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Moroccan runner suspended for doping, Greek athlete expelled over tweets
The IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations) provisionally suspended Moroccan 1,500 metres runner Mariem Alaoui Selsouli from the London Olympics on Wednesday, after she tested positive for doping.
The governing body...
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GERMANY: SWIMMING: EAST GERMAN CHAMPION PRESS CONFERENCE
German/Nat
The former East German Olympic swimming champion Rica Reinisch has been speaking out about how her GDR coaches gave her anabolic steriods without her knowledge.
Last month four former East German swimming coaches were charged...
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Bhopal victims lobby Olympics chief for Dow Chemicals boycott
1. Bhopal gas disaster survivor Rasheeda Bee (left) and activist Safreen Khan holding petition
2. Close of petition, reading (English) "Boycott Dow Olympics"
3. Pan of Rasheeda Bee and Khan walking
4. SOUNDBITE (Hindi) Rasheeda Bee,...
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Anti-doping agency comments, tour of main stadium
Beijing - 27 September 2007
1. Wide of Dick Pound, Head of the World Anti-Doping Agency, walking into room
2. Medium shot of reporters at news conference
3. Wide shot of Pound with reporters
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dick Pound, Head of...
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Japan - Japan hopes Fukushima won't derail Tokyo's bid for the 2020 Games / Former chief of crippled power plant dies of cancer at 58 / Japan moves closer to restarting reactors after nuclear crisis
Japan moves closer to restarting reactors after nuclear crisis
Tokyo - 8 July, 2013
1. Various of Shikoku Electric Power Company handing application for safety inspection to Japan's Nuclear Regulatory Authority
Fukushima, Japan - 12...
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Primary school children are being urged to hit the gym
1. Mid of child on "Kids in Shape" workout mini machine
2. Wide of "Kids in Shape" workout machines
3. Mid of "Kids in Shape" workout bike
4. Mid of instructor teaching child on mini machine
5. Close-up of workout machine control...
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Panda twins born during the Olympics
1. Close-up of nurse's hand cleaning baby panda cub inside sterilised incubator
2. Close-up of nurse with mask, watching as they clean baby panda
3. Mid of nurse cleaning panda cub
4. Close-up of baby panda cub 'Bei Bei' crawling around...
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Tibetan spiritual leader visits Buddhist institute
1. Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama arriving to Buddhist institute in Veneux Les Sablons
2. Tibetan flag
3. Mid of Dalai Lama walking in
4. Audience during prayer
5. Dalai Lama addressing audience
6. Members of the audience
7. Dalai...
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WRAP IOC announces cyclist has failed EPO test; Spain team presser
August 11, 2008
1. Wide pan of Olympic media hall
2. Mid of Beijing Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (BOCOG) official, Sun Weide, and International Olympic Committee spokeswoman Giselle Davies
3. Cutaway to photographer
4....
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Transport official confident Olympic restrictions won't cause chaos
Transport for London (TfL) on Wednesday expressed confidence that Olympic travel restrictions wouldn't bring the British capital to a standstill.
Garrett Emmerson, TfL chief operating officer of streets and traffic, said London traffic...
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Protestors who disrupted Olympic torch ceremony return for trial
1. Various of airport
2. Pan of arrivals board showing time of Air France flight carrying the three protesters from the Paris-based press freedom group Reporters Without Borders
3. Reporters from left to right: Robert Menard, general...
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Former U.S. figure skating champion Nicole Bobek has been charged with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in New Jersey. So far, 20 people have been arrested in connection with the drug ring
HEADLINE: Fmr. figure skating champ facing meth charges
CAPTION: Former U.S. figure skating champion Nicole Bobek has been charged with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in New Jersey. So far, 20 people have been arrested in...
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Rogge says Games will leave lasting legacy for London at the 124th IOC Session
The President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Jacques Rogge, said on Monday that the 2012 Games would leave London with a lasting legacy.
He was speaking at the formal opening of the 124th Session of the IOC, which was held...
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2012 host candidates holds pressers re: their bids
1. Close up of Paris' "L'amour des Jeux" slogan - tilt down to - "Paris 2012" sign
2. Wide shot of podium and pan delegates
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Philippe Baudillon, Chief Executive Officer of Paris bid.
"I am sure some of you are...
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Drag queens and kings go for gold at Drag Winter Olympics
AP Entertainment
Amsterdam - 20 December 2012
1. Wide of drag queen with flare ice skating around Christmas tree and waving to the crowd
2. Mid of seated drag queens putting on ice skates
3. Mid of drag queens preparing to go out on ice...
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Police command centre for the World Cup and Olympics; inauguration of World Cup stadium
Brazil inaugurated its latest football stadium, the Arena das Dunas in Natal on Wednesday, as hundreds gathered outside to protest the cost of hosting the World Cup.
The Arena das Dunas in the northeastern city of Natal was inaugurated...
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IOC comments on Turin, Vancouver, Beijing readiness
February 28, 2004
1. Speakers arriving, sitting at press conference
2. Close up of banner reading "IOC Executive Board Meeting"
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Giselle Davies, International Olympic Committee spokeswoman:
"Regarding Turin...
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50th anniversary of the Tokyo Olympic Games
More than 100 athletes from over a dozen countries who participated in the 1964 Olympics gathered in Tokyo on Friday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Games.
The 1964 Games were a symbol of Japan's recovery from World War II....
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Five bid cities make their pitches for the 2012 Olympics
1. Wide shot pan of audience at presentation
2. Convention sign
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Bertrand Delanoe, Paris Mayor
"This is the third time in the last 20 years Paris has been bidding. We have always tried, in the true competitive...
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South Sudan refugee ready to run marathon under Olympic flag
Phoenix, Arizona - 2nd August 2012
1. Various of Guor Marial training
London, U.K. - 10 August 2012
2. Guor Marial settling in for news conference
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Guor Marial, South Sudanese marathon runner
"The whole country will...
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Briefing on doping cases and fire
1. Serafim Kotrotsos (Head of ATHOC press and media office), Michalis Zacharatos and Giselle Davies
2. Cutaway of Olympic emblems
3. Cutaway of journalist
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Giselle Davies
"The IOC announced that two athletes have...
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Ceremonies to mark start of year-long countdown to 2008 Olympics
8 August, 2007
1. Various of man leading people in practicing Tai Chi
2. Various of people dressed in green T-shirts chanting
3. Wide of people doing Tai Chi with fans
4. Close-up of fan exercise
5. SOUNDBITE (English), Voxpop, Tom...
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Forensic police search museum for clues into robbery
1. Pavlos Geroulanos, Greek Minister of Culture, arriving
2. Minister entering museum
3. Wide exterior of museum
4. Various of forensic equipment
5. SOUNDBITE: (Greek) Efthimios Kotzas, Mayor of Olympia ++ROUGH TRANSLATION++:
"Two...
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Latest on Olympic transport, security, Australian team praises village
Security remained tight in the Olympic Park on Tuesday, as the British government announced it was deploying an extra 1,200 more troops to protect Olympic venues.
The fresh troops come only three days before Friday's opening ceremony...