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08.10.2023

Los Angeles 2028 head Carter earned $2 million for dual role in 2021

Kathy Carter, chief executive of both Los Angeles 2028 and U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Properties (USOPP), the joint marketing venture for the Games, appears to have earned overall compensation of more than $2 million (£1.63 million/€1.88 million) in the two roles in 2021.

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Sports

18.09.2023

2023 Wrestling World Championships: Inspired by fatherhood, David Taylor pins Hassan Yazdani to retain 86kg freestyle crown

Reigning Olympic champion Taylor defeated his perennial rival from the Islamic Republic of Iran to take gold in the Serbian capital Belgrade.

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Politics in sports

05.05.2023

Rio 2016 Olympic champion receives five-year ban for inciting violence against President

A five-year suspension for Brazil’s Olympic volleyball gold medallist Wallace Leandro de Souza for using social media to incite violence against State President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been upheld by the Brazilian Olympic Committee's Ethics Committee.

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Athletes

01.06.2022

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Suni Lee finds support at Auburn after Olympics 'impostor syndrome'

Sunisa Lee curls up in a chair after practice one afternoon last month, her knees pulled tightly against her chest.

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Athletes

15.04.2022

Icon Kelly Slater continues to inspire at 50

His name is synonymous with surfing

Far from slowing down, the all-time great is determined to write even more history in his illustrious legacy.

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Athletes

09.03.2022

Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir wins 50th women's Boston Marathon

New marathons - new wins

Reigning Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir capped the celebration of a half-century of women in the Boston Marathon with a finish to top them all.

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Olympic Games

14.02.2022

Harry Hayfield

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“Oh, come on, where’s the medals?” or Do the media force athletes too hard?

Harry Hayfield

“Oh, come on, where’s the medals?” or Do the media force athletes too hard?

We are now in the middle weekend of the Winter Olympics in Beijing and things appear to be settling into their long term averages.

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Artem Diakonov, Julia Plesovskikh, Valeriya Ivanova, Harry Hayfield, Sergei Lyzhin

Gender Equality

19.01.2022

Olympic champion among taekwondo athletes appointed Women in Sports ambassadors by Association of Southeast Asian Nations

Three taekwondo athletes, including a current Olympic champion, are among a group appointed as Women in Sports ambassadors by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

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The 2023 World Figure Skating Championships Conclude in a Blaze of Glory for Japan

This Championship was pretty amazing! And it showed that without Russians it didn’t become less interesting. The public doesn’t need quads by 15 year olds to enjoy the competition

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Elena Anikina: "We hope, especially considering the position and strategy which IOC has now, that very soon the situation will be changed"

Apparently, soon Russia will have to build luge-bobsleigh tracks not only in Russia, but also in partner countries!) In terms of competitiveness for Russian bobsleigh, this is a st

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Alexander Tkachev: "We make sure that our athletes get the most important thing - the opportunity to compete"

Yes, it is an interesting vector of development, it is also important here what projects and initiatives Russia can offer for Asian countries? Will we be able to host the Asian Che

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Israeli gymnastics hit by allegations parents were asked to bribe judges

A great case, it seems tha now we need an analogue of WADA, who will investigate attempts to bribe judges, etc. It will be very interesting.

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Sport and politics: my experiences as an athlete

Все это лишь еще раз доказывает, что спорт должен оставаться вне политики. К сожалению, чаще всего это просто слова.

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Olympian, Nassar survivor Tasha Schwikert Moser on USA Gymnastics' board of directors

Очень круто, когда человек уверен, что именно он может что-то изменить, а особенно когда человек знает спорт изнутри. Уважать!

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Disqualified for running in a hijab, Noor Alexandria Abukaram turned pain into action

Хочу поблагодарить эту спортсменку за то, что она не побоялась поставить свою историю в пример. Я считаю, что спортсмен может раскрыть свою религию. Хиджаб – выявленная черта мусул

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Suni Lee finds support at Auburn after Olympics 'impostor syndrome'

Случайно, я знаю об этой спортсменке, сделал один вывод, что она точно не блещет, она очень солнечный человек. Жаль, что кто-то не был счастлив, когда она заслужила золото для свое

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'Anesthetic injections are....' - WADA chief on doping accusation on French Open winner Rafael Nadal

Да, конечно, спорт — это преодоление себя. А к Рафаэлю вопросов нет, только респект за шикарную игрушку. Но все же, мне кажется, нельзя на сто процентов сказать, что теннисистка то

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Give us a chance

Yes, I think athlets from foreign countries understand that all Championships and tournaments are not competitive enough without Russian athlets. I think one day when the situatio

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Sport and Politics. Instead of afterword

The question of connection between Sports and Politics was always "exstra burning". So I am interested in your opinion: where should be the border between sport and politics and wh

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“Oh, come on, where’s the medals?” or Do the media force athletes too hard?

I am pleased to announce that the British duck has been broken. Team GB will win at least one silver by the end of the Games on Sunday following their win in the Men's Curling semi

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