thejapantimes, to surfing
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Two months before the surfing events of the Paris Olympics take place in France, the world's best waveriders are getting an early taste this week of the majestic waves of Teahupo'o in Tahiti. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2024/05/24/tahiti-surfing-paris-teahupo/

thejapantimes, to random
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At age 40, Japanese competitive break dancer Ayumi Fukushima has been busting moves for longer than some of her rivals have been alive. Now she's in pole position for a place at the Olympics. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2024/05/22/ayumi-fukushima-olympics-breakdancing/

thejapantimes, to random
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The Paris Games will be an opportunity for the various systems for Paralympic athletes, developed during the Tokyo Games, to finally bloom, says the chairman of the Japanese Paralympic Committee. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2024/05/22/paris-paralympics-tokyo-legacy/

thejapantimes, to random
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Wars and conflicts should not influence participation in the Paralympics, and Israel should not be sanctioned, Andrew Parsons, the head of the International Paralympic Committee, has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2024/05/21/paralympics-israel-sanctions-peace/

thejapantimes, to gymnastics
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Tokyo Olympics medalist Kazuma Kaya says Japan will field its strongest men's gymnastics squad yet at the Paris 2024 Games. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2024/05/21/team-japan-gymnastics-paris-olympics/

Vittoria, to random
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Monday May 20 marks 100 days to go until the start of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, where 4,400 athletes from all over the world will be taking part. It also marks the start of a new advertising campaign released by the Olympic committee in a bid to to boost slow sales. Vedika Bahl reports.


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literalgrill, to boardgames
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The thrift store blessed me with this SEALED glory that pushes so many of my nerdy buttons. I can't wait to play it!

SocraticEthics, to Ukraine
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ManyRoads, to Bulgaria
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thejapantimes, to iran
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Kimia Alizadeh made history by becoming the first Iranian woman to win an Olympic medal back in 2016, and despite since defecting, the taekwondo athlete is now aiming for gold with Bulgaria this year in Paris. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2024/05/17/kimia-alizadeh-flee-iran-gold-target/

thejapantimes, to China
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Two months before the Paris Olympics, the global agency tasked with policing doping in sports is facing a growing crisis as it fends off allegations it helped cover up the positive tests of elite Chinese swimmers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2024/05/16/wada-trust-issues-olympics/

thejapantimes, to Judo
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Japan's brother-and-sister Olympic judo champions Hifumi and Uta Abe say they are spurring each other on in their bid to defend their titles at this year's Paris Games. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2024/05/15/judo-abe-uta-hifumi-gold/

TimAshAsh, to Vivaldi
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Athletics and Other Games, or You Are What You Wear.

Irish National Opera's staging of Vivaldi's L'Olimpiade transfers to London's Linbury ahead of this summer's games,. Some beautiful music, gloriously sung.

My review for the Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/may/14/lolimpiade-review-vivaldi-irish-national-opera-linbury-theatre

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Free_Press, to news
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2024 SUMMER OLYMPICS

The daughter of a Ukrainian cyborg, athlete Maria Vysochanskaya carried the Olympic flame on the first day of the relay in Marseille, France

Thus began the torch's 11-week journey across France on the eve of the opening ceremony of the XXXIII Summer Olympic Games.

Next to Vysochanskaya were the other 27 athletes representing each of the European Union countries.

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thejapantimes, to random
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The Olympic flame landed on French soil amid tight security on Wednesday, firing the starting gun on a summer extravaganza of sport in France. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2024/05/09/olympic-flame-arrives-in-france/

Vittoria, to France
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As the Olympic torch lands in Marseille, we ask whether Paris and its suburbs will benefit from the Olympics investments in infrastructure and be able to overcome the 'white elephant' syndrome. Mark Owen speaks to Sylvain Bersinger, chief economist of Asterès, a consulting group that gives advice to businesses in the public sector.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgKhqf7zpz4

thejapantimes, to Marathon
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Three months before the Olympic marathon on Aug. 10 in Paris — where he hopes to make history with a third gold medal — Eliud Kipchoge is training in Kenya's Rift Valley. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2024/05/08/kipchoge-third-gold/

thejapantimes, to uk
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Tom Daley is set to become the first British diver to compete at five Summer Olympics, after being named in the team for the Paris Games, British media has reported. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2024/05/07/daley-diver-fifth-olympics/ #olympics #tomdaley #uk #2024parisolympics #diving

thejapantimes, to random
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Skateboarding has always been a youthful activity, but as the Olympics draw near, it's children, especially girls, who are pushing the limits of what’s possible with a piece of wood and four wheels. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2024/05/06/japan-tweens-skateboard-skills/

thejapantimes, to italy
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World sprint champion Noah Lyles and reigning Olympic 100 m gold medalist Marcell Jacobs on Saturday helped the United States and Italy qualify for the 4x100m relays at the Paris Olympics. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2024/05/05/mens-relay-qualification/

SocraticEthics, to Ukraine
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Paris rubbish collectors threaten Olympics strike over 'excessive workload' (www.france24.com)

Paris rubbish collectors could strike over the summer, a major French union said Thursday, raising the spectre of piles of stinking trash on the streets during the Olympic Games. Walkouts could start in May and continue from July 1 to September 8, the CGT union branch representing binmen warned, a period that includes the Games,...

thejapantimes, to random
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Jakob Ingebrigtsen believes his 1,500-meter Olympic title defense will be a breeze as long as he avoids illness and injury on the road to Paris, the Norwegian said on Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2024/05/03/jakob-ingebrigtsen-paris-tokyo/

Hypx, to Hydrogen
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chris, to Palestine
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I'd just like to say I've been to enough protests of various topics that I have, in the past, seen anarchists, black block types, etc. I know what they look like.

I saw them before the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, and another time in Vancouver at a Climate protest. In both cases they were a tiny TINY portion of the crowd and stuck out like a sore thumb and have never, in my experience, ever been acting in connection with the overall group. They are their own thing.

There has been nothing of that sort in any protest that I have seen in these protests. So any suggestion of such is, in my opinion, a pure fabrication and an incitement and dog whistle to Police to justify violence against the encampments.

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