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Recent News Headlines : Athletes At The 2008 Summer Olympics

"I THINK THESE GAMES WILL BE SEEN IN THE CONTINUUM OF ATLANTA, ATHENS, RIO -- THE ONES THAT DIDN'T WORK OUT," HE SAID.

Related: PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics: Think K-Culture on Ice International Olympic Committee vice president John Coates of Australia acknowledged the games have not run as smoothly as desired...
27th August, 2016 3

THE MANHATTAN SKYLINE IS SEEN FROM ONE WORLD OBSERVATORY AT ONE WORLD TRADE CENTER IN NEW YORK CITY ON AUG. 22.

A Humboldt penguin jumps off the scales during the London Zoo's annual weigh-in on Aug. 24. The world's biggest cemetery...
27th August, 2016 5

MODEL IZABEL GOULART AND RENATO SORRISO DANCE DURING THE CLOSING CEREMONY ON DAY 16 OF THE RIO 2016 OLYMPIC GAMES AT MARACANA STADIUM ON AUG. 21, 2016.

Fireworks explode during the Closing Ceremony 2016 Olympic Games at Maracana Stadium, Aug. 21, 2016...
24th August, 2016 0

RIO 2016 POLICE ARREST AUSTRALIAN ATHLETES OVER ACCREDITATION TAMPERING

At least nine Australian athletes have been arrested after they allegedly tried to change their accreditation to watch the Boomers basketball team play Serbia...
20th August, 2016 0

RIO 2016 IRELAND OFFICIAL PATRICK HICKEY, ACCUSED OF TICKET SCALPING, IS HOSPITALIZED

International Olympic Committee spokesman Mark Adams told The Associated Press that Ireland's Patrick Hickey, a member of the IOC's executive board, was in the hospital...
19th August, 2016 2

RIO OLYMPICS SHAUNAE MILLER'S 'DIVE' THAT DENIED ALLYSON FELIX GOLD DIVIDES TWITTER

Shaunae Miller's 'Dive' to Take Gold in Rio Sparks Debate...
19th August, 2016 38

SILVER MEDAL FOR ROWING BUT GOLD MEDAL FOR COMEDY.

If You Only Watch One Olympic Interview, It Needs To Be This...
15th August, 2016 18361

ITA??S RAINING, AND WEA??RE WAITING IN LINE FOR MCDONALDA??S.

Samoan swimmers Brandon Schuster and Evelina Afoa said the Village should have two McDonald's to cope with the demand from the athletes Wea??re so pathetic...
15th August, 2016 117

AT THE 2008 OLYMPICS IN BEIJING, U.S. SWIMMER RYAN LOCHTE ATE NEARLY EVERY MEAL AT MCDONALD'S AND WON FOUR MEDALS.

The McDonald's is located in the plaza area of the village -- sort of a town square -- adjacent to the row of apartment towers where the athletes live...
14th August, 2016 1574

MICHAEL PHELPS AND RYAN LOCHTE RIO OLYMPICS COULD SEE SWIMMERS' FINAL FACE-OFF

Team U.S.A.'s Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte, the two biggest hotshots in swimming, will compete Wednesday in the 200m individual medley...
14th August, 2016 94

RIO POLICE FIRE TEARGAS, DETAIN 50 ANTI-OLYMPIC PROTESTERS VIDEO

Brazil has been caught up in waves of both anti- and pro-government demonstrations recently...
13th August, 2016 58

LATE-NIGHT RACES FOR RIO OLYMPICS AIMED AT U.S. FANS BACK HOME

Michael Phelps doesn't even need to get his swimsuit on until 8.30 p.m...
13th August, 2016 82

GUNFIGHTS IN FAVELAS AND BROKEN MEDIA BUS WINDOWS MORE VIOLENCE ERUPTS DURING RIO OLYMPICS

He said that Brazilian security forces would deploy additional police and intensify patrols along Olympic bus routes in an attempt to avoid future incidents...
11th August, 2016 57

MABIKA CREDITS JUDO FOR HELPING HER COPE WITH A DIFFICULT CHILDHOOD.

