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...Minn. (AP) - A Minnesota lawmaker and former wrestler is going back to the mat, this time with the International Olympic Committee. Forest Lake Republican Rep. Bob Dettmer introduced a resolution in the House, calling on the committee...
...success stories from London truly spanned the globe."I think these games were absolutely fabulous," International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge said.The final numbers: 104 medals for the United States, 46 of them gold, their...
...that was ''flourishing'' even as the games grew into a billion-dollar empire. The panel urged the International Olympic Committee to run its games like a modern business -- instead of an unethical group that fostered a ''culture of...
...companies linked to La Mont. It said at least $3,000 of that money then went to the son of a member of the International Olympic Committee, which voted in 1995 to hold the 2002 Winter Games in Utah. The report also includes a letter from that...
...such spending said it was too lavish and noted the scandal over Salt Lake City boosters' improper gifts to International Olympic Committee members. ''Some of these federal expenditures may well be necessary, but there may also be a fair amount...
...said it was the worst organizational crisis faced by an Olympic city in his 20 years as president of the International Olympic Committee. Samaranch said he told the Greeks that organizing the Olympics involves three phases: green, where everything...
...complained about reported plans for a moment of silence at the closing ceremony to honor the Israeli victims. International Olympic Committee president Juan Antonio Samaranch mentioned the Munich tragedy at the close of the 1996 Games in Atlanta...
...has been scheduled for Aug. 1 in federal court. The bid executives were accused of using phony contracts and falsifying bid committee books to disguise $1 million in illicit payments to members of the International Olympic Committee.
...panel reviewed a combined blood-urine test for EPO that was developed by Australian and French teams. The International Olympic Committee said the panel agreed unanimously on implementing testing for the banned endurance-boosting hormone erythropoietin...
...in Sydney, Australia, present some special challenges. For one, they aren't invited. Although the International Olympic Committee has made arrangements with TV networks from Argentina to Taiwan and print media of all kinds, it did not...