Olympics
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Snowboarder in critical condition after accident
Jan 01, 2010 10:00 pm - SALT LAKE CITY -- American snowboarder Kevin Pearce was in critical condition at a Utah hospital Friday after suffering a head injury while training in Park City, his pu...
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Gymnasts suspected of being underage have hearing
Dec 20, 2009 10:00 pm - LAUSANNE, Switzerland -- A decision on whether two Chinese gymnasts were old enough to compete at the Sydney Olympics is expected in February after the athletes appeared...
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IAAF now lists Thanou as winner of 100 in Sydney
Dec 13, 2009 10:00 pm - MONACO -- The IAAF has amended its results to list disgraced Greek sprinter Katerina Thanou as winner of the 100 meters at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. The International As...
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IOC redistributes Jones' 2000 medals
Dec 08, 2009 10:00 pm - LAUSANNE, Switzerland -- Olympic leaders have reallocated two individual medals stripped from Marion Jones but withheld the 100-meter gold from disgraced Greek sprinter ...
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Germans restore 1936 high jump recordNov 23, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Gretel Bergmann matched a German high jump record on June 30, 1936. Two weeks later, the 5 feet, 3 inches she jumped in Stuttgart, Germany, was all but oblit...
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South African ministry says Semenya to keep gold medal
Nov 18, 2009 10:00 pm - JOHANNESBURG -- South African runner Caster Semenya will keep her 800-meter gold medal from the world championships, and the results of her gender tests will be kept con...
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Ramzi stripped of Olympic 1,500-meter gold
Nov 17, 2009 10:00 pm - LONDON -- The IOC has stripped Bahraini middle-distance runner Rashid Ramzi of his 1,500-meter Olympic gold medal and disqualified four other athletes because of doping ...
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2012 Games pose biggest security risk in decades
Nov 12, 2009 10:00 pm - LONDON -- London faces the largest security challenge since World War II when it hosts the 2012 Olympics, British security minister Alan West said Friday. West told a Lo...
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Chinese official's book claims back-door deal landed Olympics
Oct 19, 2009 11:00 pm - BEIJING -- Chinese sports officials struck a deal to bring the Olympics to Beijing, promising to support Jacques Rogge's bid to head the International Olympic Committee ...
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USOC's ex-CEO says Rio won 2016 bid, Chicago didn't lose it
Oct 13, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW ORLEANS -- The ousted CEO of the U.S. Olympic Committee said instability and strained relations with international Olympic officials were "far secondary" factors in ...