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Medany Aims to be 1st Egyptian Woman to Medal at Olympics As Egypt struggles to get back on its feet after 16 rocky months of revolution and military rule, the country's young Olympians are hoping to do the seemingly impossible under the circumstance
Don Gonyea: After 17 days of skiing, skating, sliding and yes, even a little doping , the Winter Olympics end today. For NPR sports correspondent Tom Goldman, the Turin Games are the seventh Olympic he has covered. Looking back, he has this essay on
By Parke Brewer Turin, Italy 16 February 2006 Compared to other Olympic sports, snowboarding has not been around very long. But it is a sport the International Olympic Committee wanted very much to ha
For horse lovers, the main event of the Olympics is the equestrian competition - and that will be held in Hong Kong, not Beijing. In Hong Kong, Claudia Blume has this report on preparations for the biggest sport event ever hosted in the city. It's h
E. London Interfaith Groups Celebrate Olympics, Ramadan In East London's York Hall, the United Kingdom's largest civil society organization, Citizens UK, organized an Iftar, the evening meal following a day of fasting during Ramadan. The group has be
After Security Concerns, No Serious Breaches at Olympics Some days at the Olympic Park there were so many people it was difficult to move around. That, and the many other venues around London and throughout Britain, might have been an attractive targ
London Olympics Offers Lessons for Rio de Janeiro London Mayor Boris Johnson says this year's games have provided a boost to tourism and to the image of both London and Great Britain. In a joint news conference with Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes
Fans Note Differences Between London, Beijing Olympics American Gary Davis has been to nine Olympics and says the stadiums built for the London games cannot compare to the iconic architectural design of the bird's nest stadium and water cube aquatic
High Olympics Price Tag Draws Controversy Grand preparations The stadiums and arenas of the Olympic Park are impressive, and the Olympics will no doubt be a grand show. But concerns about the cost linger. Former British Olympic gold medalist and memb
Olympics Blamed for Stoking Debt Crisis in Greece Eight years on from 2004, Athens Olympic Park is abandoned, overgrown, closed to the public. The fencing arena is now a rusting warehouse. The canoe slalom course was built at a cost of millions of do
Bengt Walden of the United States competes during a men's singles luge training run at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia, 13 Feb. 2010 Watch: Related report by Kane Farabaugh Windows Media As the first day of competition at th
Russias Winter Olympics to Break Spending Records It is the largest construction site in Europe: 100,000 men and 500 companies are working around the clock. They are building hotels, skating rinks and ski jumps for next years Winter Olympics in Sochi
By Steve Schy Turin 15 February 2006 If you think you are too old or too young to compete in the Olympics, you may be in for a shock. As VOA's Steve Schy covers the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Ital
In Rio's Favelas, Hoped-For Benefits From Olympics Have Yet To Materialize AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Brazil's favelas or shantytowns were celebrated during the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games as the birthplace of a lot of Brazil's culture. Well, t
The Beijing Olympics ended on the same high note as it began. The opening and closing ceremonies were amazing, finishing with a large display of fireworks that went on and on. During the Games, everything worked well too. That included the accommodat
By Steve Schy Turin 11 February 2006 The 2006 Winter Olympics opened in the Northern Italian city of Turin Friday night under a nearly full moon. As VOA's Steve Schy reports, the theme of these Olympi
By Brian Padden Turin, Italy 13 February 2006 watch Turin report Turin business district The Winter Olympic Games have begun, in and around the city of Turin in northern Italy. Every host city hopes t
Including the start of the Olympic football tournament two days before the Opening Ceremonies, the Beijing Olympics have reached the halfway point of scheduled competition. VOA's Jim Stevenson has this preview of the action Friday, which is highligh
By Akiko Fujita Tokyo 01 October 2009 Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama pledges Thursday, 01 Oct. 2009 to do his utmost to bring the Olympics to Tokyo in 2016 as he prepared to go to Copenhagen for the big vote The International Olympic Committ
IN THE NEWS - London Olympics Begins; Punishment for Penn State This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Seventeen thousand athletes and officials from more than two hundred countries will take part in the London Olympics. (SOUND) Hours before the