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2. Olympics on television - Wikipedia

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   In Europe, for the first time, the IOC rejected the offer from EBU to broadcast the 2014 & 2016 Olympics, so individual networks in Europe must contract for television rights. SKY Italia in 2008 had reached an agreement to broadcast 2014 & 2016 Olympics, but later, it sold the second one to RAI, holding only the first one.

3. Olympics on United States television - Wikipedia

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   The network boasted of being "America's Olympic Network" as it made the longest and most expensive commitment ever since the Olympics were first presented on TV. [ citation needed ] For the 1996 Summer Games, and all Games from 2000 to 2008, NBC paid a total of $3.5 billion, mostly to the International Olympic Committee but also to the USOC and ...

4. Marathon at the Summer Olympics - Wikipedia

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   The men's marathon world record has been improved several times at the Olympics: in 1908, 1920, and then at successive Olympics by Abebe Bikila in 1960 and 1964. [11] Abebe Bikila, Waldemar Cierpinski, and Eliud Kipchoge are the only athletes to have won two Olympic gold medals in the marathon. No athlete has won more than two medals of any colour.

5. Which Olympic Sport Is Hardest on the Body?

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   According to the IOC, at the last Summer Olympics in Tokyo, the sport with the highest injury rate was boxing, with nearly 14% of boxers requiring medical care during the Games, followed by 12.5% ...

6. Broadcasting of sports events - Wikipedia

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   It is widely considered the first ever live sports game in HD in the U.S. produced using a production truck and transmission vehicle from NHK, Japan's national public broadcasting organization. [23] The Internet has also allowed greater broadcasting of sports events, both in video and audio forms and through free and subscription channels.

7. CBS Olympic broadcasts - Wikipedia

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   The first live telecast of the Olympics on American television [1] [2] was from the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, California (now Olympic Valley). CBS paid $50,000 to obtain the broadcast rights. Walter Cronkite [3] hosted the telecasts, anchoring on-site from Squaw Valley. With Squaw Valley connected to the network lines, some events ...

8. Why the best U.S. Olympic boxing team in decades won't help ...

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   The world has changed greatly since the days an Olympic gold medal seemed like a birthright for the best American amateur boxers. Why the best U.S. Olympic boxing team in decades won't help grow ...

9. List of most-watched television broadcasts - Wikipedia

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   Although the Apollo 11 Moon landing is considered as the most watched television event in American history, it is considered a news event, meaning that CBS's live telecast of Super Bowl LVIII in 2024 holds the record for the largest average viewership of any live network U.S. television broadcast, with 123.7 million viewers.