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[Link] U.S. Boycotted Olympics Before, and It Didn’t End Well
Read: 8/12/2021 www.vice.com
The U.S. is staging a diplomatic boycott of the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics to protest China’s human rights abuses of Muslim minorities in Xinjiang. The full effect remains to be seen.
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[Link] Missing tennis star Peng Shuai says she 'wants her privacy respected' in video call with IOC president
Read: 21/11/2021 www.abc.net.au
The International Olympic Committee says Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai has called its president to tell him she is safe and well.
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[Link] German coach suspended for striking horse at Olympics
Read: 8/8/2021 www.abc.net.au
TV footage showed Kim Raisner leaning over a fence to strike the horse Saint Boy, which refused to jump the fences in the showjumping round on Friday, costing German athlete Annika Schleu a chance of winning the gold medal.
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[Link] The cheeky, stolen Olympic flag that became an heirloom for McKeon swimming family
Read: 8/8/2021 www.abc.net.au
This story starts with a classic tale of adolescent mischief and has evolved into a priceless piece of sporting memorabilia. Former Olympian David McKeon's great uncle Peter was in Rome for the 1960 Olympics with some school mates and spotted an enormous Olympic rings flag he wanted to souvenir.
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[Link] Howard Springs quarantine facility expected to reach capacity for overseas arrivals for the first time
Read: 8/8/2021 www.abc.net.au
Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt has told Parliament the facility would reach capacity for repatriated Australians in the coming weeks.
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[Link] How the Philippines Became a Boxing Powerhouse
Read: 7/8/2021 www.vice.com
Boxers have long been the Philippines’ most reliable athletes in international competition. It didn’t happen overnight. The Philippines held its collective breath on Monday as boxer Nesthy Petecio awaited the verdict in the women’s featherweight Olympic gold medal match.
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[Link] This Man Proved That Bronze Is Better Than Silver
Read: 7/8/2021 www.vice.com
When Brazilian swimmer Bruno Fratus learned he won bronze in the 50-meter men’s freestyle, he was struck with pure joy. Still in the pool, he threw both fists up in the air as a grin stretched across his face. Once on the victory stand he bit his medal, later deep-kissing his coach-turned-wife.
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[Link] Canadian Soccer Player Just Became First Trans Athlete to Win Olympic Gold
Read: 7/8/2021 www.vice.com
In a thrilling match that went all the way to sudden death penalty kicks, the Canadian women’s soccer team defeated the Swedish team 2 to 1 Friday morning. Among the Canadians was Quinn, a 25-year-old non-binary transgender midfielder who uses they/them pronouns, and only goes by one name.
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[Link] How Truck Drivers Helped This Girl Achieve Her Olympic Dream
Read: 6/8/2021 www.vice.com
Mirabai Chanu, the weightlifter who opened India’s medal count on the first day of Tokyo Olympics 2020 with a silver, has had quite the homecoming.
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[Link] 14-Year-Old Diver Competed to Earn Money for Sick Mom. Her Dives Were Literally Perfect.
Read: 6/8/2021 www.vice.com
The near-perfection of Chinese diver Quan Hongchan’s performance on Thursday night had commentators in disbelief. “Remember this! You may never see anything like it again,” an NBC broadcaster exclaimed.
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[Link] Belarusian Olympic athlete defected after being told by grandmother not to return
Read: 6/8/2021 www.abc.net.au
Olympic sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya says she decided to defect as she was being driven to a Tokyo airport because her grandmother told her it was not safe to return home to Belarus.
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[Link] Belarus Olympian safe in Tokyo hotel after refusing 'forced' flight home
Read: 5/8/2021 www.bbc.com
A Belarusian Olympian who refused her team's order to fly home early is safe after seeking protection from Japanese police, Games officials have said.They say sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, 24, spent the night in a hotel at Tokyo's Haneda airport.
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[Link] US fencers wear pink masks after teammate accused of sexual misconduct
Read: 31/7/2021 www.theguardian.com
Three members of the United States Olympic men’s épée team wore pink masks on Friday amid allegations their teammate is guilty of sexual misconduct. Jake Hoyle, Curtis McDowald and Yeisser Ramirez all wore pink facemasks before the start of the competition.
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[Link] All fans banned from Tokyo Olympics as COVID cases rise, delta spreads
Read: 8/7/2021 arstechnica.com
Both foreign and local sports fans are now barred from attending Tokyo-area Olympic events as COVID-19 cases tick up in the city and the highly transmissible delta variant continues to spread.
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[Link] 'Sad, lonely feeling': Tokyo man evicted twice, 50 years apart, for Olympic construction
Read: 4/7/2021 www.reuters.com
1/6Kohei Jinno, 87, who was forced to leave his house two times ahead of the 1964 and 2020 Olympics Games to make way for construction of the main stadium, speaks in front of the Olympic Rings monument outside the Japan Olympic Museum near the National Stadium, the main stadium for the 2020 Tokyo Ol
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[Link] Tokyo Olympics: poll shows 60% of Japanese people want Games cancelled
Read: 10/5/2021 www.theguardian.com
Preparations for Tokyo Olympics have suffered another setback after a poll found that nearly 60% of people in Japan want them to be cancelled, less than three months before the Games are due to open.
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