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| Feb.26 |
 South Korea |
PyeongChang Games end with spectacular closing ceremony 
The Games ended with a softening of relations between the two Korean countries, who competed under a united flag
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South Korea |
Russians win men's ice hockey gold -- then sing Russian anthem
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| Feb.24 |
South Korea |
Germany claims shock Olympic ice hockey victory over Canada |
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| Feb.22 |
South Korea |
US beat Canada to take women's ice hockey gold |
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South Korea |
Alina Zagitova wins gold for OAR in women's single figure skating |
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| Feb.19 |
South Korea |
Canada's Virtue & Moir ice dance champions for second time |
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| Feb.18 |
South Korea |
Krushelnitsky named as Russian suspected of failed doping test |
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| Feb.17 |
South Korea |
Bjoergen matches all-time medal record with relay gold for Norway |
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| Feb.16 |
South Korea |
Lindsey Vonn misses medals in super G as Ester Ledecka earns shock win |
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South Korea |
Yuzuru Hanyu Wins Figure Skating Gold Medal |
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| Feb.14 |
South Korea |
Shaun White lands historic third gold |
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| Feb.12 |
South Korea |
Japan's Kei Saito given first doping ban in Pyeongchang |
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South Korea |
High winds wreak havoc as Canada breezes to double gold |
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| Feb.11 |
South Korea |
Red Gerard wins United States' first gold in Pyeongchang |
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| Feb.9 |
South Korea |
Olympics Opening Ceremony preaches a Games of 'peace' Map of Olympic Stadium Pyeongchang South Korea A giant dove of peace lit up the night sky and athletes from North and South Korea walked in unison for the first time in 11 years
| Famous South Korean singers sang John Lennon's 'Imagine'. South Korea's President Moon Jae-in described these Games as a 'festival and celebration of peace'
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| Jan.20 |
North Korea |
North Korea will send 22 athletes to Pyeongchang |
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| Dec.9 |
London |
Russian doping report alleges 'institutional conspiracy' |
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| Sep.7 |
Rio de Janeiro |
Paralympics 2016: Brazil president booed at opening ceremony |
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| Aug.21 |
 Rio de Janeiro |
Spectacular closing ceremony as Olympic flag goes to Tokyo The Rio Olympics ended with a spectacular carnival-inspired closing ceremony, and the official handover to 2020 hosts Tokyo
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Rio de Janeiro |
Marathon man Eliud Kipchoge completes Kenya double |
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Rio de Janeiro |
USA beat Serbia in men's basketball to win last gold of Games |
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| Aug.20 |
Rio de Janeiro |
Brazil beat Germany on penalties to win men's football gold
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Rio de Janeiro |
Great Britain's Mo Farah wins 5,000m & 10,000m 'double double' |
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| Aug.19 |
Rio de Janeiro |
Usain Bolt wins ninth Olympic gold as Jamaica take 4x100m relay Map of Olympic Stadium Rio de Janeiro Brazil Usain Bolt ended his Olympic career by claiming an unprecedented 'triple triple' and his ninth gold as Jamaica won the 4x100m relay final in Rio
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| Aug.18 |
Rio de Janeiro |
Usain Bolt wins 200m gold, his eighth Olympic gold
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Rio de Janeiro |
Olympics: US swimmers not robbed - police chief 
Four US swimmers who said they had been robbed in Rio de Janeiro were not victims of crime, the head of the city's civil police has insisted
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Rio de Janeiro |
US swimmers stopped at Rio airport |
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| Aug.15 |
Rio de Janeiro |
Thiago Braz da Silva wins Brazil's second gold medal of Games |
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Rio de Janeiro |
Kenya's David Rudisha remains the king of 800 meters |
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| Aug.14 |
Rio de Janeiro |
Usain Bolt wins 100m gold, Justin Gatlin second Jamaica's Usain Bolt became the first athlete to win three Olympic 100m titles by beating American Justin Gatlin
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Rio de Janeiro |
Andy Murray defeats Juan Martin del Potro for second Olympic gold |
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Rio de Janeiro |
Justin Rose Wins Olympic Golf Event |
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| Aug.13 |
Rio de Janeiro |
Michael Phelps bows out of Games with gold in men's relay Map of Olympic Aquatics Stadium Rio de Janeiro Brazil He won his 23rd Olympic gold in what looks like being his final Games. Phelps, 31, secured his fifth gold of Rio 2016 to set a new Games record
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Rio de Janeiro |
Great Britain's Mo Farah repeats as Olympic 10,000-meter champion |
