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Bulgarian wrestling federation president Valentin Yordanov sacrificed his Atlanta gold medal in the name of his sport Wednesday, and returned it to the IOC after its executive board recommended dropping wrestling from the Games. “As a sign of protest I am returning my gold medal, won at the Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996, to…
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While everyone you’ve ever met is upset about wrestling being ousted from the 2020 Olympics Schedule, and the sport’s governing body is going through the painstaking process of attempting to get it reinstated through two IOC votes, squash is the little engine that’s making a strong argument to take wrestling’s spot in the Games. The…
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The USOC sent letters to 35 mayors Tuesday in order to gauge interest and begin the process of hosting its first Olympics since 2002. “Our objective in this process is to identify a partner city that can work with us to present a compelling bid to the IOC and that has the right alignment of…
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USA Wrestling reiterated its efforts toward having the sport reinstated to the 2020 Olympics schedule during a tournament in Tehran Tuesday, and explained that it plans to cooperate with every nation, from Iran, to Russia, to Cuba in order to see their goals met before an IOC executive board vote this May in St. Petersburg.…
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A review of the Australian swim team’s performance in London last summer, released Tuesday, details “toxic incidents” and a “lack of collective leadership” that might have led to the team’s worst showing in two decades. Some of the most damning evidence against the team, which took home only a single gold from the Olympics, includes…
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Reps from both the U.S. and Russia are preparing for battle after the IOC recommended the expulsion of wrestling from the Olympics in a vote last week. USA Wrestling announced Monday that is has created the Committee for the Preservation of Olympic Wrestling, which will be headed by former world champ Bill Scherr. The group…
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Oscar Pistorius has been officially charged with the premeditated murder of his girlfriend, model Reeva Steenkamp, in a South African court Tuesday. However, a statement from the the Blade Runner, read in court, says that Pistorius believed Steenkamp was an intruder and he felt a “sense of terror” and also felt “extremely vulnerable” since he…
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Former NCAA wrestler Anthony Robles, who won a national title in 2011 despite having only one leg, has said he’s coming out of retirement to train for the 2016 Olympics after the IOC recommended that his sport be removed from the Games. “If this is the last chance to be at that elite level, I…
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A South African newspaper is suggesting that a bloody cricket bat found at the home of Oscar Pistorius last Thursday could be the key piece of evidence in the ongoing murder case. The well-regarded City Press, citing sources close to the investigation, is reporting that police officers found the bat in Pistorius’s bedroom after being…
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SOCHI, Russia – American skeleton racer Noelle Pikus-Pace gave new meaning to “Mother Russia” with her win Saturday at the Sochi World Cup, held on the future Olympic track at Sanki Sliding Center. The Utah native has had a blazing comeback season — she retired after finishing fourth at the 2010 Olympics — but she…
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Raphael Martinetti, president of wrestling’s world governing body (FILA), resigned Saturday following the IOC’s recommendation to remove the sport from the 2020 Summer Olympics schedule. Martinetti had been in the position since 2002, but was issued a vote of no confidence by FILA’s executive committee Saturday at a meeting in Thailand, and according to FILA…
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American teen Mikaela Shiffrin earned her first career world title Saturday at the Alpine Ski World Championships in Schladming, Austria. The 17-year-old becomes the third youngest woman in history to stand atop the slalom podium. “I haven’t yet realized what just happened. I don’t know if I ever will. It was crazy, there were so many…
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Ted Ligety becomes first man since 1968 to win three world titles
Feb 15, 2013, 8:43 AM EDT
Ted Ligety added to an incredible, if not surprising, Alpine Ski World Championships Friday in Schladming, Austria by taking gold in the one race he was actually expected to win: the giant slalom. He becomes the first man since Jean-Claude Killy of France in 1968 to win three world titles in one year. “I wasn’t easy.…
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Pistorius accused of “premeditated” murder; breaks down in court
Feb 15, 2013, 8:32 AM EDT
Inspiring Olympian and Paralympian Oscar Pistorius broke down in court Friday morning in Pretoria, South Africa after being accused of the “premeditated” murder of his girlfriend, model Reeva Steenkamp, and being formally charged. Pistorius, who denies the allegations in the “strongest terms” according to a statement released Friday, kept his head down and cried as…
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Sporting world shocked by charges against inspirational athlete Oscar Pistorius
Feb 14, 2013, 2:28 PM EDT
News that South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius had been charged with murdering his girlfriend, model Reeva Steenkamp, on Thursday came as a shock to nearly everyone who had heard the runner’s inspirational story of his struggle to become the first double-amputee ever to compete at the Olympics. Pistorius, now 26, was born without fibulas and…
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With two gold medals already in his pocket, Ted Ligety is the star of the 2013 Alpine World Ski Championships. And he hasn’t even skied the giant slalom yet; his best event. If the 28-year old Utah native manages to notch a win in that event Friday, he’ll become only the fifth man to win…
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Olympics and NHL officials are meeting in New York Thursday and Friday to finally discuss the league’s participation in the Sochi Games next February. Groups including NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, NHLPA director Donald Fehr, and IIHF President Rene Fassel will meet to discuss the NHL’s willingness take a two week break next year so its…
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As always, Twitter reacted quickly after Oscar Pistorius was charged with the murder of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, Thursday morning. Hoping this isn’t true… Oscar Pistorius arrested for the murder of his girlfriend.m.usatoday.com/article/news/1… — Nick Symmonds (@NickSymmonds) February 14, 2013 Pistorius story gets more grim by the minute. — Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) February 14, 2013…
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A woman was found fatally shot at the home of South African Olympian and Paralympian Oscar Pistorius Thursday. AP and Reuters report that the famous athlete known as “Blade Runner” has been taken in to custody and charged with murder. Model Reeva Steenkamp, a woman believed to be Pistorius’s girlfriend, was found dead at the athlete’s…
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The Des Moines Register’s Rick Brown Tweeted Tuesday that he thinks putting golf in the Olympics instead of wrestling is an “absolute joke.” Unfortunately for golf fans, Brown isn’t alone in his opinion. But few could have guess he’d get the support of PGA pro and 2007 Masters champ Zach Johnson. Got to agree actually.…
