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Fires in Los Angeles, a major concern for the organization of the 2028 Olympic Games
The ongoing disaster in the Californian megalopolis is a reminder of just how vulnerable the region is to climate change. The situation has reopened the debate on the city's ability to smoothly prepare for and host the Games in three years' time.
Olympic chiefs vow to replace US swim star medals lost in LA fires
Olympic chief Thomas Bach said Sunday that US swim icon Gary Hall Jr. would be given a new set of medals to replace those incinerated in the Los Angeles wildfires. International Olympic Committee president Bach said in a post on Twitter that Hall would be given replica medals to replace those lost in the fire.
‘Hot embers were raining down’: US swimmer Gary Hall Jr. says he lost 10 Olympic medals in Palisades wildfire
Former US Olympian Gary Hall Jr. won 10 Olympic medals and six world championship medals in his swimming career. He believes he’s lost them all in the Palisades wildfire, he told CNN’s Erin Burnett.
Olympic swimmer Gary Hall Jr. loses medals, house in Los Angeles fire
Wildfires are raging across Southern California and are causing many residents to face devastating losses, including Olympic champion swimmer Gary Hall Jr. The 10-time Olympic champion, who grew up in Arizona,
Gary Hall Jr. won 10 Olympic medals in the water. Then he lost them in the Palisades fire
Ex-U.S. Olympic swimmer Gary Hall Jr. fled his Pacific Palisades home with his dog and three other items. He was unable to go back for his 10 medals, which were lost in the fire.
Ex-U.S. swimmer Hall Jr. loses Olympic medals to California wildfire
A GoFundMe page set up for former American swimmer Gary Hall Jr. says that the three-time Olympian lost all ten of his Olympic medals in his rented home devastated by the California wildfires.
IOC Long-shot Watanabe Hopes 'Crazy' Olympic Idea Sparks Debate
Japan's Morinari Watanabe is a rank outsider to become International Olympic Committee president but he hopes his "crazy idea" to host the Games in five cities at once can spark debate.
Isabelle Weidemann looks forward to her 3rd Olympic Games at Milano Cortina 2026
Olympic medallist in long track speed skating, Isabelle Weidemann, is prepping for the world cup stop in Calgary at the end ...
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Paris 2024 Olympic Games come to an end
You showed us what greatness we humans are capable of. The Olympic Games Paris 2024 were a celebration of the athletes and of sport at its best,” he went on while praising the event for being ...
Will Russia’s Olympic ban lift in time for Alex Ovechkin to play in 2026?
Next winter, NHL players will participate at an Olympics for the first time in 12 years when the hockey competition takes ...
LA wildfires burn perilously close to Olympic venues threatening 2028 Games
The LA wildfires now pose a threat to the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games as the fires edge ever closer to some sporting ...
Australian Open: Olympic champ Zheng Qinwen starts her bid for another final on a rainy Day 1
Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen made the most of the indoor conditions under a roof at Rod Laver Arena to advance to the second ...
The oldest living Olympic gold medallist has died aged 103, after surviving the Holocaust. Here are 2 things that may have helped her live so long.
Keleti won her first gold medal in gymnastics at age 31, at the 1952 Olympic Games. She could do the splits into her 90s.
A rare and well-preserved 1904 Olympic medal is up for auction
The rare and well-preserved medal is historic in many ways. According to RR Auction, the 1904 Olympics marked the first time ...