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Alpine skiing-Italy's Brignone still not sure she will be fit for Olympics
03 Jun 2025 12:23 GMT
… months after she suffered serious injuries.
The 34-year-old, one … in the medical centre in Turin on Tuesday.
"It is … operation, Federica had a major injury but the ACL is fine … sports federation.
The 2026 Winter Olympics, co-hosted by Milan and …
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First World Fair Play Day: Honouring the spirit of sportsmanship at the Olympic Games
19 May 2025 17:16 GMT
… victory and defeat.
Throughout Olympic history, athletes have … s 5,000m. Despite injuries, the two supported each … TURIN 2026 – NORWEGIAN CROSS-COUNTRY COACH BJØRNAR HÅKENSMOEN EXEMPLIFIES THE OLYMPIC … out at the Olympic Winter Games Turin 2006, when he …
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Australia's winter athletes try Olympics on for size
01 May 2025 05:42 GMT
… track for its biggest Winter Olympics medal yield in Italy next … well as Anthony defending her Olympic crown, the leading lights include … Turin.
She said it was a tough task to defend an Olympic … to recover fully from the injury, the 26-year-old was …
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B.C.'s gold-winning skier hopes more local athletes join Special Olympics
11 Apr 2025 19:41 GMT
… Parkin took the podium in Turin, Italy, for a gold … collectively boarding a plane for Turin. Only a few in the … months before Italy.
Overcoming brain injury ahead of a sport event … barbecue for Yorke and Special Olympics Revelstoke fundraiser from noon to …
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The Lowdown: Parallels of courage and the Special Olympics
27 Mar 2025 21:20 GMT
… the Winter Games in Turin, Italy.
Special Olympics North Carolina (SONC) … Registered athletes participate in Special Olympics free of charge. They … , he discussed the Special Olympic Athletes’ Oath which participants … , and the risk of injury or death. I have …
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Vancouver Olympics 2010: Skier Petra Majdic Defines Suffering
19 Mar 2025 21:06 GMT
… do Olympic athletes train and even compete through devastating injuries?
What … she would make the Torino, Italy Olympics finishing 6th, 11th … after ... [+] she was injured while winning the bronze medal … , Canada. Despite the injury Majdic won the bronze …
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Special Olympics Jamaica claims historic medal haul at Turin Winter Games
17 Mar 2025 17:59 GMT
… Winter Games in Turin, Italy.
THE Special Olympics Jamaica (SOJ) … World Winter Games in Turin, Italy.
The SOJ contingent … head of delegation to Turin, gave special tribute to … traumatic brain injury and cerebral palsy.
Special Olympics Jamaica Assistant Head …
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Vonn, Shiffrin and much more: The storylines to watch one year out from the Olympics
06 Feb 2025 16:16 GMT
… Games 20 years ago in Torino -- and others who … puncture wound and severe abdominal injury. Paul Brechu/Agence … the worst, and most unusual, injuries of her career in November … has grown exponentially since the Olympic announcement," Sarah Cookler, …
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How Winnipeg's Cindy Klassen became an Olympic legend 19 years ago in Italy
06 Feb 2025 10:27 GMT
… place during the 2006 Olympic Games in Torino, Italy, Klassen had … into [Torino], and then we saw that throughout the Olympics." … athlete of the year.
Injuries plagued Klassen's … to that quintessential Olympic moment, the little Olympic flame that …
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Dick Button, Olympic skating champion and TV analyst, dies at 95
31 Jan 2025 21:58 GMT
… World of Sports” and its Olympic coverage.
Glib, opinionated and … the 2006 Winter Games in Turin, Italy, where he charmed … a spokesman for the Brain Injury Association of America.
His … , who trained athletes including Olympic bronze medalist Janet Lynn, …