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Olympic refugee team runner Dominic Lokolong Atiol tests positive for doping ahead of Paris Games
Associated Press via AOL· 1 month agoA second runner on the Olympic refugee team has been implicated in doping while preparing for the...
Refugee athlete on IOC scholarship for Paris Olympics suspended after testing positive for EPO
Associated Press via AOL· 5 months agoA refugee athlete on an IOC scholarship to train for the Paris Olympics has been provisionally suspended in a doping case, the Athletics Integrity Unit said Wednesday. Fouad Idbafdil was s ent ...
Airbnb Co-Founder Joe Gebbia Enters the Doc Arena With Olympic Refugee Film, ‘We Dare to Dream’
Variety via Yahoo News· 10 months agoAirbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia is the latest high-net-worth individual to get involved in the...
Olympic leader Bach explains policy on helping Russians compete to Ukrainians at world athlete event
Associated Press via Yahoo Sports· 7 months agoComparing the plight of Ukrainian athletes with those in another war-ravaged country Yemen, IOC...
Anything Is Possible Through Sport
ACCESSWIRE via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoOn 28 October, the Olympic Refuge Foundation and the IOC Refugee Olympic Team will be honoured with the 2022 Princess of Asturias Award for Sports at a...
Allyson Felix and Inbee Park among 32 athlete candidates at Paris Olympics in IOC membership vote
Associated Press via AOL· 5 months agoSeven-time Olympic champion sprinter Allyson Felix and seven-time golf major winner Inbee Park are...
Russian wrestling chief issues threats after IOC sets restrictions on Russian athletes at 2024...
The New Voice of Ukraine via Yahoo News· 10 months agoRussian athletes should “go to Paris in tanks” if IOC restrictions on the form of their...
Allyson Felix joins IOC athletes’ commission
NBC Sports via Yahoo Sports· 2 years agoAllyson Felix and a refugee cyclist originally from Afghanistan joined the International Olympic Committee’s athletes’ commission on Thursday. Felix is...
Real-Life Sisters Play Syrian Refugees Yusra & Sara Mardini In 'The Swimmers'
Women's Health via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSyrian refugees Yusra and Sara Mardini swam 3 hours across the Aegean Sea to save their lives. Yusra...
Olympic president invokes John Lennon's memory as Paris marks 1-year countdown to war-clouded Games
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe president of the International Olympic Committee on Wednesday formally invited the world's...
