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IOC Summit Upholds IAAF Ban for Russian Athletics Team

Edit Chosun Ilbo 22 Jun 2016
An International Olympic Committee special summit in Lausanne Tuesday upheld the ban on the Russian athletics federation, but kept the option open for some Russian track and field athletes to compete at the Rio Olympics as members of Russia's Olympic Committee ... Bach emphasized with regard to Russia competing in Rio that all its athletes going there are part of the Russian Olympic Committee ... And at the next Olympic summit on Oct....

Olympics | Some Russians might be allowed to compete

Edit The Columbus Dispatch 22 Jun 2016
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Some Russian track and field athletes could be competing under their own flag at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics after all. Leaders of the International Olympic Committee and track's ... And the Russian Olympic Committee is not suspended."....

Rio Olympics Jaguar ‘Mascot’ Shot And Killed During Escape Attempt

Edit Inquisitr 22 Jun 2016
A Rio Olympics jaguar “mascot” was shot and killed as she tried escaping from her handlers. The incident occurred after an Olympic torch relay ceremony that the animal was involved in ... Rio Olympics — ‘Mascot’ Jaguar Shot Dead After Torch Ceremony https.//t.co/dGkbYLZEzf ... When the Olympics jaguar approached a soldier, he shot her....

Will Russia Be Banned From The Rio Olympics? Entire Country Could Face Ban After Doping ...

Edit Inquisitr 22 Jun 2016
Russia could be banned from the Rio Olympics entirely as doping allegations against the country from the Sochi 2014 games may lead to an unprecedented nationwide ban from competing in the summer games. The World Anti-Doping Agency is currently investigating allegations that Russia conducted state-sponsored doping of its Winter Olympic athletes....
photo: ABr / Roosewelt Pinheiro
The mayor of Rio, Eduardo Paes, the announcement ceremony of the water supply and sewage projects that will receive PAC sanitation investments.

Rio Olympics: Mayor Eduardo Paes apologises for mugging of Liesl Tesch and Sarah Ross in Rio

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 22 Jun 2016
Fronting the media to present an account of the city's Olympic budget on Tuesday, Mr Paes said the security incident which reverberated around the world was "unacceptable" ... It was the second robbery involving Olympic sailors ... He said that Rio, with its endemic violence, extreme inequality and woeful public services, mustn't be compared with former Olympic host cities in developed nations....

Athletes might get Russian flag at Olympics

Edit San Francisco Chronicle 22 Jun 2016
Leaders of the International Olympic Committee and track’s world governing body in Lausanne, Switzerland, appeared split Tuesday over the terms of participation of any Russian athletes cleared to compete at the Aug ... While upholding last week’s IAAF decision to ban Russia’s track team for systematic doping, Olympic leaders did not accept the federation’s position on a key issue....

Doug Robinson: Rio Games seemed like a good idea at the time

Edit Deseret News 22 Jun 2016
Seven years ago, after awarding the 2016 Olympic Games to Rio de Janeiro, IOC President Jacques Rogge declared, “There was absolutely no flaw in the bid.” ... The Brazilian economy was booming when Rio won the Olympic bid ... With some cruel irony, Anna Paula Cotta, who tried out for Brazil’s Olympic shooting team, was shot and killed during a robbery attempt....

Europe's robots to become 'electronic persons' under draft plan

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 22 Jun 2016
​Munich.   Europe's growing army of robot workers could be classed as "electronic ... "We think it would be very bureaucratic and would stunt the development of robotics," he told reporters at the Automatica robotics trade fair in Munich, while acknowledging that a legal framework for self-driving cars would be needed soon....

Wirecard and Verifone Partner to Bring Complementary Payment Services and Solutions to Fast-Growing Indonesian Market

Edit Stockhouse 22 Jun 2016
PR Newswire. MUNICH and JAKARTA, Indonesia, June 22, 2016 ....

Olympic Gold Canoeist Recovers 1992 Medal After It Is Found In Trash

Edit Inquisitr 22 Jun 2016
Joe Jacobi was part of a two-man American team that made history at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympic Games by winning the gold medal in the whitewater slalom canoe competition ... Olympic Whitewater Slalom Canoe/Kayak Team Trials on April 3, 2004 in Indiana ... Smith admitted that he was so surprised and it took him about 20 minutes before he realized that his daughter had found a missing Olympic medal, CBS46 reported....

NBA’s Dwyane Wade, UFC’s Conor McGregor, NFL’s Vince Wilfork Strip for ESPN Body Issue

Edit The Wrap 22 Jun 2016
Also stripping off for ESPN the Magazine’s flagship issue are Houston Texans nose tackle Vince Wilfork, Olympic boxer Claressa Shields, U.S. women’s national soccer team forward Christen Press and Olympic gold medalist diver Greg Louganis ... Nathan Adrian, Olympics/swimming ... Emma Coburn, Olympics/steeplechase ... Adeline Gray, Olympics/wrestling. Greg Louganis, Olympics/diving ... Nzingha Prescod, Olympics/fencing....

Amazon Jaguar Shot Dead after Olympic Torch Ceremony

Edit Voa News 22 Jun 2016
A jaguar featured at an Olympic torch ceremony was shot dead by a soldier shortly after the event in the Brazilian Amazon city of Manaus as the animal escaped from its handlers, an army statement said ... "We made a mistake in permitting the Olympic torch, a symbol of peace and unity, to be exhibited alongside a chained wild animal....

Escaped Jaguar Shot Dead After Olympic Torch Ceremony in Brazil

Edit Newsweek 22 Jun 2016
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - A jaguar featured at an Olympic torch ceremony was shot dead by a soldier shortly after the event in the Brazilian Amazon city of Manaus as the animal escaped from its handlers, an army statement said. The jaguar was killed on Monday at a zoo attached to a military training center where the Olympic torch ceremony was held ... Many questioned why the animal was involved in the Olympic event....
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