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Why the Paris Olympics' opening ceremony won't take place in a stadium
WUSA 9 Washington, D.C.· 9 hours agoExactly 100 years since the Olympics were last staged in Paris, and 128 years since its modern...
Swimmer Katie Ledecky on Chinese doping scandal and the Paris Olympics
CBS News· 3 days agoDays off do not exist for Katie Ledecky. "I love the distance races, I love the training," Ledecky...
Seine still too dirty for swimming, two months before Paris Olympics
The Telegraph via Yahoo Sports· 6 days agoWater tests in the Seine in Paris have shown that the river is still too dirty to swim in, two...
Israeli siblings Ron and Leah Polonsky chase Olympics from Bay Area rivals Stanford and Cal
Associated Press· 3 days agoWith nearly identical ear-to-ear smiles, Ron and Leah Polonsky stroll through campus speaking Hebrew...
Seine still failing water tests two months from Paris Olympics
AFP via Yahoo Sports· 7 days agoWater tests in the Seine in Paris show the river is still too dirty to swim in, two months before...
Who are the Summer Olympians with RI connections? Here's what we know so far
The Providence Journal via Yahoo Sports· 7 days agoMcNay is scheduled to partner with Lara Dallman-Weiss in Paris. She’s a Minnesota native who also...
What sports are American athletes chasing their nation's first Olympic gold medal?
Olympics.com· 5 days agoAmerican athletes have won over a thousand gold medals since the revival of the Olympic Games in...
How Taylor Knibb Plans to Pull Off Paris (And Beyond)
Triathlete / Inside Triathlon· 2 days agoTaylor Knibb is under no illusion about the size of the task ahead. “I was made aware that the last...
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Traverse City Record-Eagle· 1 day agoClimate scientists agree that people need to consume less beef because it's the largest agricultural source of greenhouse gasses and a driver of Amazon deforestation. The world’s top beef exporter ...
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Yakima Herald-Republic· 4 days agoFrench authorities have handed preliminary terrorism charges to an 18-year-old accused of a plot targeting spectators attending Olympic soccer games. The man is accused of ...