Yolande Bukasa Mabika will be competing in judo for the Refugee Olympic Team, and her story is what make the Games inspiring...
10th August, 2016 5

HE BEAT KAZAKHSTAN'S YELDOS SMETOV COURTESY OF A GOLDEN SCORE WAZA-ARI.

Former world champion Du Li and fellow Chinese and defending Olympic champion Yi Siling took silver and bronze...
8th August, 2016 2

BUT AFTER A SEVEN-YEAR BUILDUP IN WHICH EVERYTHING THAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG DID, THE OLYMPICS HAVE FINALLY ARRIVED IN BRAZIL'S SECOND-BIGGEST CITY.

Protests against the Olympics have taken place in poorer parts of the city, but inside the Olympic Park, dissenting voices are few and far between...
8th August, 2016 0

KATIE LEDECKY WITH HER GOLD MEDAL ON SUNDAY NIGHT. AP PHOTO MATT SLOCUM

Which is to say, Ledecky -- and only Ledecky -- had come close but had not been able to get under it...
8th August, 2016 0

AN EXISTING COURSE WAS FLANKED BY A SLUM AND A RIVER OF RAW SEWAGE.

'Total con job' Olympics yet to win over residents of host city...
6th August, 2016 247

RIO POLICE FIRE TEAR GAS AT PROTESTERS OUTSIDE MARACANA STADIUM AHEAD OF OLYMPICS

Italian photographer Luigi Spera had filmed protesters burning a Rio 2016 volunteer T-shirt and a Brazilian flag...
6th August, 2016 148

LIMARDO WON A GOLD MEDAL FOR HIS NATIVE COUNTRY AT THE 2012 SUMMER OLYMPICS IN THE INDIVIDUAL EPEE COMPETITION.

She won her first Olympic Gold Medal at the summer 2012 Olympics and is also a four-time BMX World Champion...
5th August, 2016 14

THE T-72 TANK ABOVE, OPERATED BY A CREW FROM AZERBAIJAN, FIRES AT AT TARGET DURING THE TANK BIATHLON ON TUESDAY.

Below, an amphibious infantry fighting vehicle is seen speeding through the sand...
3rd August, 2016 9

'THIS IS A SHAME!' FILTHY WATERS RAISE IRE AHEAD OF RIO OLYMPICS

Decaying remains, fetid sewage and floating garbage in Rio de Janeiro's waterways are fuelling worries about water safety ahead of the Olympics...
3rd August, 2016 531

FEARS GROW OVER RIO'S AIR, WATER QUALITY AHEAD OF OLYMPICS

A lot of attention has been paid to Rio's water pollution, but far more people die because of air pollution than the water, he said...
2nd August, 2016 3

RIO 2016 IS RENTING THE COMPLEX OF 3,604 APARTMENTS FROM ILHA PURA.

Ilha Pura, or Pure Island, the real estate developer that built the complex, said the company had delivered the apartments in pristine condition...
28th July, 2016 154

ON ITS LIST OF COUNTRIES AFFECTED BY TERRORISM, THE UNITED STATES RANKS 35TH, WHILE BRAZIL RANKS 74TH.

But Brazil is a low-threat country." Brazil does rank very low on assessments like the Global Terrorism Index, published by the New York-based Institute for Economics and Peace...
27th July, 2016 80

BRAZIL'S DILMA ROUSSEFF TO SKIP RIO OLYMPICS CEREMONY

Brazil's suspended President Dilma Rousseff has announced through an aide she will not attend the torch ceremony opening the Rio 2016 Olympic Games...
27th July, 2016 36

IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE ATTACK IN NICE, FRANCE, BRAZILIAN AUTHORITIES SAID THEY WERE REVIEWING THEIR OLYMPIC SECURITY PLAN, WIDENING PERIMETERS AROUND VENUES AND ADDING CHECKPOINTS AND TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS.

