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The Olympic rings are set up on Trocadero plaza that overlooks the Eiffel Tower, a day after the official announcement that the 2024 Summer Olympic Games will be in the French capital, in Paris, France, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017. (AP Photo//Michel Euler)
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Richard McLaren accused Russia of running a state-sponsored doping programme from 2011, as he presented his report at a press conference in London, on December 9, 2016 (AFP Photo/Adrian Dennis)
Report Accuses Russia of ‘Institutionalized’ Doping
A report by Canadian lawyer Richard McLaren has revealed that Russia’s sports ministry is directly involved in the ‘institutionalized doping’ that took place between 2011 and 2015; a scandal that includes more than 1000 athletes and about 30 sports including football....Caption:
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. Reuters/Ricardo Moraes
As Olympic Viewership Falls, NBC Thinks of the Bigger Picture
In the weeks before the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, NBC officials believed that the prime-time audience for its 17-day event would match or exceed that of the London Games four years earlier. With stars like Michael Phelps, Katie Ledecky and Usain Bolt...Caption:
2016 Rio Olympics – Athletics – Semifinal – Men’s 110m Hurdles Semifinals – Olympic Stadium – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – 16/08/2016. Omar McLeod (JAM) of Jamaica competes. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
Olympics-Athletics-Clement Wins 400m Hurdles, Culson Left Sobbing
Kerron Clement of the United States dipped on the line to win the men’s Olympic 400 meters hurdles on Thursday after one of his leading rivals, Puerto Rico’s Javier Culson, was disqualified for a false start. Reuters wrote that the long-striding Clement...Caption:
Yusra Mardini and fellow Syrian swimmer Rami Anis pose for the camera after arriving in Rio to compete for the Refugee Olympic Team ©Getty Images