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Lord Killanin 1999 Deaths

Lord KillaninAge: 84 sixth president of the International Olympic Committee who guided the organization through the turbulent tragedies of the 1970s between the reigns of Avery Brundage and…

Carol Anne Letheren 2001 Deaths

Carol Anne LetherenAge: 58 Canadian Olympic Association CEO and the official who took Ben Johnson's medal away at the 1988 Seoul Olympics; one of 14 women on the International Olympic…

Lord Killanin Biography

Lord KillaninMichael MorrisOlympic Committee president, journalistBorn: 7/30/1914Birthplace: London, England sixth president of the International Olympic Committee who guided the organization…

A Dangerous Edge, Part 2

Other less commonly used chemicals have caught the media's eye recently. St. Louis Cardinals' slugger Mark McGwire has admitted to taking a testosterone-producing pill called…

A Dangerous Edge, Part 3

Related Links: International Olympic CommitteeNCAANational Football LeagueMajor League BaseballFINAFor almost as long as athletes have been taking drugs, they have been trying to hide or mask their…

1900 Olympics

ParisTop 10 StandingsLeading Medal WinnersTrack & FieldSwimmingTeam SportsArcheryCricketCyclingEquestrianFencingGolfGymnasticsRowingShootingTennisYachting The success of the revived Olympics…

2000 Olympics

Sydney A record 10,651 athletes (4,069 of them women) from 199 nations participate; the only nation excluded is Afghanistan. North and South Korea enter the stadium under one flag. Australian…

Ski Cross Debuts at the 2010 Winter Olympics

The new event falls under the sport of freestyle skiing by Catherine McNiff Related Links 2010 Winter OlympicsMemorable Olympic MomentsBirth of the Modern OlympicsEncyclopedia:…

The Olympic Games Summary

Olympic Games: Years and LocationWinter Games: Gold MedalsSummer Games: Gold Medals The first Olympic Games of which there is record were held in 776 B.C., and consisted of one event, a great…

Clouds Over Vancouver

Women Are Denied the Chance to Compete in Ski Jumping by Catherine McNiff Related Links 2010 Winter OlympicsMemorable Olympic MomentsBirth of the Modern OlympicsEncyclopedia:…