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Olympian Laurel Hubbard says not a transgender icon but an athlete, plans to retire

... contentious issues ahead of the Olympics. We are human and, ... in a rare interview with international media. All I have... the rules of a 2015 International Olympic Committee IOC...
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Rosie DiManno: Transgender Olympic weightlifter Laurel Hubbard delivers a quietly dignified performance, away from the noise

... the stage at the Tokyo International Forum . There are... be competing at her debut Olympic Games in middle age, ... advantage, say critics of the International Olympic Committee’s 2015...
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IOC says it s looking into gesture used by U.S. athlete Saunders on podium

TOKYO The International Olympic Committee is looking into the... contact with World Athletics, the international governing body for the sport, and the United States Olympic and...
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Rosie DiManno: An Olympics in Japan can be wonderful (even if these Games aren’t)

... tell you about my previous Olympics in Japan. Because this... games. 1998 was the first Olympics where NHLers were permitted... consumed host cities of every Olympics since September 11....
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Bruce Arthur: Tokyo Olympics make clear Russia won in wake of state-sponsored doping scandal — and the IOC let them off the hook

... question about Russia and the International Olympic Committee. “It’s not even a... a complicated, long form hell of committees and complications by the... keeps calling them the Russian Olympic Committee....
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None of you are staying home : Australian Olympic chief, premier in spat over Tokyo attendance

... Australia s highest ranking Olympic official and the current... down the track following an International Olympic Committee vote in Tokyo on Wednesday, Australian Olympic Committee President John Coates...
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Today s coronavirus news: Tokyo COVID-19 cases hit six-month high two days before Games open; More Olmypic athletes test positive for virus

... six month high Wednesday with the Olympic host city logging 1, 832... the entire duration of the Olympics that start Friday and... expected whether we have the Olympics or not, and...
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Brisbane picked to host 2032 Olympics without a rival bid

... Wednesday to host the 2032 Olympics, the inevitable winner of... after the popular 2000 Sydney Olympics. Melbourne hosted in 1956... Prime Minister Scott Morrison told International Olympic Committee voters...
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Cancelling Tokyo Olympics was never an option, IOC president says

... Japan can stage a safe Olympics, the country s prime... formal opening ceremony of an Olympics already postponed a year... Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga told International Olympic Committee members...
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Everything you need to know about the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games

The Tokyo Olympics may be starting a... to speed. When are the Olympics The opening ceremony is... to as the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympic Games. It’s... — the...
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Zero risk? Virus cases test Olympic organizers assurances

... the first athletes inside the Olympic Village to test positive... in close quarters in the Olympic Village on Tokyo Bay over the next three weeks. International Olympic Committee President...
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First positive COVID-19 tests for athletes in Olympic Village

... Two athletes living in the Olympic Village have tested positive... was not residing in the Olympic Village. This athlete was... Also on Sunday, the first International Olympic Committee member...
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South Korea removes banners at Olympic village after IOC ruling

... from balconies at the the Olympic athletes village in... 17, 2021. South Korea s Olympic Committee said Saturday it has removed banners at the Olympic athletes village...
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Rules that prevent family from attending Tokyo Olympics tough on Canadian athletes

... at pivotal moments in his Olympic career. At the Tokyo... remembers walking into the 60, 000 seat Olympic Stadium at the London... the crowd at the Rio Olympics and seeing his...
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She spent $7,000 on Olympic Games tickets to see Toronto Raptor Yuta Watanabe play. Now spectators are banned

... taking days off during the Olympic Games, ” said the 42 year old... not be permitted at Tokyo area Olympic venues. Japanese Prime Minister... factors, led to the first Olympic Games in history...
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COVID-19 cases found at Olympic hotel in Japan as IOC hails historic Games

... hotel where dozens of Brazilian Olympic team members are staying... what the world s top Olympics official promised on Wednesday... said. But a 31 strong Brazilian Olympic delegation, which includes...
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A timeline of the events leading up to the Tokyo Olympics

... fight against the coronavirus, the International Olympic Committee plans for the postponed... leading up to the Summer Olympics....
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Today’s coronavirus news: Documents reveal Canadian health officials wanted stricter protocols for NHL return; Tokyo Olympic organizers hopeful the Paralympic Games might allow some fans

... efforts. Friday 5 51 a.m. Tokyo Olympic organizers are holding out... Loading...Loading...Loading...Loading...Loading... Loading... Organizers and the International Olympic Committee on Thursday banned all fans from Olympic venues in Tokyo and......
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International Olympic Committee president arrives in Tokyo; greeted by state of emergency

... on spectators at the Tokyo Olympics is likely after Japan... Aug. 22. This means the Olympics, opening on July 23... rainy afternoon, went to the International Olympic Committee s...
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Today’s coronavirus news: Delta variant exploits low vaccine rates, easing of rules around globe; India virus death toll tops 400,000; experts say it’s higher

... all fans from the Tokyo Olympics is still an option... president of the Tokyo organizing committee, said Friday. This would... variant, and fears that the Olympics and Paralympics with...