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The 2022 Winter Olympics
Russia's Kamila Valieva leaves the ice after a disappointing performance in the women's figure skating event during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games.

Olympic Committee leader says he's 'disturbed' by coach's treatment of Kamila Valieva

Feb 17, 2022
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach resisted implementing any immediate changes despite speaking of concerns for minor athletes like Valieva.
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The 2022 Winter Olympics
The Olympic Rings logo is seen on the top of a tower as the sun rises on Feb. 7, 2022 at the Beijing Winter Olympics.

China's politics — not sports — spill out during heated Olympic news conference

Feb 17, 2022
Each day the International Olympic Committee holds a press conference to answer a variety of press questions. Today, the spokeswoman for the Beijing Games interjected several times to defend China.
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A crew member leaps to fix a logo for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing earlier this month. The International Olympic Committee says it will allow fans from mainland China to attend the competition in person.

Beijing Winter Olympics Will Allow Spectators — But Only From Mainland China

Sep 29, 2021
The International Olympic Committee says having fans present will create a favorable atmosphere at the games. Spectators will have to meet COVID-19 requirements, but those have not yet been outlined.
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Coronavirus Live Updates
The Tokyo Summer Olympics had been set to start in July but were pushed back a year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

'At Any Cost': Japanese, IOC Officials Insist Olympics Will Happen In 2021

Sep 08, 2020
In the past week, multiple Japanese organizers and International Olympic Committee officials have said that the Tokyo Games will proceed regardless of the state of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Coronavirus Live Updates
A man is seen through the Olympic rings in front of the New National Stadium in Tokyo, on Tuesday. The Summer Games have been delayed amid the coronavirus pandemic.

IOC Head Calls For 'Sacrifice And Compromises' After Tokyo Olympics Postponed

Mar 25, 2020
"We want to organize the best Games possible," IOC President Thomas Bach said, adding that "this postponement will require sacrifices and compromises from all parties."
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Coronavirus Live Updates
On Sunday, the International Olympic Committee said that it was starting to look into scenarios for "modifying" the current plans for the games, which are scheduled to start on July 24 in Tokyo.

Olympics Official Says He Would 'Mortgage The Farm' That Games Will Be Postponed

Mar 23, 2020
International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound says the details have not been finalized, amid increasing calls for the 2020 Summer Games to be postponed.
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Sports
Japan's Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda said Tuesday that he will step down in June, as French authorities probe his involvement in payments made before Tokyo was awarded the 2020 Summer Games.

Head Of Japan's Olympic Committee Steps Down Amid Tokyo 2020 Corruption Probe

Mar 19, 2019
French prosecutors suspect the Tokyo bid committee of paying bribes to host the 2020 Games. Tsunekazu Takeda, who also chairs the IOC's Marketing Commission, maintains his innocence.
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Sports
Many in the parkour community are resisting attempts by the International Gymnastics Federation to bring the sport under its umbrella. Here, Johan Tonnoir practices parkour in Paris in May.

Parkour Resists 'Hostile Takeover' By International Gymnastics

Dec 21, 2018
An art as much as it is a sport, parkour's urban ethic is one of bold, practiced risk-taking. Now its adherents say it is having to fight against encroachment by powerful interests.
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The Two-Way
With the Russian Olympic Committee suspended by the games' governing body, Russian athletes must compete under a neutral flag if they want to participate in the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.

Russia Won't Boycott Olympics Over Ban For Doping, Putin Says

Dec 06, 2017
"Without any doubt, we will not declare any blockade, we will not prevent our Olympians from taking part," Russian President Vladimir Putin said one day after the IOC's decision.
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The Two-Way
The International Olympic Committee announced Tuesday that Russia's athletes "will compete with a uniform bearing this name and under the Olympic Flag" at the 2018 Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

Russia Is Banned From 2018 Olympics; Athletes Told To Compete Under Olympic Flag

Dec 05, 2017

The decision by the International Olympic Committee follows last year's McLaren report, which said more than 1,000 Russian athletes were involved in manipulating doping controls.

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The Two-Way
Paris and Los Angeles have been awarded the honor of hosting the 2024 and 2028 Olympic games, respectively. Pictured above: IOC President Thomas Bach (center), Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo (left), and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garrett.

Dual Olympic Bids Approved For Paris And Los Angeles

Sep 13, 2017
The decision to award the 2024 and 2028 games simultaneously is a first for the International Olympic Committee and the result of a trying bidding process.
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The Two-Way
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti (from left), IOC President Thomas Bach and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo raise hands Tuesday in Lausanne, Switzerland, after the IOC voted the cities can work out a deal to host the 2024 and 2028 Olympics.

IOC Expects To Award Paris And Los Angeles 2024 And 2028 Olympics

Jul 11, 2017
Paris and Los Angeles are the only remaining contestants for 2024 after four other cities dropped out. The committee's decision means the 2024 loser can avoid mounting an arduous new bid for 2028.
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The Two-Way
The "Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA" network, set to launch next year, will focus on U.S. athletes and show live competitions on the path to the Olympics. Here, U.S. athletes pose during the closing ceremony of the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics in August.

The Olympics, Year-Round: New TV Channel Will Come To U.S. In 2017

Dec 15, 2016
The Olympic Channel, which launched as a digital outlet after this summer's Rio Games, will become an American TV network in the second half of 2017.
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The Two-Way
A British police officer walks in front the Olympic rings logo in Coventry, England, in July 2012.

23 Athletes Test Positive After Samples From London Olympics Rechecked

May 27, 2016
The news follows revelations last week that retested samples from 31 athletes in the 2008 Beijing Games had suspicious results.
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The Two-Way
A major doping crackdown dating back to 2008 could result in 31 athletes being barred from competing in the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Olympic Committee Could Bar 31 Athletes From Rio Games

May 17, 2016
After the retesting of samples from the 2008 Beijing Olympics, dozens of athletes from six sports could be banned from the 2016 Games in Rio, the International Olympic Committee said.
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