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2013/05/23 02:17
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NEW YORK (AP) — Iran's wrestling team visited the United States for the first time in a decade and found a virtual home meet. The fans waving Iranian flags and stomping on the temporary bleachers...
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2013/05/22 22:40
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Former Olympic champion Koji Murofushi lost his appeal Wednesday against disqualification from an election to become an IOC member representing athletes, a setback for Tokyo’s bid to host the 2020...
2013/05/21 13:12
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Eight sports vying for single Olympic spot TORONTO — Wanted: a new Olympic sport. Or, maybe, the return of an old one. It should have wide participation around the world, be popular with sponsors...
2013/05/18 04:16
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MOSCOW — Wrestling’s governing body is preparing for what could be the match of its life. It is holding a special meeting in Moscow to discuss changes to modernize the sport in hopes of staying in...
2013/05/14 04:18
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Steam vapors clung to the sauna’s glass door. Through the fog, a hazy figure lunged back and forth in strained rhythms. It was a Friday evening at the Friedman Wrestling Center in late March. The...
2013/05/14 01:06
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Farm kid from Wyoming wins two Olympic medals: Sounds like a fairy tale, doesn't it? But that's only half the story of Olympic wrestling champion Rulon Gardner. On Monday, Gardner talked to and...
2013/05/13 20:11
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ISTANBUL (AP) -- Organizers of Istanbul's bid for the 2020 Olympics say safety and security are their "utmost priority" following the twin bombing attacks on a Syrian border town. Turkey has blamed...
2013/05/11 04:33
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TOKYO (AP) — The leader of Tokyo’s bid for the 2020 Olympics emphasized the Japanese capital’s safety while insisting closure had been reached over comments by the city’s governor criticizing rival...
2013/05/11 03:13
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The global wrestling community is taking its fight to save its Olympic status to Niagara Falls. On May 31 from 5 to 8 p.m., near the old power plant on the Niagara River Parkway, the top women’s...
2013/05/10 19:20
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LONDON — Olympic 1,500-meter champion Asli Cakir Alptekin of Turkey was charged with doping and could be stripped of her gold medal. Another female Turkish athlete, hurdler Nevin Yanit, also was...
2013/05/10 07:38
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Raj Singh confident of inclusion of wrestling in 2020 Olympics Chandigarh, May 9 : Efforts are being made to get ancient sports discipline wrestling included in the 2020 Summer Olympics. Wrestling...
2013/05/09 20:17
2013/05/09 20:17
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THE Spanish parliament on Thursday passed a beefed-up anti-doping law that will toughen penalties in order to polish Spain's image as it bids to host the 2020 Olympic Games. The new measure came...
2013/05/09 18:58
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By Liz Clarke, The Washington Post WASHINGTON — Wrestling takes disparate forms around the globe and across cultures. But to prevail in any discipline, wrestlers need strength, the ability to gain...
2013/05/09 11:57
2013/05/09 11:57
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Great LOCAL gift ideas for Mother's Day! click here The 1976 Olympic fencing champion, who is an IOC vice president and has been a member of the body since 1991, has long been considered a...
2013/05/08 13:46
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His famous father taught him ''all the tricks'', and Nikita Tszyu has the same insatiable hunger as his dad Kostya to be the best in the world, even if that means skipping the Olympic Games. Nikita...
2013/05/08 13:18
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Some of Oklahoma's most notable wrestlers are visiting the Capitol to show their opposition to the International Olympic Committee's recommendation to eliminate the sport from...
2013/05/04 06:45
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ANKARA, TURKEY : Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Friday he would be “the first to applaud” if Istanbul is chosen to host the 2020 Olympics. Tokyo and Madrid are also bidding for the...
2013/05/04 04:52
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Olympic 1500-metre champion Asli Cakir is one of two Turkish women athletes charged with doping offences by the IAAF. The IAAF said on Friday another female Turkish athlete, hurdler Nevin Yanit, was...
2013/05/04 00:45
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Local climbers ranked first in Western Canada Contributed photo Fresh off B.C. provincial championships, the top eight of the Maple Ridge’s Rock Wall Climbing Team members were in Calgary last...
2013/05/03 19:14
2013/05/03 19:14
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The four Stone kids always were a competitive bunch, especially the three youngest siblings who were separated by three school grades while being home-schooled together. "They worked very hard to...