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2006 Feb 12 |
Injured figure skater Michelle Kwan withdrew from the Turin Olympics (she was replaced on the US team by Emily Hughes). Snowboarding superstar Shaun White, known as "The Flying Tomato," beat American teammate Danny Kass to win the Olympic gold medal. Links: Italy, USA, Olympics 
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2006 Feb 13 |
Joey Cheek (26), American speedskater, won a gold medal in the 500-meter sprint in Turin, Italy, and announced that he would donate his $25,000 award from the US Olympic Committee Olympic Aid, founded by Olav Koss in 1994 and direct it to a refugee program in Chad. Hannah Teter won gold and Gretchen Bleiler won silver in the halfpipe. Tatiana Totmianina and Maxim Marinin won the gold medal in pairs figure skating, extending Russia's four-decade dominance of the event. Links: Italy, Russia, USA, Chad, Olympics, Donation, Skating
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2006 Feb 14 |
At Turin, American Ted Ligety won Olympic gold in men's combined skiing, while Bode Miller was disqualified for straddling a gate. Links: Italy, USA, Olympics
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2006 Feb 16 |
Russia's Evgeni Plushenko beat world champion Stephane Lambiel of Switzerland by an unfathomable 27.12 points to win the gold medal in men's figure skating at the Winter Games in Turin, Italy. Links: Italy, Russia, Olympics
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2006 Feb 18 |
In Italy Kjetil Andre Aamodt of Norway outwaited the weather and outran the field to successfully defend the men's super-G title for his record eighth Olympic Alpine medal. American Shani Davis won the men's 1,000-meter speedskating in Turin, becoming the first black athlete to win an individual gold medal in Winter Olympic history. Links: Italy, USA, Olympics, Black History, Norway
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2006 Feb 20 |
At the Turin Olympics, Tanith Belbin and partner Ben Agosto snapped the U.S. medals drought in figure skating with a silver; Russians Tatiana Navka and Roman Kostomarov won the gold. Links: Italy, Russia, USA, Olympics, Skating
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2006 Feb 23 |
Japan's Shizuka Arakawa stunned favorites Sasha Cohen of the United States and Irina Slutskaya of Russia to claim the women's figure skating gold medal at the Turin Winter Olympics. Links: Russia, Japan, Olympics, Skating
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2006 Feb 24 |
Julia Mancuso won gold in the women's giant slalom at the Turin Olympics. Links: Italy, Olympics
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2006 Feb 25 |
Canada's Clara Hughes celebrated her Olympic Games 5000m speedskating gold medal by revealing that she was going to donate every penny she has in her bank account to charity. Hughes will donate 10,000 dollars to the Right to Play organization which aims to encourage disadvantaged youngsters to improve themselves through sport. Links: Italy, Canada, Olympics, Donation, Skating
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2006 Feb 25 |
Apolo Anton Ohno upset favored South Korean Ahn Hyun-soo to win the gold in the 500-meter short track speedskating event at the Winter Games in Turin, Italy. Links: Italy, Olympics, Skating
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2006 Feb 26 |
On the final day of the Turin Winter Olympics, Sweden beat Finland 3-2 to win the men's hockey gold. Germany led the gold medal count with 29. The US won 25 medals including 9 gold, Canada won 24, Austria 23 and Russia 22. Drew Lachey leaped to victory with professional partner Cheryl Burke on ABC's "Dancing with the Stars." Shizuka Arakawa won a gold medal for Japan in figure skating. Links: Austria, Italy, Russia, Canada, USA, Germany, Japan, Olympics, Sweden, Finland, Hockey
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2006 Jul 15 |
Heavy clashes between Iraqi soldiers and gunmen in downtown Baghdad left 11 people wounded. Provincial police in Ramadi confirmed that gunmen had killed a member of the Iraqi Islamic Party. Gunmen kidnapped Ahmed al-Sammarai, the head of Iraq's Olympic committee, and more than a dozen employees storming a sports conference in Baghdad. The kidnappers wore camouflage Iraqi police uniforms and security guards outside the meeting said they did not interfere because they thought the gunmen were legitimate law enforcement. Links: Iraq, Olympics
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2007 Feb 24 |
Herman Brix (b.1906), Olympic medalist (1928) and former film star, died. His film work included playing Tarzan in “The News Adventures of Tarzan” (1935). In his later film roles he worked under the name Bruce Bennet. Links: USA, Olympics, Filmstar
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2007 Mar 28 |
In northern China an underground gas explosion killed 26 miners in a coal mine in Linfen city, Shanxi province. 6 workers were trapped underground after a subway construction site for the 2008 Beijing Olympics collapsed. Hopes for their survival were slim. Links: China, Olympics, Labor
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2007 Jun 11 |
