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Olympic was withdrawn from service and sold for scrap on 12 April 1935, which was completed in 1937. Olympic was the largest ocean liner in the world for two periods during 1910–13, interrupted only by the brief tenure of the slightly larger Titanic , which had the same dimensions but higher gross register tonnage, before the German SS ...
Olympic Games that were scheduled but cancelled, in all cases due to World War I (1916) or World War II (1940 and 1944).. On 24 March 2020, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced that he and International Olympic Committee's president Thomas Bach had agreed to postpone the 2020 Summer Olympics, pending approval by the IOC, due to the rapidly spreading COVID-19 pandemic. [1]
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced on Friday the scrapping of a plan for a controversial national stadium, the centerpiece of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, after sky-rocketing costs sparked ...
The Romanian Gymnastics Federation appealed to the International Olympic Committee's Court of Arbitration for Sport. The IOC ruled in favor of Romania on Saturday, forcing Chiles to return her ...
Art competitions at the Olympic Games (1 C, 10 P) B. Basque pelota at the Summer Olympics (1 C, 5 P) C. Croquet at the Summer Olympics (3 C, 2 P) F.
Many athletes are living out their Olympic dreams in Paris — while others on TikTok are showing off why they didn't make the cut. In what's now become a viral trend, dozens of people online are ...
At the Summer Olympics, there have been eight Olympic sports that have been discontinued.. For the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, long-discontinued sports in golf (last competed in 1904) and rugby (last competed in 1924) were reinstated as Olympic sports, though rugby was as rugby sevens (having previously been rugby union).