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UK Athletics want to prevent transgender women from competing in women's categories
UK Athletics want the women's category to be reserved for those who were designated female at birth to ensure fair competition while transgender athletes can compete in an "open" category alongside the men, the governing body said on Friday.
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Baltic PMs: Olympic boycott possible if Russians compete
The prime ministers of the three Baltic countries urged the International Olympic Committee to ban Russian athletes from next year's Paris Games because of the war in Ukraine, saying Friday a boycott was a possibility.
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Olympic flame to take seaborne journey to 2024 Paris Games
The Olympic flame is going for a sail. Instead of arriving overland, the symbolic flame alighting the 2024 Paris Games will take to the seas from its birthplace in Greece, arriving aboard a three-masted tall ship in the French port of Marseille.
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IOC details Russia stance for Olympics, cites human rights
The IOC stepped up efforts Thursday to explain its position on trying to help Russian athletes qualify for next year's Paris Olympics amid a backlash from Ukraine and its allies.
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US Figure Skating blasts delay in awarding of Beijing medals
U.S. Figure Skating is expressing frustration that Beijing medals have been withheld during a probe of Russian skaters.
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Lucas Braathen has appendix surgery, could miss ski worlds
World Cup slalom standings leader Lucas Braathen said he is out of the hospital after undergoing surgery for appendicitis ahead of the world championships.
