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 Sochi gets 2014 Winter Olympics   Guatemala: The result was a triumph for Putin, who put his international prestige on the line by coming to Guatemala to lobby IOC members
| Sochi secured 51 votes at a meeting of International Olympic Committee delegates, beating its South Korean rival by just 4 votes. The IOC has received the applications of seven cities to bid for the honor of hosting the event. On June 22, 2006, the Executive Board of the IOC narrowed the field to three candidate cities: Sochi, Russia; Salzburg, Austria; and PyeongChang, Republic of Korea.
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| Feb.22 |
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 Russia advances over Canada  Italy: Ovechkin scored the pivotal first goal 90 seconds into the third period to a 2-0 quarterfinal victory
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| Feb.20 |
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Navka, Kostomarov seized ice dance gold| Italy: Tatiana Navka and Roman Kostomarov keep alive Russia's chances of sweeping all 4 figure skating titles | |
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| Feb.17 |
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 Veerpalu gold in historic ski race Italy: Andrus Veerpalu successfully defended his Olympic 15-kilometer classical title, giving Estonia a third gold
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| Feb.16 |
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Plushenko storms to skating glory| Italy: Yevgeny Plushenko performed a pulsating free skate to win the men's title outclassing world champion Lambiel | |
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Smigun clinches second gold medal| Northern Italy: Estonian became the first athlete to win 2 gold medals at the Torino Winter Olympics | |
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| Feb.13 |
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Pairs drama as Russians take gold Italy: Tatiana Totmianina and Maxim Marinin capture Russia's 12th successive Winter Olympics pairs title
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Russians score biathlon double Italy: Russia nearly swept the medals in the women's 15km individual after the Germans missed crucial shots
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Torino Olympics open in spectacular style
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| Mar.16 |
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 Putin promises memorable Olympics  Moscow: Russian President has urged Olympic inspectors to be fair when picking the venue for the 2012 Games
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| Aug.23 |
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Rumpus hits gymnastic final  Greece: The horizontal bar final had to be halted after protests by spectators following the scoring for Alexei Nemov
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| Aug.22 |
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 Dope tests 'catch medallists' Greece: A Greek Olympian has been stripped of his bronze medal, and a Russian gold medallist has also failed a test
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Phelps got record-tying 8th medal
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| Jul.31 |
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'Mafia boss' held for Olympic fixing Italy: Alimzhan Tokhtakhounov, Russian crime boss, tried to fix skating competitions at the 2002 Winter Olympics
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| Feb.22 |
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 Putin enters Olympic row Moscow: President has joined the criticism over the way the country has been treated at the Winter Olympics
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| Feb.14 |
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Yagudin takes gold Utah: Yagudin is winning his duel with Russian teammate Evgeni Plushenko. Tim Goebel finished third
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| Jul.16 |
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 Rogge wins top Olympics job  Moscow: Belgian has been elected as the president of the International Olympic Committee. He succeeds Samaranch | | |
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Beijing to host 2008 Olympic Games
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| Jul.12 |
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 Beijing is favorit for 2008 Games Moscow: Human rights groups argue that sending the games to Beijing would reward a repressive regime
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| Jul.10 |
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Beijing frontrunner at Olympic race Moscow: The IOC is meeting will have election of the 2008 host and replacement of President. Beijing ahead of Paris and Toronto
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