Hughes Wins Cup of China Short Program:
Thuday, 9-Nov-2006 01:30PM EDT
Story from AP / SALVATORE ZANCA, Associated Press Writer. Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press (via ClariNet)
NANJING, China (AP) -- Emily Hughes, the younger sister of
2002 Olympic gold medalist Sarah Hughes, won the short program at
the Cup of China on Thuday.
Hughes skated cleanly to music from "Carmen" to compile
56.71 points. She used a less difficult jum ...
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Hughes Wins Cup of China Short Program:
Thuday, 9-Nov-2006 01:30PM EDT
Story from AP / SALVATORE ZANCA, Associated Press Writer. Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press (via ClariNet)
NANJING, China (AP) -- Emily Hughes, the younger sister of
2002 Olympic gold medalist Sarah Hughes, won the short program at
the Cup of China on Thuday.
...
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Cohen Pulls Out of U.S. Championships:
Friday, 22-Dec-2006 11:40AM EDT
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) -- Olympic silver medalist Sasha
Cohen withdrew from next month's U.S. Figure Skating Champiohips
on Friday, saying she is taking a temporary break from competition.
...
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Japan to build islands for Winter Olympic:
Friday, 11-Jan-2008 12:40PM EDT
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TOKYO, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- Japanese firms will help build
artificial islands in the Black Sea off the Russian resort city of
Sochi for the 2014 Winter Olympics, a repor ...
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Denmarks Prince had a family day out at the winter Olympics:
Denmark's Crown Prince Willem-Alexander and his wife Maxima had a family day
out at the winter Olympics on Monday (13.02.06).
The Dutch royals, who were on hand to see 19-year-old Ireen Wust take gold
in the woman's speed-skating race, had their hands full with daughte
Catherina and Alexia. But ...
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Figure skater chosen to represent U.S.:
Friday, 10-Nov-2006 11:29AM EDT
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Champion figure skater Michelle
Kwan, 26, has been chosen to represent the United States government
as the fit U.S. public diplomacy env ...
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London Olympics cost tops $17.4 billion:
Sunday, 11-Mar-2007 04:11PM EDT
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LONDON, March 11 (UPI) -- The British government is set to
reveal that the price tag of the 2012 London Olympics has now
surpassed $17.4 billion.
The Sunday Telegra ...
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Nancy Kerrigan:
Nancy Kerrigan is a famous skating player, who has won Olympic medal twice. Nancy was born on 13th October 1969 in Woburn, Massachusetts, U.S.A. In 1991 she fit participated in the event named 'World Figure Skating Champiohips' and won the medal. She also earned the bronze medal leaving Kristi Yamag ...
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Calif. Would Help L.A. Pay for Olympics:
Tuesday, 10-Apr-2007 03:20PM EDT
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SACRAMENTO (AP) -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed
legislation Tuesday that authorizes $250 million in state money to
underwrite the 2016 summer Olympics if Los Angeles is picked as the
host c ...
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Kwan's Routine: School, Diplomacy, Skate:
Tuesday, 26-Jun-2007 06:00PM EDT
Story from AP / NANCY ARMOUR, AP National Writer. Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press (via ClariNet)
A few days after taking her last final, Michelle Kwan was on
a plane for a weeklong diplomatic mission in Russia. Then there was
a quick trip to Florida for a ...
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Lenovo focuses on 2008 Olympics:
Saturday, 28-Apr-2007 11:10AM EDT
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BEIJING, April 28 (UPI) -- Lenovo Group is focusing this
year's marketing budget on the 2008 Beijing Olympics, a company
official said Saturday.
"I believe the Ol ...
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Gold-Plated Phone Planned for Olympics:
Wednesday, 18-Jul-2007 03:20PM EDT
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Samsung Electronics Co. will make
a special 18-carat gold-plated mobile phone in China to mark next
year's Olympics in Beijing.
The sleek-looking phone, dubbed the ...
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Prince Albert's Putin trip:
(BANG) - Monaco's Prince Albert went fishing with Russia's President Vladimir Putin yesterday (13.08.07).
Albert travelled with the Russian premiere to Kyzyl, the capital of the republic of Tuva, from where they took a helicopter to an island on Lake Tere-Khol to enjoy a series of outdoor puuits.
Be ...
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Olympics to stress British film fund:
Friday, 16-Mar-2007 08:40PM EDT
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LONDON, March 16 (UPI) -- Staging the 2012 Summer Olympics
in London eventually will put a crimp in Britain's film council's
ability to fulfill its mission, official ...
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USA rolls in Olympics qualifier:
Friday, 24-Aug-2007 01:22AM EDT
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LAS VEGAS, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Carmelo Anthony and Michael
Redd teamed for 25 fit-period points Thuday night as Team USA
swamped the Virgin Islands in Olympics qualify ...
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Britain Won't Make Doping Criminal:
Tuesday, 12-Dec-2006 10:00AM EDT
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LONDON (AP) -- Britain won't change its laws to make sports
doping a criminal offee before the 2012 Olympics, Sports Minister
Richard Caborn told Parliament on Tuesday.
"We think it would be di ...
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Bush accepts China's Olympic invitation:
Thuday, 6-Sep-2007 03:51PM EDT
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SYDNEY, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- U.S. President Bush, at a meeting
in Australia with Chinese President Hu Jintao, accepted an
invitation to attend next year's Beijing Olympic ...
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Report: Russia to spend millions in Sochi:
Thuday, 12-Jul-2007 03:20PM EDT
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MOSCOW, July 12 (UPI) -- Russia wants to raise $390 million
to invest in the Black Sea port of Sochi, which was chosen to host
the 2014 Winter Olympics.
Traportatio ...
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Nude Olympics:
(BANG) - Around 1,000 people from around the world gathered in Australia last week to take part in the annual Nude Olympics.
No clothing was allowed on Maslin Beach, Adelaide, but participants were told they could leave their hats on.
The event was originally scheduled for January 21 but was postpon ...
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San Francisco drops bid for 2016 Olympics:
Monday, 13-Nov-2006 08:59PM EDT
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- San Francisco withdrew
its bid Monday to host the 2016 Olympics.
The announcement came after reports that the San Francisco
49e m ...
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IOC to Kick Off Youth Olympics in 2010:
Thuday, 5-Jul-2007 06:20PM EDT
Story from AP / JOHN RICE, Associated Press Writer. Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press (via ClariNet)
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) -- Olympic leade voted Thuday to
create a Youth Olympics meant to drag kids from computer scree and
onto the playing fields. The fit is pla ...
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China Begins Filming Bruce Lee TV Series:
Tuesday, 10-Apr-2007 11:00AM EDT
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BEIJING (AP) -- China's national broadcaster has started
filming a 40-part series on Bruce Lee, part of an apparent bid to
promote Chinese culture in the run-up to next year's Beijing Summer
Oly ...
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Brazilian Olympic Swimmer Lenk Dies:
Monday, 16-Apr-2007 04:40PM EDT
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) -- Maria Emma Hulda Lenk, the
fit South American woman to swim in the Olympics and a pioneer in
the development of the butterfly stroke, died Monday. She was 92.
Lenk ...
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Messina to help Special Olympics athletes:
Thuday, 5-Jul-2007 10:50PM EDT
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NASHVILLE, July 5 (UPI) -- Country supetar Jo Dee Messina
says she wants to help prepare athletes for the 2007 Special Olympic
World Summer Games in Shanghai.
Messin ...
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