feb 15, 2017 6:00 am - ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (AP) - Stop worrying, downhill racers. The 2018 Olympic course will be faster than you think. The new track in South Korea has been criticized - ...
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Music! Wifi! Olympians impressed with Pyeongchang perks
Feb 14, 2017 6:00 am - The first impression some members of the USA Luge team got regarding how the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics will operate came on the bus ride from the airport to the mountain...
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Paralympic body says Russian ban should continue
Feb 13, 2017 6:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - Russia's ban from disabled sports should continue because it is sidestepping allegations of a major doping cover-up, the International Paralympic Committee...
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Voters reject 2026 Olympic bid for St. Moritz, Davos
Feb 12, 2017 6:00 am - ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (AP) - Voters in the Swiss Alps have rejected a second Olympic hosting bid planned for upscale mountain resorts St. Moritz and Davos. The canton ...
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Rowing votes to drop men's lightweight race from Olympics
Feb 11, 2017 6:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Rowing's governing body has voted to drop the lightweight men's four class from the 2020 Tokyo Olympic program despite opposition from Asian countries inclu...
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Olympic ghost town: Bills due, venues empty after Rio Games
Feb 10, 2017 6:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Rio de Janeiro pulled off last year's Olympics, keeping crime at bay and fending off dire forecasts of corruption, environmental degradation, and c...
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Yuna Kim reveals Olympic torch in countdown to 2018 Games
Feb 09, 2017 6:00 am - GANGNEUNG, South Korea (AP) - The one-year countdown to the Pyeongchang Games began Thursday with Yuna Kim revealing the Olympic torch and organizers opening online tick...
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Shaun White might compete in skateboarding at 2020 Olympics
Feb 08, 2017 6:00 am - The next Olympics are still a year away, and already, Shaun White is thinking about the games after that. And it has nothing to do with the halfpipe. The world's best-kn...