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Third time down under. Australian city of Brisbane to host 2032 Summer Olympics
The Australian city of Brisbane won the right to host the 2032 Summer Olympics in a vote at the 138…
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CHART: The Winter Olympics Is Narrowing The Gap With The Summer Olympics
This year, the Sochi Olympics has 88 countries competing in 98 different events, up from 82 countri…
Cork Gaines
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The Tokyo 2020 Olympics may cost more than $26 billion - and the estimate keeps rising
The 2020 Olympics in Tokyo are the most expensive summer games ever, and last year's postponement a…
Kevin Reilly
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Not all athletes at the Tokyo Olympics will be vaccinated against COVID-19 and the games are expected to have some fans in attendance
The 2021 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan are scheduled to begin on July 23 and is expected to inclu…
Jackson Thompson
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Here's when and where the next Olympics will take place
The Austrian cities of Graz and Schladming, Turkey's Erzurum, Switzerland's Sion, Sapporo in Japan,…
Alan Dawson
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The Winter Olympics are a celebration of humanity's shared, innate desire to slide down things fast
The difference between the Winter Olympics and Summer Olympics isn't just about snow. It's about wo…
Tyler Lauletta
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Tokyo 2020: How the order of countries is determined during the Olympics opening ceremony
As the host nation, Japan is the last country to enter at the Olympics. Greece is first to make the…
Tyler Lauletta
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The Summer Olympics face corruption allegations for the 3rd time in a row as police raid the 2024 Paris Olympics offices
Both the 2016 Rio Olympics and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics were marred by similar allegations against o…
Katie Hawkinson
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CHART: Female Athletes Are Still Underrepresented In The Olympics
During the 1984 Winter Olympics, 22% of the athletes were women, a number comparable to the Summer …
Cork Gaines
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Katie Ledecky clocked the fastest time of the year in Olympic qualifiers just one hour after winning a different race
The five-time Olympic gold medalist completed an unprecedented back-to-back slate at US Olympic Swi…
Meredith Cash
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Naomi Osaka discusses the backlash she faced after choosing to represent Japan over America at the Olympics: 'Suddenly people are like, 'Your Black card is revoked''
Naomi Osaka, who was born in Japan but moved to New York at the age of three, relinquished her Amer…
Zac Ntim
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How the women's balance beam at the Olympics went from simple displays of grace to dazzling aerial movements
The first gold medal in the women's balance beam was awarded to Nina Bocharova in 1952. The sport h…
Tyler Lauletta
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Fortune 500 consultants explain why the Olympic ban on Afro swim caps is racist - and what leaders can learn from the backlash
The first Black woman to make the US Olympic swim team weighs in on the decision. Fortune 500 consu…
Marguerite Ward
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24-year-old Simone Biles says younger gymnasts now tease her about her advanced age
"Every day, I'm reminded of my age here," Biles said during an interview with the "Today" show this…
Will Martin
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Olympic athletes who visit shops and restaurants could be kicked out of the games for violating COVID protocol
Organizers of the Tokyo Olympics are still determining protocols for the games as the pandemic rage…
Scott Davis
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These US Cities Want To Host The 2024 Summer Olympics
Each Games, every national committee must give the International Olympic Committee (IOC) the name o…
Christina Sterbenz
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Here are the countries that have historically dominated the Summer Olympics
Conveniently, Wikipedia has a breakdown of the total medal counts from past games, and we found the…
Andy Kiersz
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Aly Raisman predicted her own Olympics future 13 years ago
Raisman has been the captain of the US women's gymnastics team both at the 2012 Summer Olympics - w…
Jacob Shamsian
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First lady Jill Biden to attend opening ceremony of Summer Olympics in Tokyo next week
The first lady will lead the US delegation at the games next week. President Joe Biden will not att…
Oma Seddiq
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NBC's decision to use an AI version of a 'very much alive' sportscaster during the Olympics is making people nervous
In the upcoming Summer Olympics, NBC will offer viewers a personalized AI-generated version of lege…