Organizers of the Beijing Olympics threatened to cancel the contracts of companies using child labor and violating minimum-wage rules to make Olympic-licensed products. The country's chief veterinarian said Blue ear disease, blamed for a surge in politically sensitive pork prices, has spread to 22 Chinese provinces and regions. State media said Chinese authorities are investigating the widespread sale of fake blood protein to hospitals and pharmacies, a practice that deprives patients of a crucial medical need. Links: China, Olympics, Microbiology, Labor, Medical
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2007 Jul 4 |
The Black Sea resort of Sochi was elected the host city of the 2014 Winter Olympics, taking the Winter Games to Russia for the first time. Links: Russia, Olympics
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2007 Aug 8 |
Beijing began the one-year countdown to the 2008 Olympics. Jacques Rogge, president of the International Olympic Committee, acknowledged that Beijing's air pollution could force the postponement of outdoor events during next year's Olympics. Links: China, Environment, Olympics
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2007 Oct 1 |
Al Oerter (b.1936), 4-time Olympic gold medal winner in the discus throw, died in Fort Myers, Fla. Links: USA, Olympics
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2007 Oct 2 |
China’s Pres. Hu Jintao kicked off the 2007 Special Olympics in Shanghai as 7,500 athletes from over 165 countries entered the stadium before a crowd of 80,000. Links: China, Olympics
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2007 Oct 5 |
Marion Jones (31), three-time Olympic gold medalist, pleaded guilty in White Plains, NY, to lying to federal investigators when she denied using performance-enhancing drugs, and announced her retirement. Jones said she took steroids from September 2000 to July 2001 and said she was told by her then-coach Trevor Graham that she was taking flaxseed oil when it was actually "the clear." Jones also pleaded guilty to a second count of lying to investigators about her association with a check-fraud scheme. Links: USA, Olympics, New York, Fraud
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2007 Nov 18 |
Three members of Iraq's Olympic soccer team and their assistant coach left the team during a trip to Australia and are seeking asylum in the country. Links: Australia, Iraq, Olympics
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2008 Feb 12 |
US filmmaker Steven Spielberg abandoned his role in the Beijing Olympics and a host of prominent figures accused China of not doing enough to press its ally Sudan to end devastating violence in Darfur. Links: USA, China, Olympics, Sudan
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2008 Feb 15 |
A group of Canadian sex trade workers hoping to set up a legal "co-op" brothel in time for the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver said they have won approval to incorporate themselves. Links: Canada, Olympics, Sex
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2008 Mar 12 |
Human Rights Watch said in a report that the armies of migrant workers building Beijing's skyscrapers and Olympic venues are being bilked of wages and placed in dangerous conditions. China's foreign minister said Human rights groups that cite the Beijing Games in their criticisms of the Chinese government are violating the Olympic charter. Links: China, Olympics
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2008 Mar 24 |
In Greece 3 men from a free-press group ran onto the field of the stadium in Ancient Olympia during a flame-lighting ceremony for the Beijing Olympics, evading massive security aimed at preventing such disruptions in the wake of China's crackdown in Tibet. Links: China, Olympics, Greece
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2008 Mar 31 |
Chinese President Hu Jintao presided over the re-lighting of the Olympic torch in Beijing, signaling the start of an around-the-world torch relay that already has become a magnet for protesters. Links: China, Olympics
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2008 Apr 3 |
Hu Jia, a Buddhist Chinese dissident outspoken on Tibet and other sensitive topics, was jailed for three-and-a-half years, a conviction likely to become a focus of rights campaigns ahead of the Beijing Olympics. Links: China, Tibet, Olympics
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2008 Apr 3 |
A group of about 200 Uighur Muslims demonstrated against China before the Olympic torch ceremony near Istanbul's Blue Mosque, one of Turkey's most famous tourist destinations. Links: Turkey, China, Olympics, Uighur
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2008 Apr 7 |
Security officials extinguished the Olympic torch three times as protests against China's human rights record turned a relay through Paris into a chaotic series of stops and starts. France's former sports minister, Jean-Francois Lamour, said that though the torch had been put out, the Olympic flame itself still burned in the lantern where it is kept overnight and on airplane flights. Links: France, China, Tibet, Olympics
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2008 Apr 8 |
