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WTA player’s stolen Olympic medals returned in ‘unexpected’ fashion

Tennishead 04 Nov 2021
WTA doubles top 50 player Elena Vesnina has revealed through an Instagram post that her two Olympic medals have been returned ... The medals were returned to Vesnina when a courier delivered a bouquet of flowers and a box of chocolates which had both Olympic medals and the Olympic Champion’s ring enclosed.
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Arundhati seeks trial against Olympic bronze medallist Borgohain ahead of world championships

Hindustan Times 04 Nov 2021
Borgohain, who skipped the Senior National Championships last month, has been given a direct entry into the World Championships by the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) on account of her bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics (69kg) ...Mary Kom has given trials even though she is a great boxer and has maximum medals from Olympic and world championships.
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Tokyo 2020 gold medallists to compete at inaugural ISSF President's Cup

Inside The Games 04 Nov 2021
Shaner is ranked number one in the men's 10-metres rifle tournament after setting a new Olympic record in Japan with 251.6 ... His medal was Iran's first in shooting at the Olympics.Javad Foroughi became Iran's oldest Olympic medallist at Tokyo 2020 aged 41 ©Getty Images.
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German sledders expect strong challenge from China

China Daily 04 Nov 2021
Germany's bobsleigh and skeleton squads say they count China among their medal rivals at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. "We have to include Chinese athletes among the medal contenders at the Olympics ... Baude and his team this week returned from test runs at the new Olympic track in Yanqing, a northern suburb of Beijing.
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Have been lucky to get exposure with senior team, says Salima Tete

Beijing News 04 Nov 2021
Only 19-years-old, Salima was one of the youngest members of the Indian Women's Team that came up with a historic performance at the Tokyo Olympics 2020 where they narrowly lost the bronze medal to Great Britain.
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LeMoyne-Owens Adds Olympian as New Track Head Coach

The Tennessee Tribune 04 Nov 2021
Rochelle Stevens – a silver medal winner in track and field at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, and a gold medal winner in the same event at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta – is LeMoyne-Owen College’s new head men and women track and field coach ... Stevens’ mother and Olympic coach, Apostle Beatrice H.
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‘Venus is still my hero’ declares Serena Williams on admiration for sister

Tennishead 04 Nov 2021
Serena Williams has showered praise on her multi-Slam champion sister, particularly on how inspirational Venus has been to her ... Moreover, they have five Olympic gold medals, three doubles golds as a team and one singles gold each ... WTA player’s stolen Olympic medals returned in ‘unexpected’ fashion ... .
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Horse riding to be dropped from modern pentathlon: report

Korea Times 04 Nov 2021
Modern pentathlon has been an Olympic event since 1912 and features five events ... Silver medalist, Ahmed Elgendy of Egypt, left, gold medalist Joseph Choong of Britain, center, and Bronze medalist Jun Woong-tae of Korea celebrate on the podium during the medal ceremony for the men's modern pentathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, Aug.
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An Aspen guide to the 2021-22 Winter Olympic season

Aspen Times 04 Nov 2021
And this season is particularly special as the four-year Olympic cycle hits its crescendo with the 2022 Winter Games coming up from Feb ... So, can he get back to the Olympics in 2022 and go for another medal? Without a doubt, but the competition for those coveted U.S ... Hailey Swirbul heads to her first Olympics ... nationals.About those Olympic qualifiers.
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Top British sprinters told to cease contact with coach after multiple sexual misconduct allegations

Yahoo Daily News 04 Nov 2021
However, the British sprint pair, who have multiple Olympic and world medals between them, have been told to immediately leave Reider’s group or face having their funding suspended ... The US Center for SafeSport is an independent organisation that handles all allegations of abuse within Olympic and Paralympic sports in the United States.
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Leading US athletics coach Rana Reider to be investigated following sexual abuse allegations

Inside The Games 04 Nov 2021
... misconduct in Olympic sports, set to open its investigation, per The Guardian. Reider, 51, is a world-leading trainer, including coaching Canada's Andre de Grasse to the 200 metres gold medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics this summer ... Reider joined UKA after the London 2012 Olympics.
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Women’s Footballer of the Year contender Vivianne Miedema

BBC News 04 Nov 2021
"On a personal note, my Olympics were quite successful but as a team it wasn't ... "To be honest, it was a little bit disappointing because I didn't even get a wee medal or cup or anything from it. Like I said, I felt really good at the Olympics, everything I touched went in.
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Olympic medalist and Charlestonian Raven Saunders is grand marshal of Emancipation Parade

The Post and Courier 04 Nov 2021
Olympic Silver medalist and Charleston native Raven Saunders will lead Charleston's annual Jan. 1 Emancipation Parade, city of Charleston officials announced Nov. 4. A Burke High School graduate, Saunders made a name for herself after securing a silver medal in the women's shotput at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics ... It began in 1866. "I am a history nut ... on Jan.
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Want to use my Tokyo Olympics experience in Junior World Cup: Salima Tete

The Times of India 04 Nov 2021
Young midfielder Salima Tete wants to utilise her Tokyo Olympics experience when ... With just a month to go for the quadrennial event, Salima, who also led the Indian U-18 team to a silver medal at the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires in 2018, believes they are shaping up well.
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Tolentino thanks Saso for donning PH colors

Manila Standard Today 04 Nov 2021
Philippine Olympic Committee president Rep ... Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino with Yuka Saso ... Saso won individual and team gold medals at the Jakarta 2018 Asian Games and represented the Philippines at the Tokyo Olympics along with Bianca Pagdanganan and Juvic Pagunsan. .
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