Japan Olympic Team

Japan Olympic Team

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  Murofushi loses appeal at CAS in IOC election case

  Former Olympic champion Koji Murofushi lost his appeal Wednesday against disqualification from an election to become an IOC member representing ... 

• Wrestling wants 2 new women's weight classes

  Wrestling's international governing body is poised to add two weight classes for women in its push to remain in the Olympics, The Associated Press has ... 

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  Japan's PM would applaud Istanbul 2020 win

  Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Friday he would be "the first to applaud" if Istanbul is chosen to host the 2020 Olympics. Tokyo and Madrid ... 

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  Tokyo governor apologizes for remarks on Istanbul

  Tokyo Governor Naoki Inose offered a "sincere apology" Tuesday for criticizing rival candidate Istanbul in violation of IOC rules on the bidding for ... 

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  International officials react to Boston attacks

  International reaction to the bombings at the Boston Marathon: ___ "My thoughts and those of all the Olympic Movement are with the victims, their ... 

• Murofushi challenges IOC election bar at CAS

  Former Olympic champion Koji Murofushi left sport's highest court on Thursday after a two-day hearing to challenge his disqualification at the London ... 

• CAS upholds disqualification in IOC athletes' vote

  A Taiwanese taekwondo fighter lost his appeal Friday against the IOC decision to bar him from election to its athletes' commission for breaking ... 

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  AP Interview: Wrestling plans election in Turkey

  Fighting to retain wrestling's Olympic status, the sport's governing body plans to meet in Turkey within weeks to elect a president and press for ... 

• Istanbul wants wrestling if it wins Olympic bid

  The head of Istanbul's bid for the 2020 Olympics hopes a winning vote coincides with wrestling being reinstated to the program by the IOC. 

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  Newspapers around the world run with Pistorius

  Photographs of Oscar Pistorius, some with a gray hood covering his head and others with him running in the Olympic Stadium in London, were splashed ... 

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  South Korean footballer to get Olympic medal

  A South Korean footballer who inflamed tensions with Japan by displaying a political banner after the third-place match at the London Olympics will ... 

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  Wrestling body reacts to Olympic rejection

  Wrestling officials called Tuesday's decision to drop the sport from the Olympic program an "aberration" against a founding event. Known by its French ... 

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  3 bid cities submit 2020 Olympic files to IOC

  Exactly eight months before the vote, the race for the 2020 Summer Games moved into a crucial phase Monday when the three candidate cities submitted ... 

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  Lochte sets world record at short-course worlds

  Ryan Lochte broke his own world record in the 200-meter individual medley on Friday at the short-course world championships in Istanbul, and he ... 

• Grand Prix Final tests Olympic ice arena

  No matter how they do in the competition, competitors at the Grand Prix Final appear sure to go home pleased with the arena where figure skating will ... 

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  IOC probes SKorea footballer for political banner

  The IOC says it has opened a disciplinary case against a South Korea footballer who displayed a political banner after his team beat Japan in the ... 

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  Chan, Wagner among Grand Prix finalists

  Two-time world champion Patrick Chan of Canada and U.S. national champion Ashley Wagner are among the skaters who have qualified for the Grand Prix ...