Winter olympics News
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World renowned electronic music superstar Martin Garrix performed a remarkable DJ set at the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics Games.
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Snow is the one thing that sets the Winter Olympics apart from the summer games, and NASA, along with 19 other international agencies from 11 countries are in Pyeongchang to observe and get better at predicting snow.
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Organizers will deploy robots and drones to help secure the 2018 Games in South Korea in what is expected to be the most high-tech Winter Olympics in history.
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‘Eddie the Eagle’ is the heartwarming true story of a young man who risked life and limb to achieve his dream of being an Olympian.
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The 2022 Olympics are proving to be unpopular with many cities as two finalists pulled out. Out of the four that remain, two are in bad shape and are unpopular. The only cities that see the games as viable are totalitarian regimes.
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If hosting a talk show were an Olympic sport, Jimmy Fallon would have won gold Monday night in his star-studded Tonight Show debut.
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Sochi -
Two members of the punk band Pussy Riot have been arrested by Russian police in Sochi, along with a group of activists and journalists.
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With the Sochi Winter Olympics in full flow, a new study suggests that the judges of figure skating lack a degree of impartiality, shown via an economic model.
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The powerful homosexual lobby is doing its best to stigmatise Russia over its so-called "anti-gay" laws. It's time these people learned to shut up.
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Three Russian men convicted of the premeditated murder of a gay man have received relatively light sentences on the eve of Sochi Winter Olympics.
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Sochi -
Let’s face it, the Summer Olympics are kind of boring — we can all run, jump, and throw things — but the Winter Olympics are a different story altogether.
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Sochi's Winter Olympics start Friday next week. Security at and around Sochi is tight to counter any terror threat. But the security of future Winter Olympics may be threatened, not by terrorists but by climate change, according to new research.
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Sochi -
To some throughout the world and in Russia, smiling may come naturally, but as the Winter Olympics approach, Sochi hotel managers are receiving crash courses in how to accomplish the simple task.
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Sportswear industry reps say the upcoming soccer World Cup and the February Winter Olympics in Sochi are expected to boost decreasing sales from this winter.
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The renowned violinist Vanessa Mae is set to compete in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Mae will compete for Thailand in the downhill skiing competition.
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With Russia under the world’s microscope barely a month before the Winter Olympics, President Putin has granted an amnesty said to cover thousands, including Greenpeace activists, Pussy Riot and a jailed former tycoon.
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With less than three months before the start of the Sochi Winter Olympics, Russia's only World Anti-doping Agency approved laboratory could lose its accreditation because of unacceptable test results during a routine evaluation process.
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Sochi -
With 100 days to go, Sochi, the site of the 2014 Winter Olympics in February, has run into a few almost insurmountable problems, leaving many to wonder just how prepared Russia is to host the Games, and what they are doing to make venues safe.
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Sochi -
The entertainment industry is using its power and muscle to start a protest against the anti-gay legislation that has been passed in Russia.
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Sochi -
A decree has been issued by the Russian Government which will regulate the maximum price for accommodation and services during the Sochi Winter Olympics in 2014.
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Ontario -
The official start of the international skating season began this past weekend at the Skate America competition. Skaters took to the ice to debut their new programs in front of judges.
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Durban -
The third time's the charm for Pyeongchang, as the South Korean city has been chosen to host the 2018 Winter Olympic games.
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Sochi -
A senior scientist has fled Russia over fear of arrest after having warned Russian authorities of possible disasters before or during the next Winter Olympics, due to a construction project’s dismissal of the Sochi region’s complex ecology and geology
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Canada’s definition of success at the Olympics is an outdated measure that needs to be dropped. The vast majority of countries in the world judge Olympics success by the total number of gold won as opposed to the total haul of medals of any colour.
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While Canadian athletes in the ongoing Winter Olympics are hauling up gold medals another Canadian is grabbing up the lead in a biking tour being held simultaneously in one of the hottest places on earth, the Philippines.
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Vancouver -
Republican politician Mitt Romney was threatened and possibly hit by an Air Canada flight passenger leaving Vancouver. He was uninjured.
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During the 2010 Winter Olympics in Whistler, no spectator parking will be allowed in the entire village. Similar restrictions will apply at Whistler Creekside, The Whistler Sliding Centre, and the Whistler Olympic Park in the Callaghan Valley.
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The Olympic legacy is being felt even before the 2010 Winter Olympics have begun. Cuts in the Arts and the closure of popular tourist attractions shows how tight money is.
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Liberal Burquitlam MLA Harry Bloy said in the legislature on Monday that people who protest the winter olympics are nothing more than "terrorists" who have limited intellectual capabilities.
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It is hoped that organizers of the 2010 Winter Olympics have paid more attention to detail than the people who created content on the Vancouver2010.com website.
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Canada's men's ice hockey team head coach Mike Babcock speaks to his team during a practice at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, February 22, 2014 © Reuters / Jim Young
People take pictures of the Olympic cauldron at the Olympic Park in Sochi © Reuters / Gary Hershorn
Poland's flag-bearer Dawid Kupczyk leads his country's contingent during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games at Fisht stadium February 7, 2014 © Reuters / Brian Snyder
A map of Canada is projected onto the stadium floor as athletes march in during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, February 7, 2014 © Reuters / Pawel Kopczynski
TOPIO, a humanoid robot, played ping pong at Tokyo International Robot Exhibition (IREX) 2009. Humanrobo (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Martin Garrix performing at the Winter Olympics The Media Nanny
Italy's third-placed Christof Innerhofer (C) does a somersault on podium in front of Switzerland's winner Sandro Viletta during a flower ceremony after the men's alpine skiing super combined event during the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, February 14, 2014 © Reuters / Mike Segar
Hugh Jackman and Taron Egerton star in 'Eddie the Eagle' Twentieth Century Fox
Fireworks explode over the Fisht Olympic Stadium during the closing ceremony for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, February 23, 2014 © Reuters / Alexander Demianchuk
Participants perform during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, February 7, 2014 © Reuters
Olympic rings at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. A new study forecasts that rising temperatures due to climate change may preclude Vancouver and other previous Winter Olympic venues from hosting future winter games. Adrian 8 via Wikimedia CC License
Participants perform during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, February 7, 2014 © Reuters
Prince Hubertus of Hohenlohe-Langenburg will be wearing a custom made Mariachi style suit when he represents Mexico at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Hubertus of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Eva Samkova of the Czech Republic competes during the women's snowboard cross qualification round at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games in Rosa Khutor February 16, 2014 © Reuters / Dylan Martinez
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Poland's Kamil Stoch soars through the air during the final round of the men's ski jumping large hill individual final of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games, at the RusSki Gorki Ski Jumping Center in Rosa Khutor, February 15, 2014 © Reuters / Dominic Ebenbichler
Canada's Chloe Dufour-Lapointe (L) and her sister Justine celebrate in the finish area during the women's freestyle skiing moguls final competition at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games in Rosa Khutor, February 8, 2014. © Reuters / Dylan Martinez
Sochi residents celebrate the IOC's decision to hold the 2014 Winter Olympics. Igor Yakunin
Sochi 2014: Ski resort of Krasnaya Polyana is one of the Olympics venues Wikipedia
The Olympic flag into the stadium during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, February 7, 2014 © Reuters / Lucy Nicholson
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