Gohel said he believes posts about a Brazilian branch of ISIS are concerning but he's confident Brazil is taking it seriously...
21st July, 2016 257

BRAZIL PROBES OLYMPICS THREATS AFTER GROUP BACKS ISLAMIC STATE

Brazil will deploy about 85,000 soldiers, police and other security personnel, more than twice the size of the security deployment during the London Olympics in 2012...
20th July, 2016 93

BRAZILIAN EXTREMIST GROUP PLEDGES ALLEGIANCE TO ISLAMIC STATE AHEAD OF OLYMPICS

Brazilian extremist group pledges allegiance to ISIS ahead of Rio Olympics...
19th July, 2016 72

TRAVEL TO RIO FOR THE OLYMPICS WILL ACCOUNT FOR LESS THAN 1 PERCENT OF VISITS TO ZIKA-AFFECTED AREAS

Only four countries -- Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea and Yemen -- have a major risk of Olympics-related Zika outbreaks, according to the CDC...
14th July, 2016 33

Trending News Headlines : Athletes At The 2008 Summer Olympics

IN 2012, AGGREKO'S PRE-TAX PROFITS SURGED 11 PERCENT, HELPED BY ITS LONDON OLYMPIC CONTRACT.

Aggreko pulls Olympic tender, leaves Rio 2016 power in doubt...
14th December, 2015 507

ANDRADA SAID OLYMPIC SECURITY WOULD NOT BE COMPROMISED, AS IT IS A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBILITY.

Financial calamity declared in Rio weeks before Olympics, but Games will go on...
18th June, 2016 502

DISCOVERY PAID 1.3 BILLION EUROS OR ABOUT 1.45 BILLION FOR THE RIGHTS TO FOUR OLYMPIC GAMES.

Discovery paid 1.3 billion euros, or about 1.45 billion, for the rights to four Olympic Games...
30th June, 2015 226

THE FINAL DECISION IS ALSO EXPECTED TO OCCUR HALFWAY THROUGH THE OLYMPICS, AGENCIA BRAZIL REPORTED JUNE 6.

But officials do feel confident that one concern before the Olympics can be put to rest -- the mosquito-borne virus Zika...
9th July, 2016 182

THE 2016 SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES WILL BE HELD IN RIO DE JANEIRO ON AUG. 5-21.

It will allow Rio's state government to change its budgetary priorities without disrespecting Brazil's fiscal laws...
18th June, 2016 166

THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE HAS SAID IT IS MONITORING THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN BRAZIL, BUT IS NOT WORRIED.

"These kinds of political issues have much less influence than at other stages of organizing the Olympic Games," the IOC said...
18th May, 2016 163

AUSTRIAN ATHLETES MOWN DOWN BY BUS AT EUROPEAN GAMES

Video Austrian athletes mown down by bus at European Games...
12th June, 2015 134

BUT HAS THE DAMAGE ALREADY BEEN DONE TO THIS OLYMPICS?

Ultimately, though, the Olympics are not going to bring an end to the problems Brazil has faced...
7th July, 2016 127

RORY MCILROY WITHDRAWS FROM RIO OLYMPICS DUE TO ZIKA FEARS

Golf superstar Rory McIlroy will not be heading to Rio...
28th June, 2016 120

KATIE LEDECKY SMASHES 800M WORLD RECORD AT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

They wanted their photos taken with swimming's newest superstar, and Ledecky obliged, flashing her toothy smile for all...
8th August, 2015 119

AMAZON JAGUAR SHOT DEAD AT OLYMPIC TORCH CEREMONY

Rio Olympics Amazon jaguar shot dead at torch ceremony...
22nd June, 2016 100

BASED ON THE CURRENT ASSESSMENT OF THE VIRUS WORLDWIDE, WHO SAID, "THERE IS NO PUBLIC HEALTH JUSTIFICATION FOR POSTPONING OR CANCELING THE GAMES."

"The best way to reduce risk of disease is to follow public health travel advice."...
28th May, 2016 97

WORLD TRACK BODY SUSPENDS RUSSIAN ATHLETES FROM COMPETITION FOLLOWING DOPING REVELATIONS

Suspension could include Rio Olympics unless country can demonstrate a new framework is in place...
13th November, 2015 59

REFORM IS GOOD, THAT WAY SPORTS SCHOOL STUDENTS WON'T COME OUT KNOWING NOTHING.

A lot of sport schools are moving in this direction...but this is a painful process, he said...
19th May, 2016 37

"THE OUTCOME MAY BE THAT THERE ARE NO RUSSIAN TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETES IN RIO," POUND SAID ...

