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World Swimming Implements New Rules for Transgender Athletes
FINA members voted to restrict transgender women from elite swimming competitions on Sunday.
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IOC Recommends Banning Russian, Belarusian Athletes from All Sports
The International Olympic Committee released recommendations Monday to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes from all sport competitions. FIFA followed shortly after with a ban on Russian teams, effectively withdrawing Russia from the World Cup.
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IOC Calls for Russian Athletes to Be Banned From All Sports
In a sweeping move to isolate and condemn Russia after invading Ukraine, the International Olympic Committee urged sports bodies on Monday to exclude the country’s athletes and officials from international events.
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IOC Urges Sports Bodies to Cancel Events in Russia, Belarus
The International Olympic Committee has urged sports bodies to cancel or move all events they plan to hold in Russia and Belarus and stop using the countries’ flags and national anthems
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Olympics Say Goodbye to Asia After a Star-Crossed Run. When Could They Return?
The IOC no longer runs a wide-open bidding process, instead selecting cities in which it has interest — and vice versa.
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US Skaters to Get Torches as Medals Wait for Valieva Doping Ruling: AP Sources
The AP has learned IOC President Thomas Bach offered U.S. figure skaters Olympic torches as holdover gifts while they await a resolution of the Russian doping case preventing them from receiving their teams event medals
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EXPLAINER: Competing for ‘Another' Country at Olympics Is Nothing New
U.S.-born athletes have taken centerstage at the Winter Olympics in Beijing — for the host country, that is, generating scrutiny of nationality switching
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Olympic Medals in Team Figure Skating Delayed by Legal Issue
The winners in the team figure skating competition at the Beijing Olympics still have not received their medals two days later because of what the IOC says are “legal issues.”
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How Many Nations Will Compete in the 2022 Winter Olympics?
Two countries are making their Winter Olympics debut
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2022 Winter Olympics Organizers Hope for 30 Percent Capacity
Some fans will likely attend events at the 2022 Winter Olympics, but it will be far from full capacity.
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Inside the Only New Stadium Built for the Winter Olympics
Like any iconic Olympic venue, the National Speed Skating Oval has a nickname. Characterized by its ribbed, wavy structure, the “Ice Ribbon” is the only new venue Beijing built for the Winter Olympics. All other venues were repurposed from the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics.
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Climate Change Could Limit Number of Winter Olympics Hosts: Study
If greenhouse gas emissions stay high, only one of 21 former host cities will be a reliable site for the winter games by the end of the century, according to a new study.
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Why Does Beijing Have the Olympics Again?
The Beijing Winter Olympics open in just under two months and are now the target of a diplomatic boycott by the United States with others likely to follow
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Biden Administration Won't Send Diplomatic Representation to Beijing Olympics
White House press secretary Jen Psaki confirmed Monday that the U.S. will not send any diplomatic or official representation to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games in protest of China’s human rights abuses.
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IOC Says Peng Shuai Has Told Olympic Officials She Is Safe
The IOC says Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai has taken part in a 30-minute video call from Beijing with Olympic officials and told them she was safe and well.
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Olympics Committee Considering Framework to Include Transgender Athletes in Future Games
The International Olympic Committee’s medical chief said Thursday that the issue of transgender athletes’ participation in Olympic competition is complex and the IOC is still working on a framework for future eligibility.
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Tokyo Olympics By Numbers: Participating Country Stats and Facts
Each of the Olympians gathering in Japan this summer for the Tokyo Games will add to the long history of the Olympics, which have been played every four years since 1896 (except 1916 due to World War I, 1940 and 1944 due to World War II and 2020 due to COVID-19). Tokyo has hosted the Olympics once before in 1964….
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Interactive: Which Countries Dominate the Summer Olympics?
The United States dominates in terms of gold medals with over 1,060 of them won since the first game in Athens, but could the nation’s success at the Olympics be based around sending more athletes than their competitors?
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IOC Relents, Gives Athletes More Area for Protest at Tokyo Olympics
The IOC has finally relented to let Olympic athletes make gestures of protest in their field of play at the Tokyo Games
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How the Olympics Became Multibillion-Dollar Infrastructure Investment
According to the Council on Foreign Relations, every city hosting the Olympics since 1960 incurred cost overruns, sometimes by tens of billions of dollars.