LONDON-The 2012 Olympics is expected to change the lives and the living standards of East London. Officials expect that by 20 years East London will be as affluent as some parts of West London due to the redevelopment brought about by the Olympics.
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It was the first national Special Olympics showing for Patrick Knollman and he made the most of it. The Carmel resident, 20, captured four goal medals in powerlifting in the USA National Special Olympics USA National Games at Lincoln, Neb., last week
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By: Andrew Otovic With the recent death of Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili, the fourth ever competitor dying at the winter Olympics, the question should be raised: Are the Winter Games becoming too dangerous?…
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Nanaimos Special Olympics B.C. athletes earned a gleaming medal haul at nationals this summer. The citys five representatives recently returned home from London, Ont. with 18 medals.
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Wayne County Special Olympics spent July helping out its youngest athletes. The Young Athletes program, designed for children ages 2-7, met every Wednesday this month at Noah’s Ark Day Care Center in Richmond.
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The 2010 Senior Olympics Summer Games are open to all New Mexico residents age 50 and older who qualified at local sanctioned games this past spring.
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East London celebrated two years until the start of the 2012 Olympics yesterday, with a number of public events at the Olympic Park.
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Members of the Special Olympics Malta bowling team yesterday got an unexpected surprise when Winter Moods frontman Ivan Grech, who is also the local ambassador for Special Olympics Malta, paid them a visit during their training session. A number of athletes who are part of Malta Special Olympics team will now be attending the Winter [...]
Africa is unlikely to host the Olympics for at least 20 years despite the success of the soccer World Cup in South Africa which gave rise to hopes the continent might bid to host the Games soon, an IOC official told Reuters.
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West Ham vice-chairman Karren Brady expects club to be given first option of taking over Stadium after the London Olympics.
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PHOENIX – The group of Arizona Special Olympic athletes spent the week competing in Lincoln, Nebraska for the National Special Olympics games. The 31 Arizona athletes brought home 8 gold medals, 13 silver medals and 7 bronze medals. Over 3,000 athletes across the nation competed.
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A Team Captains Kickoff Banquet for Special Olympics athletes of Bowling Green/Warren County will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at Cambridge Market & Cafe, 830 Fairview Ave.
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Support for hosting the 2012 Olympics has risen among people in the capital, a BBC poll shows.
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Tuesday marks two years to go until the London 2012 Olympics, the start of what organizing committee chief Sebastian Coe calls “the killing zone” — the final stretch of an 800-meter race where you can see the finish line but still have to work to get there.
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LONDON – LONDON Olympics organisers are so far ahead of schedule that Britain should call a ‘snap Olympics’ in 2011 to take the world by surprise and increase its medals tally, London mayor Boris Johnson joked on Tuesday. With two years to go before the Games are due to open in the British capital, the mayor boasted that London 2012 organisers would be ready to host the games a year ahead of …
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LONDON With Tuesday marking the two-year countdown to the London Olympics, organizers are determined to prove the multibillion-dollar project offers good value for money at a time of economic austerity.
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LONDON : Britain could cut funding for half its sports at the London 2012 Olympics if the government orders another budget tightening, an official warned Tuesday, two years before the starting gun is fired.
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Believe it or not, another Olympics is approaching. . . . OK, two summers from now seems like a long time, but today marks exactly two years until the 2012 London Olympics.
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