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Olympics-Mayor confident Seine pool party will convince river is safe
WHTC 1450 Holland· 4 days agoBy Julien Pretot PARIS (Reuters) - Mayor Anne Hidalgo is confident that her swimming in the River...
New 'underground cathedral' opens ahead of Paris Olympics
The Raw Story· 2 days agoIt has no spire, stained glass windows or nave but the cavernous underground stormwater facility inaugurated on Thursday in the French capital ahead of the Paris Olympics ...
GB-based boxer Ngamba named in Refugee Olympic Team
BBC via Yahoo Sports· 2 days agoCameroon-born Ngamba, 26, is the first boxer to be selected for the team. Ngamba moved to the UK aged 10, but cannot compete for Team GB because she does...
Breakdancing to make its Olympics debut in Paris this summer
The Week via Yahoo Sports· 3 days agoDanis Civil aka France's B-boy Dany Dann performs in front of France's Minister for Sports and ...
French cyberwarriors ready to test their defense against hackers and malware during the Olympics
KSL Salt Lake City· 24 hours agoSAINT-DENIS, France — Just like the Olympic athletes, the cyberwarriors that will be crucial for the...
Swimmers Matin Balsini, Alaa Maso Named to Refugee Olympic Team
Swimming World Magazine· 2 days agoSwimmers Matin Balsini and Alaa Maso have been named to the Refugee Olympic team or the Paris ...
Olympic Highlights 30-04-2024
Olympics.com· 4 days agoOn 25 April, IOC President Thomas Bach chaired a remote meeting of the IOC Executive Board (EB) from Olympic House in Lausanne. The EB discussed the...
Refugee Team for Paris Olympics has 36 athletes from 11 countries across 12 sports
WTNH-TV New Haven· 2 days agoLAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The Refugee Team for the Paris Olympics will feature 36 athletes from...
New 'underground cathedral' opens ahead of Paris Olympics
RFI via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe giant new structure, burrowed 30 metres deep (100-feet) in the ground next to a train station,...
They Used to Award Olympic Medals for Art?
New York Times· 2 days agoDuring all of the years that the Olympics gave out medals in arts, not just athletics — and if you didn’t know about that, the rest of this article may...