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Tunisian taekwondo athlete to compete at Rio Olympics
LEAD IN:A Tunisian taekwondo athlete is confident he'll put up a good fight when he competes at the Rio Olympics later this year.Oussama Oueslati and his coach believe he is in with a chance of winning a medal.With one hundred days to go...
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A do and don't list for Olympic athletes and visitors
LEAD IN: With the Zika virus prompting athletes and visitors to reconsider their trip to the Rio Olympics, doctors and scientists are trying to give reassurance with a list of dos and don'ts.They say unless you are planning a family it's...
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VOICED: Tokyo calls on manga heroes for 2016 Olympic bid
VOICED: Tokyo calls on manga heroes for 2016 Olympic bid
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Worldwide robotics competition inspiring young inventors
LEAD IN:The world's biggest robotics competition is helping to inspire a new generation of students to get involved in working with robots.More than 450 teams from 50 countries are competing at the World Robot Olympics (WRO) in New...
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LA Set Their Sights On Another Olympics In 2024
The Los Angeles set their sights on another Olympics Wednesday. The LA 2024 leadership delivered opening remarks to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Evaluation Commission in Los Angeles, stressing that their motto "Follow the...
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LA Mayor offers vision for Summer Games
Representatives of bid teams of LA 2024 and Paris 2024 met with IOC President Thomas Bach on the eve of their final presentations, as they seek to host the 2024 Olympics.On Tuesday, Bach's hope that both candidates will win one of two...
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Pyeongchang Olympics Showcases Korean Self-Driving Vehicles
SOUTH KOREA OLYMPICS SELF DRIVE
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Russia women's team and coach arrive at Olympic curling stadium
The Russian women's curling team and their coach refused to comment on Monday on their arrival at the curling stadium in Gangneung after an anti-doping case was opened against a male Russian medal-winning curler.
The Court...
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U.S. Olympic Committee CEO Calls Games a 'Good Beacon'
Feb.14 -- Scott Blackmun, U.S. Olympic Committee chief executive officer, discusses the impact of President Donald Trump's immigration ban on the Olympics and Los Angeles' bid for the 2024 Olympic Games with Bloomberg's Scarlet Fu at the...
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REPLAY: Aerials Skier Caldwell Ready for Triples
U.S. aerials skier Ashley Caldwell does far harder jumps than most of her competitors.
She said growing up skiing with boy teammates pushed her because she "wanted to be just as good as them."
But she knows...
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Sprinter Usain Bolt re-established his claim to the title of world's fastest man, running the 100 meters in an Olympic record 9.63 seconds.
HEADLINE: Usain Bolt's New Olympic Record
CAPTION: Sprinter Usain Bolt re-established his claim to the title of world's fastest man, running the 100 meters in an Olympic record 9.63 seconds. (Aug. 5)
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IOC chief praises Beijing preparations
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach highly praised Beijing's preparations for the Winter Olympic Games of 2022, after a review of the city's facilities on Saturday.
Bach also visited the headquarters of...
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LA deal with Olympic leaders for 2028 Games
Los Angeles leaders on Tuesday celebrated an agreement with Olympic organisers to host the 2028 Summer Games.
The city had sought to win the 2024 Games, but ended up agreeing to wait four more years.
The...
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Russian athletes tested more than any others ahead of Winter Olympics
The IOC's medical director says the needs of Russian athletes are being "particularly emphasised" in targeted doping tests on athletes preparing for the Pyeongchang Olympics.
The International Olympic Committee's top...
Bloomberg
Spotlight Interview: Yuriko Koike
Dec.06 -- Yuriko Koike, Governor of Tokyo speaks with Bloomberg's Kazunori Takada at Bloomberg The Year Ahead in Tokyo on December 5, 2019.
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Professor: Treat Olympic Green Claims With Healthy Skepticism
Jul.19 -- Olympics organizers pledged to prioritize sustainability at the Tokyo Games - so how close did the upcoming Games come to fulfilling green promises. Olympics expert Professor Jules Boykoff speaks on "Bloomberg Daybreak:...
Bloomberg
IOC Says Fully Committed to Hold Tokyo Olympic Games
Jan.27 -- International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach says the organization is gaining confidence that it will be possible to hold the Tokyo games in July. Japan has spent more than $26 billion to prepare its capital for the...
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When a swimmer breaks a record, the first question is often what kind of swimsuit they're wearing. A high-stakes battle between two top swimsuit makers has swimmers making tough decisions, and has landed the two rival companies in court.
HEADLINE: A look at 'swimsuit wars' at U.S. Olympic Trials
CAPTION: When a swimmer breaks a record, the first question is often what kind of swimsuit they're wearing. A high-stakes battle between two top swimsuit makers has swimmers...
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Latest IOC decision on sprinters plus stadium
1) Exterior GVs Kat Hospital
2) Christos Tsekos, coach of both sprinters arrives with Katerina Thanou's husband.
3) SOUNDBITE: (Greek) Doctor Stasinopoulos
"The health and condition of the two Greek athletes Costas Kenteris and Katerina...
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SNL" debuts with Tina Fey as Gov. Sarah Palin, Michael Phelps as host.
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2. Michael Phelps skit
Live from New York ... it's Tina Fey as Gov. Sarah Palin.
After wild conjecture over whom would play...
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Dalai Lama's envoy says talks with Chinese officials to continue
1. Close of signboard at the venue of the conference, Department of Information and International Relations
2. Wide of Lodi Gyari and Kalsang Gyaltsen, the two envoys of Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama
3. Wide of media at news...
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British PM talks ahead of ceremony for athletes killed at Munich Games
Britain's prime minister and top Olympic officials gathered on Monday to mark the 40th anniversary of the deaths of 11 Israeli athletes in a terrorist attack at the 1972 Munich Olympics.
British Prime Minister David Cameron led the...
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USA: MAN CLEARED OF ATLANTA BOMBING WANTS APOLOGY FROM FBI
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The Atlanta security guard who was eventually cleared as the chief suspect in the 1996 bombing of the Olympic Games has taken his campaign for an apology from the F-B-I to the U-S Congress.
An angry Richard Jewell called on...
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Veteran circus animals'' life of misery in Russia
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St. Petersburg, Russia - July 14, 2011
1. Mid of bear jumping in tiny cage
2. Close of bear''s feet, jumping
3. Wide of animal protection activist Zoya Afanasyeva approaching the bus
4. Mid of Zoya Afanasyeva looking...