Pound told reporters Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko must also have known: "It was not possible for him to be unaware of it."...
10th November, 2015 35

A NEW PROMO FOR UNDER ARMOUR SHOWS THE EFFORT THAT GOES INTO TRAINING FOR THE 2016 SUMMER OLYMPICS IN RIO DE JANEIRO AND IT'S MAKING US ANXIOUS FOR A 2012 REPEAT.

The clip shows national women's team members and Olympic hopefuls MyKayla Skinner, Maggie Nichols and Madison Kocian who will compete for a spot at the Games during trials in July...
26th February, 2016 27

THE ZIKA VIRUS IS LINKED WITH A BIRTH DEFECT KNOWN AS MICROCEPHALY WHICH SEES CHILDREN BORN WITH ABNORMALLY SMALL BRAINS AS WELL AS A NEUROLOGICAL SYNDROME WHICH CAN CAUSE PARALYSIS.

If a pregnant woman is infected by the virus, the baby could be born with microcephaly...
29th January, 2016 20

ZIKA VIRUS WON'T BE A BIG PROBLEM AT OLYMPICS, RIO OFFICIALS SAY

Zika virus started sweeping across Brazil last March, and the country raised the alarm last November...
28th June, 2016 11

FRENCH TENNIS PLAYER RICHARD GASQUET TESTED POSITIVE FOR COCAINE IN 2009 AND WAS GIVEN A PROVISIONAL 12-MONTH BAN BY THE INTERNATIONAL TENNIS FEDERATION (ITF).

US sprinter Justin Gatlin was given a two-year suspension in 2001 for taking a banned amphetamine but said this was due to medication he took for attention deficit disorder...
8th March, 2016 10

BRAZIL SECURITY OFFICIAL STEPS DOWN AHEAD OF RIO OLYMPICS

Reporting by Rodrigo Viga Gaier Writing by Paulo Prada Editing by Daniel Flynn and Tom Brown...
31st March, 2016 10

I DON'T KNOW IF I'M GOING TO MAKE IT, SAID KHATIB.

'I Believe in Miracles' A Palestinian Sprinter's Olympic Dream...
28th June, 2016 10

ZIKA VIRUS COULD PROMPT KENYA TO PULL OUT OF RIO OLYMPICS

Zika virus could prompt Kenya to pull out of Rio Olympics if outbreak 'reaches epidemic levels'...
9th February, 2016 7

ACCORDING TO TWO UNPUBLISHED STUDIES, ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT SUPER BACTERIA HAS BEEN FOUND IN THE WATER OF SEVERAL OF RIO'S MOST POPULAR BEACHES.

Ninety per cent of the samples taken at Flamengo, the location of Olympic sailing events, contained the super bacteria...
12th June, 2016 7

THE STATE OF RIO EXPECTS A BUDGET DEFICIT OF OVER $19 BILLION REAIS THIS YEAR AS SPENDING PLANNED BEFORE OIL PRICES FELL OUTSTRIPS REVENUE THAT IS TUMBLING DURING BRAZIL'S RECESSION.

Rio state's debt has been downgraded several times...
18th June, 2016 5

"TEAM REFUGEES" WILL COMPETE WITH OTHER ATHLETES IN RIO, AS WELL AS BEARING THE OLYMPIC FLAG AT THE TOURNAMENT'S OPENING CEREMONY.

In a press release the IOC said that they "will act as a symbol of hope for refugees worldwide and bring global attention to the magnitude of the refugee crisis."...
7th June, 2016 4

AN INDEPENDENT REPORT LAST YEAR FOUND THERE WERE DANGEROUSLY HIGH LEVELS OF VIRUSES AND BACTERIA IN THE WATER.

They took samples and will report back in five days...
14th January, 2016 2

1 CHILDREN'S SPORTS SCHOOL PUDONG NEW AREA, HUANG SAID IT HAD IMPROVED ITS TEACHER TRAINING.

1 Children's Sports School Pudong New Area, a small cog in a state-run machine that has churned out Chinese Olympic champions for 3 1 2 decades...
19th May, 2016 2

KEELY MEDEIROS (BRAZIL) 15.17 SORRY WE ARE NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING COMMENTS ON THIS ARTICLE.

