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04.05.2023

How Winter Olympics Have Dealt With Snow Shortages

Olympic organizers through history have hired snow dancers, called in the military and helicoptered in snow to ensure the Games go on.

There are two essentials for staging a Winter Olympics—snow and ice. Old Man Winter can be fickle, however, and mild temperatures and a lack of snow have threatened to derail the Winter Games multiple times, particularly before the advent of climate-controlled arenas and artificial snow.

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Olympic Movement

28.04.2023

Olympics: 10 changes that will define its future

It is interesting to see how the Olympic Games have evolved and how they are likely to change big time in the near future. We discuss 10 main changes that we anticipate to materialize over the next 20 years.

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04.04.2023

IOC claim Vancouver "still at the table" to host Winter Olympics even after collapse of 2030 bid

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has claim that Canadian city Vancouver is "still at the table" to host a future edition of the Winter Olympics and Paralympics.

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Olympic Games

27.03.2023

Valieva coach wants apology from Bach over Beijing 2022 accusations about treatment of skater

Kamila Valieva’s coach Eteri Tutberidze has revealed that she is expecting an apology from International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach following his criticism of how she treated the Russian teenage figure skater at Beijing 2022.

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Olympic Games

21.03.2023

Xu targeting fifth Winter Olympics appearance at Milan Cortina 2026

Chinese aerials specialist Xu Mengtao has announced that she is targeting featuring in the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, which would be her fifth appearance at an Olympic Games.

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Olympic Games

20.02.2023

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Hirshland vows "we'll get the Games back" but reiterates 2034 preference for Salt Lake City

United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) chief executive Sarah Hirshland has reiterated that its preference for staging a future Winter Olympics and Paralympics would be the 2034 edition, but has pledged "we'll get the Games back".

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Olympic Games

30.11.2022

DOSB set to stage vote to decide on Olympics and Paralympics bid application

The German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) is set to hold a vote to decide on if it should apply to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

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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"

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

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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

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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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