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- Women's Judo Pioneer Rena 'Rusty' Kanokogi Dies
- DENVER -- Rena "Rusty" Kanokogi, known as the "Mother of Judo" partly for her role in bringing women's judo to the Olympic Games, has died. She was 74. Her daughter, Jean Kanokogi, said she died Saturday at Lutheran Medical Center in…
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- Gloria Steinem
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- Chicago Tribune
- Women's judo pioneer Rena "Rusty" Kanokogi dies
- Rena "Rusty" Kanokogi, known as the "Mother of Judo" partly for her role in bringing women's judo to the Olympic Games, has died. She was 74. Her daughter, Jean Kanokogi, said she died Saturday at Lutheran Medical Center in New York…
- San Francisco Chronicle
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- 15 hours ago
- Female ski jumpers hear reasons for case dismissal
- The British Columbia Appeal Court provided written reasons ... excluding the women's event was discriminatory, VANOC could not be held accountable because the decision rested solely with the International Olympic Committee. "It is a case in…
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Boston Globe- Equestrian body approves new anti-doping program
- ... six horses tested positive for banned drugs at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. She has led a modernizing campaign since being elected president in 2006, after three gold medals were taken from riders involved in doping at the 2004 Athens…
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- 11/19/2009
- Tony Benshoof's back ailing again
- Olympic luge slider Tony Benshoof's back is aching again, just as the international racing season is set to begin. Benshoof, who was fourth in the 2006 Turin Games, wrote on his Twitter feed that he will have his back examined Friday - just…
- KTVZ.com
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- 11/20/2009
- Ramzi stripped of Olympic 1,500-meter gold
- Ramzi was one of five athletes from the 2008 Beijing Games who tested positive in April for CERA, an advanced version of the blood-booster EPO, in new tests using retroactive ... On Tuesday, Italian cyclist Davide Rebellin was stripped of…
- Newser
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- 11/17/2009
- The first Youth Olympic Games mascots unveiled for Singapore…
- The Singapore 2010 Organising Committee unveiled the first Youth Olympic Games mascots on Saturday 21 November 2009: Lyo (pronounced Leo) and Merly. Lyo is short for “Lion of the Youth Olympics”. A sports lover, he is fun-loving and hopes…
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- 5 hours ago
International Olympic Committee- Panasonic to Launch Marketing Campaign for Vancouver 2010…
- Panasonic Corporation, the Official Worldwide Olympic Partner in the Audio and Visual Equipment category for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, announced it will bring its Full HD 3D Plasma Home Theater System* to the City of…
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- 11/21/2009
- Panasonic to Launch Multi-faceted Marketing Campaign…
- TOKYO, JAPAN, Panasonic Corporation, the Official Worldwide Olympic Partner in the Audio and Visual Equipment category for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, announced plans for a multi-faceted marketing campaign that will focus on…
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- 11/20/2009
- Panasonic to Deliver Full Lineup of HD Equipment to Vancouver…
- TOKYO, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Panasonic Corporation, the Official Worldwide Olympic Partner in the Audio and Visual Equipment category for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, announced it is providing a full lineup of High-Definition…
- Earthtimes
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- 11/19/2009