Category: OLYMPIC
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USA claim sixth consecutive gold medal
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 20, 2016: The USA topped the podium of the Women’s Olympic Basketball Tournament for a sixth consecutive time after beating Spain, 101-72, in Saturday’s Gold Medal Game at Carioca Arena 1. The Americans have finished on the top step of the podium in the competition at every Olympics dating back to…
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IOC sanctions Evgeniia Kolodko for failing anti-doping test at London 2012
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 20, 2016: The protection of clean athletes and the fight against doping are top priorities for the International Olympic Committee (IOC), as outlined in Olympic Agenda 2020, the IOC’s strategic roadmap for the future of the Olympic Movement. To provide a level playing field for all clean athletes at the Olympic…
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Golden ending for multi-medallists at Lagoa as canoe sprints
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 20, 2016: multi-medallists, Danuta KOZAK (HUN) became the first female paddler to win three gold medals at a single Olympic Games, winning the women’s kayak four (K4) 500m to add to her gold medals in the women’s kayak double (K2) 500 and kayak single (K1) 500m. Behind the Hungarians, Tina DIETZE…
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Mossely wins Lightweight gold
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 219, 2016: Mossely wins Lightweight gold, Estelle Mossely won Olympic gold on Friday afternoon to cap a brilliant year for the French Lightweight (60kg). It was a gripping final, with China’s Yin Junhua powering into an early lead before Mossely dug deep to deliver a memorable turnaround. The Chinese boxer had…
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Mamun tops Kudryavtseva in qualification
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 19, 2016: Undefeated in the All-around at the past three World Championships, Yana Kudryavtseva was expected to reign in Rio. Instead, at the end of the qualification round, the 18-year-old Russian sits second behind countrywoman Margarita Mamun in a reversal of the hierarchy the two have established at the biggest competitions…
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Four new members to IOC Athletes’ Commission
Rio de Janiero, Aug 18, 2016: Four new members to IOC Athletes’ Commission, Britta Heidemann from Germany (fencing), Seug-min Ryu from Korea (table tennis), Daniel Gyurta from Hungary (swimming) and Yelena Isinbayeva from the Russian Federation (athletics) have been elected to the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s Athletes’ Commission by their peers at the Olympic Games…
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Patrick Hickey arrested by Brazilian police
Rio de Janiero, Aug 17, 2016: Patrick Hickey arrested, Sensation in Rio de Janeiro. The 13th day of the Games, the Olympic atmosphere was shaken by a case that the IOC could have done: Patrick Hickey (pictured), a member of its Executive Committee, President of the Association of European Olympic Committees (EOC), was arrested by…
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China successfully defended their Men’s Team gold
Rio de Janiero, Aug 17, 2016: China successfully defended, China has defended their Men’s Team Gold title in a heated Gold medal match at Rio 2016 Olympic Games, with a 3-1 victory over the Japanese men’s team. Despite his team settling for silver, world number six Jun MIZUTANI (JPN) has played the best tournament of…
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Robson Conceição crowned Olympic
Rio de Janiero, Aug 16, 2016: The crowd raised the roof inside a packed Riocentro Pavilion 6 on Tuesday night as Robson Conceição crowned Olympic and Sofiane Oumiha of France entered the arena for the Men’s Lightweight (60kg) Final, and the Brazilian responded with a flourishing start. Oumiha, too, found his range early on, but…
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Simone Biles joins golden record club
Rio de Janiero, Aug 16, 2016: Biles floors the competition for fourth gold Simone Biles’s Olympic finals ended as they began, with the American champion atop the podium, a gold medal around her neck. After golds with the U.S. team, in the All-around and on Vault as well as bronze on Beam, the 19-year-old took her…