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Rowing votes to drop men's lightweight race from Olympics

The Associated Press
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...
Olympic ghost town: Bills due, venues empty after Rio Games

By STEPHEN WADE
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...
Yuna Kim reveals Olympic torch in countdown to 2018 Games

By KIM TONG-HYUNG
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...
Shaun White might compete in skateboarding at 2020 Olympics

By EDDIE PELLS
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...
Tokyo golf club undecided over rule changes to allow women

The Associated Press
Feb 08, 2017 6:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Board members at the club that will host the 2020 Olympic golf tournament failed to make a decision about changing their policy of excluding women as full m...
Political scandal overshadows South Korea 2018 Olympic prep

By HYUNG-JIN KIM
Feb 08, 2017 6:00 am - SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - When Pyeongchang was awarded the 2018 Olympics six years ago, many South Koreans felt that the first Winter Games on home snow would herald the...
JOC's Takeda questioned over payments made by Tokyo bidders

The Associated Press
Feb 08, 2017 6:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Tokyo prosecutors have questioned the president of the Japanese Olympic Committee over allegations that dubious payments were made by the bid team for the 2...
Political scandal overshadows South Korea 2018 Olympic prep

By HYUNG-JIN KIM
Feb 07, 2017 6:00 am - SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - When Pyeongchang was awarded the 2018 Olympics six years ago, many South Koreans felt that the first Winter Games on home snow would herald the...
Constable: Special Olympics skaters upset over loss of sports

By Burt Constable
Feb 07, 2017 4:00 am - For the past 40 years, young Illinois athletes with developmental disabilities have been able to compete against each other for Special Olympics medals in figure skating...
At 30, USA Luge's Erin Hamlin hitting her best stride

By TIM REYNOLDS
Feb 04, 2017 6:00 am - Retirement keeps getting closer. Erin Hamlin keeps getting better. It's an unusual parallel, not often the case for athletes when they realize that they're closer to the...

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