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Olympics 2024: Key events and athletes to watch in Paris
Images) One of the greatest basketball players of all time is looking to improve his already impressive Olympic record. James, 39, will be joined by fellow superstars Steph ...
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Team GB set medal target for 2024 Paris Olympics by UK Sport
Team GB has finished in the top five of the Olympics for each Games since Beijing in 2008. UK Sport chair Dame Katherine Grainger said ...
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15 hours ago · In 2008 the Olympic Games were held in China for the first time. In the months prior to the Games’ start, a devastating earthquake in Sichuan province, international focus on China’s pollution problems, and protests over China’s human rights record and Tibet became part of the Olympic story.
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- Berlin, Germany, 1936
The 1936 Olympics were held in a tense, politically charged...
- History of The Modern Summer Games
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Olympic Games - Sports, Nations, Medals: The Olympic Games...
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5 days ago · Rowing at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games took place from 9-17 August at the Shunyi Rowing-Canoeing Park, a venue built for the competition. A total of 60 nations were represented by 555 athletes, with 20 countries winning a medal.
1 day ago · Matthew Mitcham of Australia celebrates after receiving his gold medal won during the final of the men’s 10m platform diving at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games on August 23, 2008. Mitchell won gold with a score of 537.95 points. AFP PHOTO / Greg WOOD (Photo credit should read GREG WOOD/AFP via Getty Images)
1 day ago · The Summer Olympic Games, also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years (except 2021). The inaugural Games took place in 1896 in Athens, Greece, and the most recent Games were held in 2021 in Tokyo, Japan.
1 day ago · In the end, however, the final narrative of the Beijing Games was dominated by two historic sporting feats: American swimmer Michael Phelps broke Mark Spitz’s record for most gold medals won in a single Olympics, and sprinter Usain Bolt of Jamaica claimed the mantle of “the fastest man alive.”
19 hours ago · Tom Daley returns, the emotional scenes of finally winning diving gold at Tokyo 2020 after making his first appearance at an Olympic Games, aged 14 at Beijing 2008, still fresh in the memory. Two-time Olympic champion in taekwondo , Jade Jones , returns to pick up where she left off after her second gold at Rio 2016 .
19 hours ago · With her fifth Beijing medal, Liukin tied Mary Lou Retton and Shannon Miller for the most gymnastics medals won by an American in a single Olympic Games.
