Olympic champion shines at China's national games short track …Xinhua, ChinaQINGDAO, East China, April 3 (Xinhua) — Winter Olympic champion Wang Meng took the spotlight at a short track speedskating event of the National Games here on Friday. Wang, 24, captured the women's 1500 meters final in two minutes 20.662 seconds to …
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3 cities in race to host 2014 Youth OlympicsUSA TodayLAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Three cities will compete for the right to host the Summer Youth Olympics in 2014. The International Olympic Committee says Thursday that Guadalajara, Mexico; Nanjing, China; and Poznan, Poland, are all in the running. …Nanjing among three cities bid for 2014 Youth Olympics XinhuaFinding a focus the challenge for upcoming Youth Olympic Games SLAM! Sportsall 18 news articles
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The Windy CitizenChicago Olympic bid needs more passion David GreisingChicago Tribune, United StatesYears before Beijing got the bid to host the 2008 Summer Games, that city was bedecked with Olympic propaganda. Of course, China is still—officially at least—a communist country, so propaganda came naturally. Our fair city, on the other hand, …Video: Tourists decide Chicago's Olympic fate Chicago TribuneHey, IOC: Take Chicago the way it is Chicago Tribuneall 866 news articles
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Around the Rings (subscription)Olympic Briefs — US Hockey to Name Coach; London Site Will Become …Around the Rings (subscription), GAThe US, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Norway, Scotland and Switzerland are the other participating nations. Olympic swimmer Dara Torres’ new book “Age is Just a Number” is coming out on Tuesday. …
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Podium drought finally ends for US biathletesESPNThat makes China — yes, China — the early favorite for gold at next year's Vancouver Olympics. "I hope so," said Dan Rafael, a Canadian who coaches China's national teams. "Do I believe it? Yes. I think so." While curling has been around for …
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Name : Daniel Keatings Age : 19 (as of April 1) Hometown : Corby, Northants, United Kingdom Club : Huntingdon Olympic Gymnastics Club Coach : Paul Hall Specialty : Pommel horse — wonderful light work, great hip extension, fluid swing. …
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How amusing it is that Vancouver has repeatedly scorned residents here in order to accommodate the Olympic Games and their insatiable desire to be the focal point of attention for two weeks in 2010. And yet they come asking for help …
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Identified as the “most popular politician on Earth” by Barack Obama, the South American leader made a passionate pitch for the 2016 Olympics to help his country to leap into the premier league of geopolitics. …
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Beijing Baby! Published on April 4, 2009 by Technorati Search for: olympics. No Caturday this week. Tommy’s sulking about the very poor (2 comments) response last week. It’s a long weekend here in China, no, not for Easter but Qing Ming …
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China: China-France communiqué and G20, a glorious defeat? Published on April 3, 2009 by Technorati Search for: olympics. Chinese president Hu Jintao and French leader Sarkozy met ahead of the G2O summit on 1 April to repair the ties …
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