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Rio de Janeiro |
Elaine Thompson wins 100m gold, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce third |
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Rio de Janeiro |
Puig wins women's tennis final, the first Olympic gold for Puerto Rico |
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| Aug.12 |
Rio de Janeiro |
Joseph Schooling beats Michael Phelps in 100m butterfly |
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| Aug.11 |
Rio de Janeiro |
Michael Phelps makes history to win 22nd Olympic gold
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Rio de Janeiro |
Simone Biles wins all-around gold at Rio Games in US one-two |
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| Aug.10 |
Rio de Janeiro |
Kohei Uchimura retains Olympic crown in all-around gymnastics final |
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| Aug.7 |
Rio de Janeiro |
Michael Phelps wins 19th Olympic gold |
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Rio de Janeiro |
Paralympics 2016: Russian athletes banned after doping scandal
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| Aug.6 |
Rio de Janeiro |
Thrasher wins first gold medal of Rio Olympics |
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| Aug.5 |
Rio de Janeiro |
Opening ceremony celebrates Brazil to open Games Map of Maracana stadium Rio de Janeiro Brazil The 2016 Olympics have been formally opened with a colourful and pulsating ceremony at Rio's Maracana stadium
| Broadcast to an audience of 3 billion, it celebrated Brazil's history, culture and natural beauty, before former runner Vanderlei de Lima lit the cauldron. The build-up has been played out against a deep recession and political protests in Brazil
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| Jul.30 |
Switzerland |
IOC panel to have final say on Russian athletes' participation |
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| Jul.24 |
Switzerland |
Russia not given blanket Games ban by IOC |
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| Jul.21 |
 Switzerland |
Russia fails to overturn athlete ban for next month's Games Map of Avenue de Beaumont 2 1012 Lausanne Switzerland| Russian track and field athletes will remain banned from the Olympics following claims the country ran a state-sponsored doping program | |
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Brazil |
Brazil Olympics: Ten arrested for 'plotting 'terror' |
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| Jun.20 |
Rio de Janeiro |
Australian Paralympian robbed at gunpoint in Rio |
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| May.27 |
Rio de Janeiro |
Zika crisis: WHO rejects 'move Rio Olympics' call |
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| Jul.31 |
Beijing |
Beijing chosen to stage Winter Games |
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| Mar.9 |
Argentina |
French Olympic medalists filming reality show among 10 dead
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| Oct.3 |
South Korea |
North Koreans make surprise visit to South |
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| Apr.7 |
South Africa |
Emotional Oscar Pistorius apologises |
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| Feb.23 |
Sochi |
Olympics closing ceremony is trip through Russian culture
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Sochi |
Canada beat Sweden 3-0 to win Olympic ice hockey gold |
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| Feb.7 |
Sochi |
Sochi 2014: Winter Olympics opens with glittering ceremony Map of Fisht Stadium Russia Athletes from 87 nations paraded before 40,000 people in the Fisht Stadium before president Vladimir Putin declared the Games open
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| Nov.9 |
Russia |
Olympic torch in first spacewalk |
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| Oct.28 |
Sochi |
Putin: 'Gays welcome at Sochi Olympics' |
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| Sep.10 |
Argentina |
Bach new IOC president
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| Sep.7 |
Argentina |
Tokyo wins race to host 2020 Olympics
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| Feb.22 |
South Africa |
Oscar Pistorius granted bail
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| Feb.20 |
South Africa |
'Gunshots, screams, then more shots'
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| Feb.19 |
South Africa |
Pistorius 'shot girlfriend in bathroom' |
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| Feb.15 |
South Africa |
Pistorius denies girlfriend's murder |
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| Feb.14 |
 South Africa |
Pistorius charged with killing girlfriend Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius has been charged with murder in the death of Reeva Steenkamp, 29, at his South Africa
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| Aug.12 |
London |
Olympic flag handed over to Rio
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London |
Mexico deny defenseless Brazil Olympic soccer gold |
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London |
'Dream Team' retains title |
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| Aug.9 |
London |
Bolt makes history with 200m gold
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| Aug.5 |
London |
Bolt wins Olympic 100m gold medal |
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| Aug.2 |
 London |
Phelps beats Lochte to 20th medal Michael Phelps won his first individual gold at London 2012 - and his 20th Olympic medal - by beating Ryan Lochte in the men's 200m individual...
