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Latest news and information about the Olympics.
Munich 2018 board says bid chief illness no obstacle (Reuters)
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document.write('Thu, 2 Sep 2010 10:40:55 EDT
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document.write('Munich\'s bid to stage the 2018 Winter Olympics will not be derailed by bid chief Willy Bogner\'s illness, the head of Munich\'s supervisory board said on Thursday. ');
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Blair: Berlusconi helped London win 2012 Olympics (AP)
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document.write('Wed, 1 Sep 2010 16:20:54 EDT
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document.write('Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair credits Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi with helping London secure the 2012 Olympics. Blair also says in his new autobiography that he was dubious about bidding for the games, never thought London would win and feared being \"humiliated\" by losing to the French.');
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Ashley chosen new USOC chief of sport performance (AP)
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document.write('Wed, 1 Sep 2010 11:49:57 EDT
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document.write('The U.S. Olympic Committee has picked Alan Ashley as its new chief of sport performance, part of a restructuring after a six-month internal review by CEO Scott Blackmun. Ashley, who was the managing director of sport performance, takes over for Mike English, who will move into a position that oversees the Olympic Training Centers and other USOC facilities.');
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Key critic during time of USOC turmoil steps down (AP)
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document.write('Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:54:25 EDT
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document.write('One of the key critics of the U.S. Olympic Committee during its CEO switch has left his job as the leader of USA Triathlon. The federation announced the departure of executive director Skip Gilbert in a brief news release, offering no explanation. Gilbert also leads the council of America\'s national governing bodies, though his future role there was not explained.');
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Media Accreditation Begins for 2012 (AP)
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document.write('Tue, 31 Aug 2010 9:44:22 EDT
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document.write('Sports Editors: The U.S. Olympic Committee is accepting requests from media organizations for accreditation to the 2012 Olympic Games in London. The application form is available through the USOC\'s media-specific site, USOCPressbox,org. Click here to go to the request site: http://pressbox.teamusa.org/Pages/Credentials.aspx.');
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Freeman to rekindle her flame lighting 10 years on (AP)
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document.write('Tue, 31 Aug 2010 3:17:45 EDT
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document.write('Cathy Freeman will once again light the cauldron when Sydney celebrates the 10th anniversary of an Olympics which the then IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch called the \"best Olympic Games ever.\" On Sept. 15, 2000, Freeman was dressed in a full-length white body suit to light the flame atop the Olympic stadium.');
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London marks 2-year countdown to Paralympics (AP)
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document.write('Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:10:16 EDT
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document.write('London will mark the two-year countdown to the homecoming of the Paralympics on Sunday, celebrating the growing prominence of the event and its start in England in 1948. More than 500,000 people have already registered interest in buying tickets on the London 2012 website for the 12-day event, and organizers hope to attract a global TV audience of 4 billion.');
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Utah sliding track manager David Dinger dies at 45 (AP)
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document.write('Fri, 27 Aug 2010 10:41:23 EDT
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document.write('The man who managed the bobsled, skeleton and luge track at Utah Olympic Park for much of the last decade has died at 45. The U.S. Bobsled and Skeleton Federation said David Dinger died Wednesday from kidney cancer. Dinger\'s career in sliding started after a luge clinic, shortly before the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics.');
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Water polo venue for London 2012 to get inflatable roof (Reuters)
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document.write('Fri, 27 Aug 2010 7:07:50 EDT
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document.write('Planners have given London 2012 Olympic organisers permission to build a temporary water polo centre with an inflatable roof. ');
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Canada\'s Wickenheiser: 2014 Olympics might be last (PA SportsTicker)
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document.write('Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:39:19 EDT
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document.write('Canadian women\'s hockey star Hayley Wickenheiser isn\'t sure if she\'ll retire after the 2014 Sochi Olympics, when she\'ll be 35. ');
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