All posts tagged "olympics"
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7.1KSportsMeet the Japanese Teen Who Runs Faster Than Usain Bolt
Like a bolt from the blue, Abdul Hakim Sani Brown has zoomed his way across the finish line and into history books,...
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1.2KSportseSports Could Be Coming to the 2024 Olympics
Video games and eSports may have a chance of being part of the 2024 Olympics. It seems like the gap between eSports,...
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1.8KAsiaJapan is Going to Have the Best Parade For the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympics Organizing Committee chairman Yoshiro Mori favors anime pop culture over traditional Japanese culture when it comes to the 2020 Summer Olympics’...
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4.5KAsiaMongolia’s New President Is a Badass Judo Expert and Olympic Gold-Winning Coach
Maybe Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has a chance at the Oval Office after all. On July 7th, Mongolians elected their new president,...
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553EntertainmentOlympian Kristi Yamaguchi Tells Nancy Kerrigan to ‘Break a Leg’, Breaks the Internet
It is quite normal for well-wishers to say “Break a leg” as an ironic way to wish a performer “good luck”. ...
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553AsiaJapan’s Women’s Judo Team is So Badass They Got a Sexist Rule Reversed
The All Japan Judo Federation has announced that it will be abolishing the use of the white-striped black belt for female fighters and...
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7.6KAsiaJapan Chooses The Most Badass Ambassadors of All Time For the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
A ninja, a pirate, a robot, and an extraterrestrial super-warrior lead the star-studded team of brand ambassadors for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics....
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3.4KAsiaChina’s Most Decorated Olympian Sadly Announces Her Retirement
After winning five gold medals in four Olympic games, Chinese diver Wu Minxia announced her retirement during a CCTV live stream on Thursday....
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3.9KAsiaFirst Asian-American Male Olympic Gold Medalist Dies at 96
Diver Sammy Lee, the first Asian-American man to win a gold medal in the Olympics, died from pneumonia at the age of...
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3.8KAsiaMeet The First Filipino-American Woman to Win Two Olympic Gold Medals
The first American woman to ever win two gold Olympic medals in springboard and platform diving was also the first woman of...