News tagged with olympics
Oscar Pistorius' artificial limbs give him clear, major advantage for sprint running
Nov 17, 2009 |
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The artificial lower limbs of double-amputee Olympic hopeful Oscar Pistorius give him a clear and major advantage over his competition, taking 10 seconds or more off what his 400-meter race time would be if ...
JFK's sister Eunice Kennedy Shriver dies at 88
Aug 11, 2009 |
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(AP) -- President John F. Kennedy's sister Eunice Kennedy Shriver, who carried on the family's public service tradition by founding the Special Olympics and championing the rights of the mentally disabled, ...
Oscar Pistorius: Previously confidential study results released on amputee sprinter
Jun 29, 2009 |
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A team of experts in biomechanics and physiology that conducted experiments on Oscar Pistorius, the South African bilateral amputee track athlete, have just published their findings in the Journal of Applied Ph ...
Athletes, spectators faced unprecedented air pollution at 2008 Olympic Games
Jun 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Particulate air pollution during the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing constantly exceeded levels considered excessive by the World Health Organization, was far worse than other recent Olympic ...
London bids to be world's greenest by 2012: mayor
May 18, 2009 |
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Mayor Boris Johnson outlined plans to make London "the cleanest, greenest city on earth" by the 2012 Olympics and called for commitments from other world cities at a climate change conference.
Facebook helps find missing Nepalese skier in Paris
May 11, 2009 |
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A teenage skier from the Nepalese national team who went missing while training in the Alps has been found wandering the streets of Paris thanks to a Facebook campaign, his team said Monday.
