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The Olympic Games is a major international multi-sport event. During its history, both the Summer and Winter Games have been the subject of scandals, controversies and incidents. Cheating, such as the use of performance enhancing drugs by athletes, has regularly affected the Olympic Games.
The Paris 2024 Olympic Games were set to be the hottest on record, an increase on the previous Games in Tokyo, during which athletes had already expressed health concerns. In June 2024, a report titled "Rings of Fire: Heat Risks at the 2024 Paris Olympics" documented concerns, and the IOC proposed mitigation measures.
During the qualifying period for the 2012 Summer Olympics, the Japan women's national volleyball team came under scrutiny for allegedly throwing a match against Serbia in order to get a better Olympic seeding. The Fédération Internationale de Volleyball cleared Japan in May 2012 and the team was allowed to compete in the Olympic Games. [167]
Brazil won 25-23 when the U.S. was hit with a net violation, a call Team USA unsuccessfully challenged. That set up a winner-take-all fifth set. To Skinner, that’s when the U.S. felt most confident.
Dutch volleyball player Steven van de Velde’s debut at the 2024 Summer Olympics was met with audible boos from the crowd. 29-year-old Van de Velde, who was convicted for the rape of a 12-year ...
Members of Egypt’s women’s beach volleyball team have spoken out against France’s hijab ban for its athletes after competing in an Olympic beach volleyball match.
Belarusian shot putter Nadzeya Ostapchuk was stripped of her gold medal after testing positive for metenolone at the London 2012 Olympic Games. [23] In February 2013, Hedo Türkoğlu of the Orlando Magic was suspended for 20 games without pay by the league after testing positive for metenolone. [24]
The U.S. women’s volleyball team had a bad enough start in its Olympic title defense. The Americans lost the first two sets to China on Monday in a pool play format where total points and sets ...