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Race for 2018 Winter Olympics officially gets underway

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July 31 - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today officially launched the process to find a city to follow Sochi in 2014 and host the 2018 Winter Games.    

voted for the 2010 Games at its Session in Prague in 2003 and by four votes to Sochi at the Session in Guatemala


Sochi celebrate second anniversary of being awarded Olympics

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progress of development in the Black Sea resort to mark the two year anniversary since winning its bid in Guatemala

"When Sochi won in Guatemala, we were happy to find out that we’ll play at home at a brand new stadium



Polls do not matter in 2016 race claim IOC members

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  May 17 - Public opinion polls will not affect the race to host the 2016 Games, a number of prominent International Olympic Committee (IOC) members have claimed.

He was supported by IOC member Willi Kaltschmitt of Guatemala.  



COLUMN: Mike Rowbottom on the radical change an Olympic sport is about to experience

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  DECEMBER 5 - MODERN PENTATHLON should have been celebrating after receiving £6.4 million funding to help it prepare for London 2012 but, as MIKE ROWBOTTOM reports, the sport has its mind on other things

as chair of the sport's Athletes Committee, a position she was voted into at the same conference in Guatemala



Format of Modern Pentathlon changed for London 2012

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  THE format of the Modern Pentathlon is to be changed for London 2012 after the sport's governing body voted to combine the disciplines of shooting and running into one event.

The change, approved by the International Union of Modern Pentathlon (UIPM) at its congress in Guatemala


Format of Modern Pentathlon changed for London 2012

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  THE format of the Modern Pentathlon is to be changed for London 2012 after the sport's governing body voted to combine the disciplines of shooting and running into one event.

The change, approved by the International Union of Modern Pentathlon (UIPM) at its congress in Guatemala


IOC agree Sochi changes on transport plans

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 SOCHI'S changes to the transport infrastructure for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics proposed by Vladimir Putin have been agreed by the International Olympic Committee.

Sochi won the right to host the Olympics at an IOC session in Guatemala in July 2007 after a close race


Obama victory boosts Chicago's 2016 Olympic hopes

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  BARACK OBAMA'S (pictured) election as the United States first black President has given Chicago's bid to host the 2016 Olympics a massive boost, one of its rivals admitted today.

taken at its Session in Singapore in 2005 while Putin played a high-profile role when he travelled to Guatemala


Crowded field for 2010 race

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  ELEVEN cities have applied to host the first Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2010, an important new event in the build-up to London 2012, the international Olympic Committee (IOC) announced today.

cities are Algiers, Algeria; Athens, Greece; Bangkok, Thailand; Belgrade, Serbia; Debrecen, Hungary; Guatemala

the brainchild of IOC president Jacques Rogge, were endorsed by the IOC at its general assembly in Guatemala


Logo given IOC debut

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2012 logo made its debut today before the full International Olympic Committee in a presentation in Guatemala


Brown pledges support for 2012

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  GORDON BROWN (pictured) has today reaffirmed his backing for the London Olympics, promising "total support" from his Government

The letter, to be read out at an IOC session in Guatemala, reiterates Brown's hopes the 2012 event will


Sharapova sets her sights on London 2012

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  MARIA SHARAPOVA (pictured) has set her sights on going for an Olympic gold medal at Wimbledon.

But if Sochi beats Austria’s Salzburg and South Korea’s Pyeong Chang in the IOC vote, to be held in Guatemala