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| Jul. 7 |
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 Coca-Cola defends Olympics deal The chairman of soft drinks giant has defended the firm's Olympic sponsorship in Beijing despite protests about China's role in Tibet
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| Jul. 3 |
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 Bush to attend opening of Beijing Olympics| Washington: Some world leaders have said they will not attend the opening ceremony in response to human rights abuses in China | |
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| Apr.9 |
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 Route changes mark Olympic torch relay  San Francisco Bay Area: Heavy security surrounded runners, as the threat of violent protests prompted officials to make dramatic last-minute changes
| The only North American leg of the Olympic torch relay has been marked by confusion. Thousands of pro-Tibet and pro-Beijing demonstrators had gathered. Officials sent the torch on a new route. The closing ceremony was moved to a new site
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| Apr.8 |
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Protests ahead of torch relay  Map of San Francisco California San Francisco Bay Area: Hundreds of pro-Tibet protesters have marched in San Francisco, as the Olympic torch arrived for the US leg of its relay
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Protests as Olympic flame arrives in U.S. San Francisco Bay Area: The Olympic flame, glowing in a small lamp, arrived to continue an international torch relay that has been plagued by passionate protests.
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Olympic torch extinguished
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| Feb.12 |
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Spielberg boycotts Olympic role| Southern California: US film director has withdrawn as an artistic adviser to the 2008 Olympics in Beijing over China's role in Darfur | |
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| Oct.8 |
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Jones returns Olympic medals New York: Disgraced track star Marion Jones has returned her medals after pleading guilty to a charge of lying to federal agents about her use of steroids
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| Feb.24 |
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Mancuso grabs giant slalom victory  Northern Italy: Julia Mancuso grabbed the 2nd gold of a mixed Olympics for the U.S. alpine ski team
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| Feb.18 |
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Davis makes history Italy: Shani Davis became the first black to claim an individual gold medal in Winter Olympic history
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| Feb.17 |
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Jacobellis blunder costs her gold Italy: American snatched defeat from the jaws of Olympic victory in the wild sport of snowboardcross
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| Feb.13 |
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U.S. dominate women's halfpipe Italy: Hannah Teter and Gretchen Bleiler won another set of Olympic medals on the halfpipe
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| Feb.12 |
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Kwan withdraws Italy: Injury forces U.S. skater Michelle Kwan to pull off team
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| Feb.11 |
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Hedrick takes speed skating gold Italy: Chad Hedrick of the US won the men's 5,000 meters speed skating Olympic gold medal
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Torino Olympics open in spectacular style
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| Feb.21 |
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Olympic bid gathers pace New York: The launch of a $3 million campaign to bring the 2012 Olympics to New York 'went smoothly'
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| Aug.22 |
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Gatlin guns to 100m glory  Greece: Justin Gatlin ran 9.85 seconds to take a brilliant gold in one of the greatest sprint races of all time
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Phelps got record-tying 8th medal
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| Aug.20 |
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Phelps wins gold medal number 5 Greece: Michael claims a place alongside Mark Spitz as one of the greatest swimmers in Olympic history
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| Aug.19 |
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Patterson made gold in all-around Greece: The 16-year-old dynamo beat Russian superstar Khorkina. She is the first U.S. woman to win the all-around since 1984
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| Aug.18 |
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Gymnast Hamm win all-around title Greece: After ugly fall, Paul Hamm becomes first U.S. man to win all-around title
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| Aug.15 |
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'Dream team' beaten by Puerto Rico. Greece
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| Aug.14 |
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Phelps strikes gold. Greece
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Glittering opening for Olympics
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| Nov.2 |
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New York wins US Olympic bid over SF. Colorado
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| Feb.24 |
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Curtain falls on Winter Olympics Utah: The 2002 Games have ended already being labelled 'The Protest Games'
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| Feb.21 |
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Hughes edges Slutskaya, Kwan for gold Utah: Sarah Hughes soared from fourth place to win the free skate and the title
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| Feb.15 |
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Correction gold medal; judge suspended| Utah: Russians grumbled after Olympic officials awarded a second gold medal to Canadians in a disputed figure-skating event | |
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| Feb.9 |
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First gold of Winter Games Utah: Stefania Belmondo is winning the women's 15-kilometer mass-start freestyle cross-country race
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| Feb.8 |
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Winter Olympics opened| Utah: The 19th Winter Olympics opened with a parade of the American flag recovered from the World Trade Centre | | |
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Beijing to host 2008 Olympic Games
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