Daily Digital News - All The World's News...
21st August, 2015 1

GLOBAL TRAVEL AND TRADE ARE DAILY ACTIVITIES THAT OFFER ZIKA VIRUS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPREAD," SAID JONATHAN BALL, PROFESSOR OF MOLECULAR VIROLOGY AT THE U.K.'S UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM.

"The best way to reduce risk of disease is to follow public health travel advice," it said...
29th May, 2016 1

Related News Headlines : Athletes At The 2008 Summer Olympics

RIO 2016 US SWIMMERS LEAVE BRAZIL TO JEERING CROWDS

Now that it's been proven false, may Brazilians are puzzled and angry...
20th August, 2016 1

IT IS SHAPING UP TO BE CHINA'S WORST OLYMPIC PERFORMANCE SINCE 1996.

Embarrassing 'flops' or true Olympians -- is China moving beyond its gold obsession?...
17th August, 2016 16

WITH MORE THAN 85,000 SOLDIERS AND POLICE PROVIDING SECURITY FOR THE GAMES, RIO DE JANEIRO -- AND PARTICULARLY AREAS AROUND THE OLYMPIC ARENAS -- HAS THE FEEL OF A MILITARY GARRISON.

Throughout the Games, Olympics fans and participants have been mugged, sometimes in harrowing circumstances...
13th August, 2016 383

TYGART HAD LED CALLS FOR OLYMPIC OFFICIALS TO BAN ALL RUSSIAN ATHLETES FROM COMPETING IN RIO.

IOC Russia decision a blow to clean athletes anti-doping officials...
25th July, 2016 7

BRAZIL'S FEDERAL POLICE HAVE ARRESTED 10 PEOPLE FOR ALLEGEDLY PLANNING TERRORIST ATTACKS DURING NEXT MONTH'S OLYMPIC GAMES IN RIO DE JANEIRO.

Brazil's federal police are understood to be monitoring 100 people for possible links to terrorist groups...
22nd July, 2016 0

BRAZIL'S HEALTH MINISTER ASSURES OLYMPIC GUESTS OF 'MINIMAL' ZIKA RISKS

During the games, Brazil will be in winter time, which is when diseases spread by the Aedes aegypti hit their lower rate...
7th July, 2016 2

RIO ANTI-DOPING SCIENTIST CHEATS 'WILL PROBABLY BE CAUGHT'

Rio Olympics' Top Anti-Doping Scientist Cheats 'Will Probably Be Caught'...
28th June, 2016 0

KUWAIT SUES IOC FOR 1BN OVER OLYMPIC SUSPENSION

The suspension could bar Kuwaiti athletes from representing their country at this summer's Olympic Games in Rio de janeiro, Brazil...
23rd June, 2016 41

BRAZIL LIFTS VISA RESTRICTIONS FOR OLYMPICS BUT ZIKA FEARS DISSUADING CANADIANS

On Monday, organizers opened ticket kiosks throughout Rio de Janeiro in hopes of boosting sales...
23rd June, 2016 48

THE WHO'S ADVICE IS THAT PREGNANT WOMEN SHOULD NOT TRAVEL TO AREAS WITH ZIKA VIRUS TRANSMISSION, INCLUDING RIO DE JANEIRO.

The letter, sent to WHO director-general Margaret Chan, said the Games, due to be held in Rio de Janeiro in August, should be moved to another location or delayed...
28th May, 2016 104

"THERE IS NO PUBLIC HEALTH REASON TO CANCEL OR DELAY THE OLYMPICS," DR TOM FRIEDEN SAID, ACCORDING TO BBC.

The best way to reduce risk of disease is to follow public health travel advice," the WHO said...
28th May, 2016 22

IGEL SAID HE AND THE OTHERS WHO SIGNED ONTO THE LETTER WILL CONTINUE "RINGING THE BELL" ABOUT PUBLIC HEALTH FEARS OF THE GAMES REMAINING IN BRAZIL.

One of the letter's co-authors, Lee Igel, took issue with Frieden's comments that there is "no public health reason" to delay the Games...
28th May, 2016 2333

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