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Ukraine skeleton racer gifted $200,000 by Shakhtar Donetsk owner after Winter Olympics ban
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A Ukrainian skeleton racer disqualified from the 2026 Winter Olympics has been awarded more than $200,000 to continue competing and advocating for his country.
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Who can compete in the Olympics when at war?
Ukrainian athlete says he will defy Olympic ban on helmet honoring athletes killed in warUkrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych told CNN's Amanda Davies he plans to compete in a helmet honoring 24 Ukrainian athletes killed in the war with Russia -- despite an International Olympic Committee ban.
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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Urges Casey Wasserman to Leave Olympics Committee over Epstein Emails
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass called upon Casey Wasserman to step down as head of the 2028 Olympics organizing committee after correspondence between him and Jeffrey Epstein's accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell surfaced.
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Who are the Blade Angels? How USA's figure skating BFFs got their Olympics nickname
The U. S. Olympic figure skating team radiates starlight, with Ilia Malinin, Maxim Naumov, Madison Chock and Evan Bates establishing themselves as household names -- both before and after Olympic competition.
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Lawsuits challenge renewed push for oil drilling in Alaska petroleum reserve and upcoming lease sale
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JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) -- Conservation organizations and an I帽upiat group filed legal challenges Tuesday to the Trump administration's renewed push for oil and gas development in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska and an upcoming lease sale that they say improperly makes available ecologically sensitive lands that have been long protected.
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2026 Olympics, Day 11 recap: Liu impresses in short program; USA men's hockey to face Sweden
Alysa Liu was divine in the women's figure skating short program Tuesday, but her "Blade Angels" teammates might need a miracle to reach the podium when the free skate is contested Thursday.
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USA's Amber Glenn breaks down after massive mistake in Olympic gold final
With all the pressure on her shoulders in the world to perform at the Winter Olympic Games, the three-time national champion of the United States just pulled off Olympic history.
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Olympic Skier Eileen Gu Claims She Was 'Physically Assaulted' on Stanford Campus Over Her Decision to Compete for China
American freestyle skier Eileen Gu is opening up about some of the difficult moments she's had to deal with since choosing to compete for China in the Olympics in 2019.
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Social media ban for under-16s not a 'silver bullet', police claim
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A social media ban for under-16s is not a "silver bullet" to protect children online, senior police officers have warned Sir Keir Starmer.
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Elana Meyers Taylor nearly lost hope. Her team, her husband and the Spurs helped her to Olympic gold
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) -- It was a couple of weeks before Christmas. Elana Meyers Taylor was in Norway, prepping for a World Cup bobsled weekend.
#Olympics #History #Controversy
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Why would the IOC make available a t-shirt commemorating Adolf Hitler's Olympics?
LIVIGNO, Italy -- The International Olympic Committee has quietly removed the link to a t-shirt in its online store commemorating the 1936 Berlin Games that were held in Nazi Germany after a controversy bubbled up last weekend about their availability.
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With gold medal win, Elana Meyers Taylor is the most decorated U.S. female bobsledder
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France releases suspected Russian shadow fleet tanker after multimillion-euro penalty
PARIS (AP) -- French authorities said Tuesday they released a tanker intercepted last month in the Mediterranean Sea which is suspected of being part of Russia's sanctioned shadow fleet shipping oil in violation of international sanctions.
