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Russian Olympic champion Sagid Murtazaliyev announces he is returning his gold medal in protest at the IOC's recommendation to exclude wrestling from Olympic core sports
guardian.co.uk (2 months and 25 days ago)
A South Korean soccer player who displayed a political banner at the London Olympics will get his bronze medal back, the International Olympic Committee said.
nytimes.com (3 months and 9 days ago)
Olympic silver medallist Darya Pishchalnikova has been banned for 10 years for doping and will be stripped of her medal in discus, Russia's track and field federation said Wednesday.
cbc.ca (21 days ago)

An Olympic gold medal-winning sailor has died after his yacht capsized off the coast of California, his team said last night
standard.co.uk (13 days ago)

Could a change from alpine to ski cross result in an Olympic medal next year for British hopeful Ed Drake?
bbci.co.uk (21 days ago)

Knoxville’s own Davis Tarwater won the gold medal in the 800-meter free relay at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. It has been fun to watch his journey to success on the world’s biggest stage...
examiner.com (22 days ago)

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Soraya Jimenez, the weightlifter who a gold medal in 2000 in Sydney to become Mexico's first female Olympic champion, has died of a heart attack. She was 35. The Mexican Olympic Committee released a statement Thursday saying it was "in mourning" following Jimenez's death. After retiring from weightlifting because of various injuries, Jimenez became a...
huffingtonpost.com (1 month and 23 days ago)
A South Korea soccer player who displayed a political banner at the London Olympics will receive his bronze medal, an official familiar with the decision said Tuesday.
miamiherald.com (3 months and 9 days ago)
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) -- An official familiar with the decision says a South Korea soccer player who displayed a political banner after a match at the London Olympics will receive his bronze medal....
ap.org (3 months and 9 days ago)

The man who masterminded Jessica Ennis’s Olympic triumph, only to be sidelined by UK Athletics, has revealed that his first snub came on the day after her gold medal triumph — by text message.
dailymail.co.uk (2 months and 22 days ago)
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