Tag: Olympics

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Sabre-rattling Russians: Pozdniakova hugs ex-champ dad after winning all-Russian Tokyo Olympics fencing against Velikaya (VIDEO)

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Double world and European champion Sofia Pozdniakova has won the all-Russian women’s individual fencing final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, handing Sofya Velikaya a third successive defeat in the final with a 15-11 win in Tokyo. … Read More >Sabre-rattling Russians: Pozdniakova hugs ex-champ dad after winning all-Russian Tokyo Olympics fencing against Velikaya (VIDEO)

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‘You need to learn how to lose’: ROC throw scathing shade at ‘sore losers’ & ‘Western propaganda’ at Tokyo 2020

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Russia’s Olympic Committee has hit out at “Western propaganda” and “sore losers” after US swimmer Ryan Murphy implied the 200m backstroke final at Tokyo 2020 “wasn’t clean” after being beaten by Russian winner Evgeny Rylov. … Read More >‘You need to learn how to lose’: ROC throw scathing shade at ‘sore losers’ & ‘Western propaganda’ at Tokyo 2020

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Japan’s state of emergency extended to four more regions after worsening Covid numbers

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After 3,300 new cases on Friday, Japan has expanded its state of emergency to three more prefectures close to Tokyo and the western prefecture of Osaka. Organizers have announced that 27 of the cases were linked to the Olympics. … Read More >Japan’s state of emergency extended to four more regions after worsening Covid numbers

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Transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard crashes out of Tokyo Olympics after three failed attempts on first Games appearance

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Laurel Hubbard, the controversial New Zealand weightlifter who is the first transgender athlete to compete at the Olympics, has bowed out of the women’s competition at the first time of asking after failing with three lifts. … Read More >Transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard crashes out of Tokyo Olympics after three failed attempts on first Games appearance

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Tennis star Medvedev slams journalist for suggesting Russian athletes are ‘carrying stigma of cheaters’ at Tokyo Olympics

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Tennis sensation Daniil Medvedev expressed disgust with a journalist who implied that Russian athletes competing in the Tokyo Olympics have been tagged as cheaters. … Read More >Tennis star Medvedev slams journalist for suggesting Russian athletes are ‘carrying stigma of cheaters’ at Tokyo Olympics

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Japanese PM Suga says record number of Covid cases ‘not a problem’ for the Olympics despite growing pressure

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Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga dismissed concerns over the record high Covid-19 numbers on Tuesday amid dissent over the country’s hosting of the Summer Olympic Games. … Read More >Japanese PM Suga says record number of Covid cases ‘not a problem’ for the Olympics despite growing pressure

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Missing: What happened to the truck carrying deadly radioactive material? (full show)

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A truck carrying nuclear material from Ohio to Michigan disappeared for over two weeks before it was found. Where was it? What happened? How often does this happen? And how unsafe are we? Rick Sanchez and RT Correspondent John Huddy take a deep dive into these questions. … Read More >Missing: What happened to the truck carrying deadly radioactive material? (full show)

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Numbers say US has world’s highest murder rate, and nobody seems to care (full show)

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Why is there so much gun violence in the United States? And how does this stack up with the rest of the world? Rick Sanchez takes a deep dive into this question. Investigative journalist Ben Swann analyzes why the media tends to ignores this crisis in violence and former police officer and prosecutor, Arthur Rizer, breaks down how the war on drugs drives this violence. … Read More >Numbers say US has world’s highest murder rate, and nobody seems to care (full show)