China denounced protesters who upstaged Olympic Games torch relays in London and Paris and asked the United States to ensure the next leg in San Francisco avoids similar mayhem. Olympic chiefs raised the prospect for the first time of abandoning the international legs of the Beijing Games torch relay, amid a wave of protests targeting the flame overseas. Links: China, Olympics
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2008 Apr 9 |
In SF officials rerouted the rout of the Beijing Olympic torch at the last minute avoiding most protestors and spectators. Links: China, Olympics, SF
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2008 Apr 10 |
Australia’s PM Kevin Rudd met China's premier for talks expected to touch on what Rudd has called significant human rights problems in Tibet. Rudd said Chinese paramilitary police will not be allowed to run alongside the Olympic torch in Australia, after their heavy-handed tactics drew criticism in earlier legs of the relay. Links: Australia, China, Olympics
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2008 Apr 11 |
Runners surrounded by rows of security carried the Olympic flame past thousands of jubilant Argentines in the most trouble-free torch relay in nearly a week. Links: Argentina, China, Olympics
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2008 Apr 13 |
In Tanzania about 1,000 people cheered and marched with a team of 80 athletes and a Cabinet minister participating in the Olympic torch relay, the flame's only stop in Africa. Links: China, Tanzania, Olympics
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2008 Apr 14 |
The Olympic torch arrived in Oman amid tight security and expectations of a smooth relay on the Middle Eastern leg of the flame's round-the-world tour. Links: China, Olympics, Oman
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2008 Apr 16 |
In Pakistan runners carried the Olympic flame around the outside of a sports stadium, an invitation-only event in front of an elite, sparse crowd with heavy security to deter any anti-China protesters or terrorist attacks. Links: China, Pakistan, Olympics
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2008 Apr 17 |
In India runners carried the Olympic flame along a heavily guarded route through central New Delhi, protected by about 15,000 police who kept Tibetan exiles and other anti-China protesters from disrupting the ceremony. Tens of thousands of pro-Tibetan demonstrators gathered across India to protest the torch relay. Links: China, India, Tibet, Olympics
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2008 Apr 17 |
In Japan Buddhist Monks at the ancient Zenkoji Temple decided to pull out of hosting an April 26 ceremony for the protest-marred Olympic torch relay because of China's crackdown in Tibet, as visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi rebuffed Japanese pressure over Tibet, reiterating that Beijing sees it as an internal matter. Links: China, Japan, Tibet, Olympics
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2008 Apr 18 |
Thailand's PM Samak Sundaravej said that Thais should be honored the Olympic torch is passing through their country and protesters have no reason to disrupt the relay. Up to 2,000 police will guard the April 19 relay, a 6.3-mile run. Links: China, Tibet, Thailand, Olympics
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2008 Apr 22 |
In Indonesia torchbearers ran laps with the Olympic flame in front of an invitation-only crowd after officials changed the relay route from Jakarta's streets to a sports stadium amid pressure from China to keep away demonstrators. Links: China, Indonesia, Olympics
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2008 Apr 25 |
In Japan protesters waved the Tibetan flag and denounced China's rulers as the Beijing Olympic torch arrived for the latest leg of a worldwide relay marred by demonstrations. Links: China, Japan, Tibet, Olympics
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2008 Apr 27 |
A North Korean defector tried to set himself on fire to halt the Olympic torch relay through Seoul, while thousands of police guarded the flame from protesters blasting China's treatment of North Korean refugees. A North Korean soldier defected to South Korea for the first time in a decade across the heavily fortified border dividing the countries. Links: China, North Korea, South Korea, Olympics
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2008 Apr 28 |
The Olympic torch arrived in Vietnam from North Korea, where tens of thousands of citizens were mobilized to celebrate the relay in Pyongyang in the flame's first visit to the authoritarian nation. Links: China, Vietnam, Olympics
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2008 Apr 30 |
The Olympic torch returned to Chinese soil after a turbulent 20-nation tour, landing in the bustling financial capital of Hong Kong where officials deported at least seven activists before the flame's arrival. Links: China, Hong Kong, Olympics
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2008 Jul 20 |
Beijing started its most drastic pollution-control plan, restricting car use and limiting factory emissions in a last-minute push to clear smog-choked skies for the August Olympics. Links: China, Environment, Olympics
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2008 Jul 24 |
Iraq was told it's not welcome to the Beijing Olympics because of a political feud in Baghdad that angered the games' guardians and exiled a country that arrived to a roaring ovation at the opening ceremony four years ago. Links: Iraq, China, Olympics
