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News Articles: Olympics

Azusa Iwashimizu (right) and other members of Japan women's national football team run as torchbearers in the first leg of the torch relay for Tokyo Olympics on Thursday in Fukushima prefecture, Japan.

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Torch Relay Kicks Off For Troubled Tokyo Olympic Games

The torch relay shows the organizers' determination to proceed with the Games, despite public skepticism. It is set to crisscross the country and arrive at the opening ceremony in Tokyo on July 23.

March 25, 2021
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  • Anthony Kuhn
A couple takes pictures with the Olympic rings monument near the National Stadium for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on Feb. 4. Organizers have decided that overseas spectators won't be allowed to attend the Games this summer.

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Overseas Spectators Will Be Banned From Tokyo Olympics Due To COVID-19 Risks

Tokyo organizers on Saturday announced that foreign spectators will be barred from attending this year's Olympic and Paralympic Games due to concerns over COVID-19.

March 20, 2021
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  • H.J. Mai
Joe Delagrave (c) is co-captain of the USA Wheelchair Rugby team. The squad was practicing at a recent training camp in Birmingham, Ala. at the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training site.

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The Tokyo Olympics Are On — For Now — As Athletes Train Through The Uncertainty

The Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics were delayed a year by the coronavirus pandemic. Now, there's as much uncertainty as there was a year ago. The athletes are doing their best to focus on their training.

March 02, 2021
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  • Tom Goldman
Japan's Olympic organizing committee president, Yoshiro Mori, speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4.

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Yoshiro Mori Reportedly Plans To Quit As Japan's Olympic Chief Over Sexist Remarks

The Tokyo Olympic committee head plans to resign Friday amid a firestorm of criticism about his comments disparaging women's participation in organizing the Tokyo Games, say Japanese outlets.

February 11, 2021
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  • Anthony Kuhn
Yoshiro Mori, the president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, listens to a question from a journalist during a news conference in Tokyo last Thursday.

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Tokyo Olympic Organizers Face Mounting Pressure Over Sexist Remarks

Despite the efforts of Japanese and Olympic officials to quash the debate, pressure on the Games' organizing chief is mounting over his recent comments that women talk too much in board meetings.

February 09, 2021
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  • Anthony Kuhn
The National Speed Skating Oval, also known as the Ice Ribbon, is the venue for speed skating events at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

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Opinion: Olympic Flame Of Suffering

With the Winter Olympics set for next year, NPR's Scott Simon talks about the push by some human rights groups to move the games out of Beijing.

January 30, 2021
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  • Scott Simon
Three-time Olympic medalist and Douglasville native Elena Meyers Taylor is donating her brain to help study the long-term effects of concussion

Olympian Elana Meyers Taylor Is Saving Her Brain For Future Female Athletes

For bobsledder and Georgia native Elana Meyers Taylor, the Olympics are a culmination of more than a decade of work. She won three medals including...

June 26, 2018
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  • Taylor Gantt

88.5 GPB-Atlanta Noon News For Thursday February 22, 2018

Traffic Cams In School Zones Douglasville Athlete Wins Olympic Silver New "Dialing While Driving" Measure Proposed

February 22, 2018
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  • Drew Dawson

Olympic Track Star Tommie Smith On Silent Protest

Last week President Trump disparaged professional football players for kneeling during the national anthem. The president’s comments generated gestures...

September 26, 2017
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  • Adam Ragusea and
  • Emily Cureton
Randy Parsons (front) speaks with other Olympic pin traders at the monthly pin show in Atlanta. The event has been happening at the Varsity drive-in since the 1996 Olympics.

Pin-tathlon: Twenty Years Of Olympic Pin Trading In Atlanta

During the 1996 Olympics, Atlanta's Varsity drive-in was ground zero for Olympic pin trading. The restaurant's parking lot was open around the clock so...

August 02, 2016
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  • Sam Whitehead

What Hip Hop Teaches Us About The 1996 Summer Olympics

"Outkast and Goodie Mob are sincerely detailing what they hear the community discuss," said Georgia State University professor Maurice Hobson. He is the...

July 26, 2016
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  • Linda Chen

On Second Thought For Tuesday, July 19, 2016

It's been 20 years since Atlanta became an Olympic city. The city transformed after that moment. We spend the hour on how the 1996 Olympics changed...

July 20, 2016
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  • Celeste Headlee

Atlanta’s Olympic Legacy, 20 Years Later

Twenty years have passed since Atlanta became an Olympic city. We look back at the games and examine how the city transformed with former NPR...

July 19, 2016
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  • Celeste Headlee ,
  • Linda Chen ,
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Andrew Young On Bringing The '96 Olympics To Atlanta

The 2016 Rio Olympics will be kicking off next month, but this year also marks the 20th anniversary of the 1996 Atlanta games. And one of the biggest...

July 18, 2016
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  • Linda Chen
Angelo Taylor (center) leap over a hurdle in the Men's 400m Hurdles final of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium.

What Does It Take To Make It To The Olympics?

Preparations are underway for the Summer Olympic Games in Rio, and Atlanta is home to one of the best track and field teams in the world. The Georgia...

July 15, 2016
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  • Celeste Headlee and
  • Linda Chen
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