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US senators urge NBC to refuse to air 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics
PHILADELPHIA -- Two U.S. senators called on NBC on Thursday to refuse to air the 2022 Winter Olympics, citing China's "abysmal record on human rights."
In a letter, U.S. Sens. Rick Scott (R.-Fl.) and Josh Hawley (R.-Mo.) asked NBCUniversal CEO Steve Burke and NBC Olympics President Gary Zenkel to either urge the International Olympic Committee ...Read more
Russia lashes out at four-year Olympic ban
Russian boxers have threatened to boycott the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, joining other athletes and officials from their country in pushing back against a four-year ban imposed by anti-doping authorities.
The World Anti-Doping Agency, or WADA, handed down the punishment earlier this week, barring Russia as a nation but allowing individuals a chance ...Read more
Olympic leaders seek to decertify USA Badminton
With the 2020 Tokyo Games only eight months away, long-troubled USA Badminton might now lose its status as the national governing body for the sport.
U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee officials launched a formal revocation procedure Tuesday, seven months after first expressing concerns about the Anaheim, Calif.-based organization's failure to...Read more
IOC pledges $10 million for anti-doping enforcement ahead of 2020 Tokyo Olympics
The International Olympic Committee will pour $10 million into anti-doping enforcement amid the emergence of genetic testing as the 2020 Tokyo Olympics draw near.
IOC President Thomas Bach pledged the donation during his speech at a World Anti-Doping Agency conference in Katowice, Poland.
About half of the money will go toward new facilities ...Read more
The 2016 Olympics left this N.J. fencer in debt. Now, she's crowdfunding her bid for Tokyo 2020.
New Jersey's Monica Aksamit, 29, has been fencing since she was 9 years old. In 2016, she followed her dreams all the way to the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, where she won a bronze medal in a women's saber team event.
But the experience left the 2012 Pennsylvania State University graduate in debt, so to go for the gold in the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo...Read more
Olympic athletes earn the right to market themselves during 2020 Games
It has been an Olympic tradition every bit as predictable as the torch relay.
Before every Games, athletes would complain about a regulation that prevented them from marketing themselves at a time when they could reap the biggest profits.
Now the controversial Rule 40 is changing.
On Tuesday, the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee ...Read more
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- IOC pledges $10 million for anti-doping enforcement ahead of 2020 Tokyo Olympics
- Russia lashes out at four-year Olympic ban
- US senators urge NBC to refuse to air 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics
- Olympic leaders seek to decertify USA Badminton
- Olympic athletes earn the right to market themselves during 2020 Games
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