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2008 Jul 29 |
The International Olympic Committee agreed to allow Iraq to participate in the Beijing games, reversing itself after Baghdad pledged to ensure the independence of its national Olympics. Links: Iraq, China, Olympics
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2008 Aug 5 |
The Chinese Embassy in Washington revoked the visa of Joey Cheek, 2006 Olympic gold medalist, effectively barring the speedskating champion from the 2008 Olympics. Cheek had co-founded Team Darfur, an organization of athletes attempting to draw attention to human rights violations in Darfur. Links: USA, China, Olympics, Sudan, Skating
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2008 Aug 6 |
The US said it will protest to China over its decision to revoke the visa of Olympic gold medalist Joey Cheek, an activist on the African region of Darfur where China is accused of failing to help end the crisis. Speedskater Cheek is co-founder of Team Darfur, an international coalition of athletes campaigning to draw world attention to the humanitarian crisis there. Links: USA, China, Olympics, Skating
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2008 Aug 7 |
The US Olympic team chose Lopez Lomong, one of the "Lost Boys" of Sudan, to carry the flag at the Olympic opening ceremony, throwing the spotlight on China's much-criticized policy on Darfur. Links: USA, China, Olympics, Sudan
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2008 Aug 7 |
Critics of China's human rights record made sure they were not forgotten, a day before the grand opening of the Beijing Olympics, with protest actions the world over and in China itself. Thousands of Tibetan exiles demonstrated in Nepal and India. Links: China, India, Nepal, Tibet, Olympics
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2008 Aug 8 |
President Bush blended carefully calibrated political messages for China and Russia with enthusiasm for his nation's athletes as he became the first US president to attend an Olympics abroad. Links: USA, China, Olympics, BushGW
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2008 Aug 8 |
In Beijing, China, the 29th Olympic Games, costing an estimated 40 billion dollars and shrouded by political controversies, burst into life with a spectacular opening ceremony at the “bird’s nest” stadium designed by Ai Weiwei. The official slogan for the games this year was “One world, one dream.” Actress activist Mia Farrow began Web-casting her own "Darfur Olympics" from a refugee camp on the barren Sudan-Chad border, aiming to shame China into using its influence with Khartoum to end the Darfur conflict. Links: China, Olympics, Sudan, Architect
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2008 Aug 9 |
Tang Yongming (47), a knife-wielding Chinese man, attacked two relatives of a coach for the US Olympic men's volleyball team at a tourist site in Beijing, killing Todd Bachman (62) and injuring his wife on the first day of the Olympics. Yongming then committed suicide by throwing himself from the second story of the site, the 13th century Drum Tower just five miles from the main Olympics site. Links: USA, China, Olympics, Murder, Mad Man
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2008 Aug 10 |
Welshwoman Nicole Cooke handed Britain their first gold of the Beijing Olympic Games when she won the women's cycling road race. Links: Britain, China, Olympics, Wales
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2008 Aug 10 |
Japan's Masato Uchishiba has won his second straight Olympic gold medal, pinning France's Benjamin Darbelet just seconds into their final match in the men's 66-kilogram division and bringing Japan its first judo gold of the Beijing Games. Links: China, Japan, Olympics
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2008 Aug 11 |
In China the US remained third in the medals table at the end of the third day of Olympic competition with three gold medals behind hosts China with nine after the completion of 34 events, and South Korea with four. Abhinav Bindra became the first Indian to ever win a solo gold medal at the Olympic Games after winning the men's 10m air rifle title. Links: USA, China, India, South Korea, Olympics
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2008 Aug 13 |
Michael Phelps swam into history as the winningest Olympic athlete ever with his 10th and 11th career gold medals, and 5 world records in 5 events at the Beijing Games. Links: USA, China, Olympics, World Record
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2008 Aug 13 |
A Chinese team beat the United States and clinched China's first women's team Olympic gold in gymnastics, amid allegations that at least one member, He Kexin, of the Chinese team was under age. Links: USA, China, Olympics
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2008 Aug 15 |
In Beijing 2 positive dope tests by Asian athletes overshadowed Singapore's first medal in 48 years and a podium for Malaysia with a North Korean shooter and a Vietnamese gymnast exposed as cheats. Links: China, Vietnam, North Korea, Singapore, Olympics, Maldives
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