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6 Austrians banned from Olympics for life in doping scandal
1. Wide of IOC (International Olympic Committee) Executive Board meeting press conference
2. Cutaway of reporters taking digital pictures
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Thomas Bach, IOC vice president:
"The Executive Board of IOC today...
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Preps in Rio for the 2016 Olympic Games
With the London Olympics drawing to a close on Sunday, the world's attention is already turning to Rio, which will host the Games in 2016.
Although there are four years to go until the world's biggest sporting event gets under way again,...
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IOC President Bach meets Brazilian President Rousseff
The International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach met on Tuesday with Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and said he feels "very confident" in the preparations for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
But Bach acknowledged once...
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IOC news conference on drugs policy for winter Olympics
Turin, Italy
6 February, 2006
1. Wide shot Turin skyline
2. Close up Mole Antoneliana, tower
3. Exterior 'Lingotto' the Olympic media centre
4. Press room at Lingotto Media centre
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mario Pescante, Italian Under...
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Sports displays in Tiananmen Sq amid haze and humidity
1. Wide of 2008 Beijing Olympics countdown clock in Tiananmen Square
2. Close-up of countdown clock showing 4-days left until start of Games
3. Various of schoolchildren displaying their skills with basketballs and skipping ropes in...
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NCAA President Mark Emmert said it was troubling to see the University of Alabama-Birmingham drop football, but he believes it is Olympic sports programs that are most vulnerable as schools decide how much more to invest in college athletes. (Dec. 9)
NCAA President Mark Emmert tells The Associated Press it was troubling to see the University of Alabama-Birmingham drop football, but he believes it is Olympic sports programs that are most vulnerable as schools decide how much more to...
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Focus on merchandising at Winter Olympics
1. Wide shot of Turin skyline
2. Wide of Mole Antonelliana tower, museum of cinema
3. Wide of Olympic flame
4. Tourists taking photos of flame
5. Close up of flame
6. Wide exterior of official merchandising store in Vittorio Emanuel...
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Scuffles ahead of torch handover ceremony, arrests
AP Television
1. Wide of police escort leading convoy followed by Olympic torch runner
2. Close of torch runner turning from road towards stadium
3. Protesters clashing with police as police pull them away from convoy UPSOUND: (English)...
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Presser by quality control body after poisoned dumplings scandal
Hebei - 3 February, 2008
1. Wide of exterior of factory which allegedly produced tainted dumplings
2. Close-up of sign outside factory
Beijing, China - 13 February, 2008,
3. Wide of news conference
4. Cutaway of media
5. SOUNDBITE:...
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UK - William and Kate attend London premiere of "War Horse" / Duchess of Cambridge's first solo public engagement - attended the royal preview of a retrospective of the work of artist Lucian Freud at Britain's National Portrait Gallery / Catherine tries her hand at hockey with GB Olympic squads at Olympic Park / Duchess of Cambridge becomes patron of children's hospice
On January 8th 2012 Britain's Prince William and his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, went to the UK premiere of his new film "War Horse" in London.
The former Kate Middleton turns 30 on January 9th but palace officials say her...
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'Super bacteria' found in Rio de Janeiro waters where Olympic sailing events are to be held
A drug-resistant "super bacteria" that's normally found in hospitals and is notoriously difficult to treat has been discovered in the waters where Rio de Janeiro's Olympic sailing events will be held, scientists said on Monday.
The...
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A fashion show in support of Beijing's bid for the Olympics
1.WS and TILT from ceiling to catwalk
2.MS models in orange sport T-Shirt and bike shorts
3.MS CA crowd onwatching fashiuon show
4.TILT from feet to head on models in rainbow colors sportsuits
5.PO from models to wide shot catwalk
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SF 49ers' Vernon Davis stepped on the ice to give the olympic sport of curling a try. Curling is played by more than a million Canadians and is expected to be a major draw at the upcoming Vancouver Games. AP's Haven Daley reports.
HEADLINE: Football Star Slides On Ice To Try Winter Olympic Sport
CAPTION: SF 49ers' Vernon Davis stepped on the ice to give the olympic sport of curling a try. Curling is played by more than a million Canadians and is expected...
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AUSTRALIA: SYDNEY OLYMPICS: PARIS 2008 BID (2)
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With the world's media concentrating on Sydney, officials from Paris on Saturday used the opportunity to outline why the French capital would be the best place to host the Games in eight years' time.
Paris is up against...
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AUSTRALIA: MANDELA OPENS PRE OLYMPIC CONFERENCE (2)
English/Nat
Former South African President Nelson Mandela on Sunday opened a pre-Olympic conference in Sydney at which sporting and intellectual heavyweights wrestled with the question "What makes a champion?"
Mandela was presented with...
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USA - Tight Airport Security
City officials in Atlanta, Georgia, said on Thursday (18/7) that they are closely watching the investigation of the TWA jumbo jet crash on Wednesday night to see if they should take any extra security precautions for the summer Olympic...
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Scientists with Brazil's most respected health research institute say they've discovered a drug-resistant "super bacteria" in waters where Olympic sailing events will be held. (Dec. 16)
SIGOUT - Bob McCall/Associated Press
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - December 16, 2014
1. Various of Guanabara Bay
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - July 24, 2014
2. Various of boats sailing in the bay
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - December 15, 2014
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Rio de Janeiro will not make good on its Olympic pledge of slashing the flow of raw sewage and garbage into the Guanabara Bay, where the 2016 games' sailing and wind surfing competitions are to be held.
Rio de Janeiro will not make good on its Olympic pledge of slashing the flow of raw sewage and garbage into the Guanabara Bay, where the 2016 games' sailing and wind surfing competitions are to be held, the state's top environmental...
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A day after Mikaela Shiffrin became the youngest woman, at 18, to win Olympic gold in slalom, the skier shared her thoughts on the victory, waterproof mascara, and plans for the future. (Feb. 22)
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No one will ever accuse American Mikaela Shiffrin of lacking confidence.
A day after becoming the youngest slalom gold medallist in Olympic history, the 18-year-old recalled advice she...
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Will Olympics change China's attitudes as much as its infrastructure?
AP Television
FILE: Recent
1. Aerial shot of Bird's Nest stadium
2. Aerial of tower with Olympic rings, pull out to Water Cube and Bird's Nest
AP Television
August 18, 2008
3. Wide low angle of Olympic spectators walking past Bird's...
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Another two world records were snapped on Tuesday at the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials. The biggest surprise? Neither record was broken by Michael Phelps.
HEADLINE: U.S. Olympic swimming trials
CAPTION: Another two world records were snapped on Tuesday at the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials. The biggest surprise? Neither record was broken by Michael Phelps. (July 1)
[Notes:ANCHOR VOICE] ...
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WRAP Flight crew allegedly prevents attack on plane, foiled plot targeting Olympics
Beijing - 9 March 2008
1. Wide of meeting given by Chinese National People's Congress Xinjiang Delegation
2. Representatives at meeting
3. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin) Nur Bekri, Governor of Xinjiang Autonomous Region:
"From what we presently...
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Protesters mark 20th anniversary of Myanmar uprising
1. Wide of protesters marching towards Chinese consulate in Manila
2. Man carrying mock Olympic torch with slogan reading: (English) "Freedom"
3. Various of portraits of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and mock Olympic torches
4....
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Drugs raid on Austrian team, Pound, IOC presser, Italian govt reax
1. Postcard of Austrian biathlon team
2. Pan to STILL of Walter Mayer
3. Close up of Mayer still on postcard
4. Pan of International Olympic Committee (IOC) news conference
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Giselle Davies, IOC Communications...