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| Aug.1 |
London |
Olympic badminton players disqualified
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| Jul.31 |
London |
Phelps wins record Olympic medal |
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| Jul.30 |
London |
China swimming star denies doping |
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| Jul.28 |
London |
China's Yi Siling wins London Games' first gold |
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| Jul.27 |
London |
Huge ceremony launches 2012 Games Map of Stratford United Kingdom| The Queen has declared the London Olympics open following a spectacular ceremony, featuring Beckham, Wiggins and James Bond. The three-hour spectacle, a quirky take on UK life, is set to be viewed by a TV audience of one billion people. The show... | |
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London |
Young athletes light 2012 Olympic flame |
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| Jul.6 |
South Korea |
S. Korean to host 2018 Winter Olympics |
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| Oct.3 |
New Delhi |
Grand ceremony opens Delhi Games
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| Sep.21 |
New Delhi |
Delhi Games village 'unfit for athletes'
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| Feb.28 |
Vancouver |
Canada win thrilling final gold of Olympics
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| Feb.12 |
 Vancouver |
Olympic opening clouded by death The opening ceremony for the 2010 Winter Olympics began on a somber note as members of the delegation from Georgia mourned the loss
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Vancouver |
Luger killed in Olympics practice crash
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| Oct.2 |
 Denmark |
Rio to stage 2016 Olympic Games Brazil will become the first South American country to host the Olympics, after Rio de Janeiro was chosen to stage the 2016 Games
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| Aug.24 |
Beijing |
Spectacular finale climaxes Games
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Beijing |
U.S. beat Spain to win basketball gold |
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| Aug.23 |
Beijing |
Bekele storms to Olympic double |
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| Aug.22 |
Beijing |
Argentina - second straight soccer gold
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Beijing |
Bolt grabs third gold and record
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| Aug.16 |
 Beijing |
Phelps wins historic eighth gold 23-year-old Michael Phelps won his 8th Olympic gold medal of the Beijing Games to beat Spitz's 1972 record of 7, with victory in the 4x100m ...
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Beijing |
Bolt surges to gold in new record
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| Aug.14 |
Beijing |
Liukin wins all-around gold in gymnastics |
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| Aug.12 |
Beijing |
Phelps becomes greatest Olympian |
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| Aug.11 |
Beijing |
Phelps wins 3rd gold in 200 free |
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| Aug.8 |
Beijing |
China kicks off Olympics Ceremony| China opened the 29th Olympic Games with stunning fireworks as the Asian nation kicked off the biggest and most scrutinized Games in history | |
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| Jul.30 |
Beijing |
Web curbs for Olympic journalists
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| May.7 |
Tibet |
Olympic flame lit on Everest peak |
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| Apr.23 |
Australia |
More arrests as Australia hosts torch |
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| Apr.9 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Route changes mark Olympic torch relay |
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| Apr.7 |
 Paris |
Olympic torch extinguished The relay was disrupted by protesters demonstrating against the Chinese government, causing authorities to extinguish the flame 3 times
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| Mar.30 |
Athens |
Greece hands China Olympic torch |
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| Mar.24 |
 Greece |
Protest as Olympic torch is lit A protester managed to breach the tight security during the torch lighting ceremony. He unfurled a banner, but was apprehended
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| Feb.12 |
Southern California |
Spielberg boycotts Olympic role |
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| Aug.26 |
Greece |
Fires inch closer to Olympic cradle |
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| Jul.4 |
Guatemala |
Sochi gets 2014 Winter Olympics |
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| Feb.26 |
Turin |
Spectacular ceremony closes Games |
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| Feb.10 |
 Turin |
Torino Olympics open in spectacular style The 20th Winter Olympics has got under way with an opening ceremony to showcase Italian culture
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| Jul.6 |
 Singapore |
London wins 2012 Olympics London has defeated Paris, bringing the Olympics back to Britain for the first time in more than half a century
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| Aug.29 |
Athens |
Olympics: Games Close
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| Aug.21 |
Greece |
Phelps got record-tying 8th medal |
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| Aug.13 |
Greece |
Glittering opening for Olympics The Games returned to their birthplace after 108 years with a glittering ceremony that featured more than 4,000 performers
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| Jul.2 |
Czech Republic |
2010 Winter Games given to Vancouver |
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| Feb.15 |
Utah |
Correction gold medal; judge suspended
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| Feb.8 |
Utah |
Winter Olympics opened
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| Jul.16 |
Moscow |
Rogge wins top Olympics job |
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| Jul.13 |
Beijing |
Beijing to host 2008 Olympic Games
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| Oct.1 |
Sydney |
Michael Johnson wins 6th gold medal |
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Sydney |
Olympic Games closed |
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| Sep.15 |
 Sydney |
Olympic Games open Organizers thrilled the 110,000 spectators and an 4 billion TV viewers with a spectacular opening ceremony
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