| Winter Olympics: one in 10 athletes injured - study |
At least 10 percent of athletes at the 2010 Winter Olympics sustained an injury and another seven percent fell ill, researchers reported in the British Journal of Sports Medicine on Tuesday. |
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| Snowboardcross leads Vancouver Olympics injury list |
LONDON (AP) -- Snowboardcross was the most hazardous sport at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, with nearly 75 percent of female athletes sustaining injuries during the rough-and-tumble races. |
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| Munich's Winter Olympics bid chief resigns due to illness |
The man leading Munich's campaign to host the 2018 Winter Olympics has stepped down, citing illness. Willy Bogner, a former Olympic skier, will be replaced by his deputy, Bernhard Schwank. |
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| Special Olympics Malaysia reaches greater heights |
IPOH : Today, the Special Olympics Malaysia (SOM) has progressed to another level as it has been given a quota to send 32 special athletes to compete at the 2011 Athens Special Olympics World Summer Games in Greece. |
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| Olympics-Witt to help Munich bid as chief steps down |
* Bogner resigns as head of Munich 2018 bid |
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| Olympics-Munich bid chief Bogner steps down for health reasons |
Munich 2018 Winter Olympic bid chief Willy Bogner has resigned due to illness, bid officials said on Monday. |
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| Snowboardcross had highest percentage of injuries at Vancouver Olympics; study |
Snowboardcross was the most hazardous sport at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, with nearly 75 per cent of female athletes sustaining injuries during the rough-and-tumble races, according to a medical study. |
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| Olympics: Sochi contractor's CEO fired for alleged corruption |
MOSCOW: The chief of a top contractor building infrastructure for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in the Russian city of Sochi has been fired in a corruption scandal, its holding company announced on Monday. |
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| Hillbilly Olympics |
Moving a tractor tire, carrying feed, racing a wheel barrel and rolling a hay bale seemed like another day at the office for 17-year-old Sarah Simers, of Lowell, who competed Sunday in the so-called "Hillbilly Olympics" at the Washington County Fair. |
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