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Get the latest Olympic news, results and medal counts for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, and beyond at Newsday. U.S. track and field athletes have around four dozen pieces to choose ... Read More

How to watch the 2024 Paris Olympics: Key dates, times, details

The 2024 Paris Olympics will officially open on July 26 with a first-of-its-kind live broadcast on WVTM 13 of the Opening Ceremony, which will include a 4-mile-long floating procession on the River ... Read More

United States heads back to the Olympics in the 49er

Tokyo 2020 marked the first time in history the United States did not send a full slate to the Olympic Games, after missing the final qualification opportunity in the 49er class at the 2019 Pan ... Read More

Nevin Harrison qualifies to defend Olympic canoe title

Nevin Harrison, who in Tokyo became the first U.S. woman to win Olympic canoe or kayak gold, qualified to defend her title in Paris. Harrison, a 21-year-old Seattle native, won the U.S. Olympic Trials ... Read More

175 tons of food, 300,000 bento went to waste at Tokyo Olympics

“But it should surprise no one, considering the operation.” The 2020 Tokyo Olympics, held in 2021, welcomed about 11,400 people from 205 countries and regions. About 4,400 athletes ... Read More

Publishing exec found guilty in Tokyo Olympic bribery scandal

An executive at Japanese publishing house Kadokawa was found guilty on Oct. 10 of bribing a former Tokyo Olympics organizing ... was the latest in a series of bribery trials over sponsorships ... Read More

Sapporo halts Olympic bidding activities after Tokyo scandals

The city government and the Japanese Olympic Committee on Dec. 20 held a news conference in Tokyo, saying they are ... based on the new general outline. A similar survey was conducted on residents ... Read More

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The Olympics of wood

There are still some new projects ... center Other examples of mass timber in the Olympics include: The Ariake Arena gymnastic stadium in Tokyo for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics Games ... Read More

Olympic badminton results by year

The mixed doubles event was added to Olympic badminton at the 1996 Atlanta Games. Who was the first woman to win gold in Olympic badminton? Indonesia's Susi Susanti took home the first women's singles ... Read More

Field Hockey 101: What's happened since the Tokyo Olympics

The American women are headed back to the Olympics after failing to qualify ... a 6-5 win in the final qualification opportunity for Tokyo. After earning two more shutout wins over Italy and New ... Read More

Live news: Fed poll shows concern that inflation could stall rate cuts

Japan’s core inflation rose 2.6 per cent in March on the back of a weaker yen, marking two years since prices began to rise above the Bank of Japan’s target. The Korean won slid against the dollar on ... Read More