WADA reports breakthrough in gene doping tests (AP)
Sep.03.2010 
Two groups of scientists have developed tests for gene doping in what the World Anti-Doping Agency hailed Friday as a major breakthrough in fighting the next frontier in cheating in sports. Scientists in Germany said they have come up with a blood test that can provide “conclusive proof” of gene doping, even going back as far as 56 days from when the doping took place.
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Rio picks 2016 Olympics logo for NY Eve unveiling (AP)
Rio organizers have chosen the logo for the 2016 Olympics, but it won’t be unveiled until an official ceremony on New Year’s Eve on Copacabana beach. The logo’s design was picked from eight finalists on Thursday and will now be sent to the International Olympic Committee for approval. Rio 2016 committee president Carlos Arthur Nuzman says “a historic” phase of the games has…
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Ducks beware: 2012 triathlon heads to Hyde Park (AP)
Triathletes at the 2000 Olympics had to negotiate Sydney’s shark-infested harbor, so the ducks and geese of London’s Hyde Park seem unlikely to cause much fear in 2012. Revealing their plans for the first “downtown” triathlon since the event’s debut at the Sydney Games, the London 2012 Olympic organizers also promised that the park’s thriving wildlife would not be unduly…
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Rogge: Cricket scandal highlights bigger problem (AP)
IOC president Jacques Rogge says the cricket match-fixing scandal shows that illegal betting has become as big a blight on sports as doping.
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Figure staking: Lysacek won’t compete in 2010 (AP)
Olympic gold medalist Evan Lysacek is taking some time off. How much time off, he hasn’t decided.
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Figure staking: Lysacek won’t compete in 2010 (AP)
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Munich 2018 board says bid chief illness no obstacle (Reuters)
Munich’s bid to stage the 2018 Winter Olympics will not be derailed by bid chief Willy Bogner’s illness, the head of Munich’s supervisory board said on Thursday.
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Blair: Berlusconi helped London win 2012 Olympics (AP)
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair credits Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi with helping London secure the 2012 Olympics. Blair also says in his new autobiography that he was dubious about bidding for the games, never thought London would win and feared being “humiliated” by losing to the French.
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Ashley chosen new USOC chief of sport performance (AP)
The U.S. Olympic Committee has picked Alan Ashley as its new chief of sport performance, part of a restructuring after a six-month internal review by CEO Scott Blackmun.
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Key critic during time of USOC turmoil steps down (AP)
One of the key critics of the U.S. Olympic Committee during its CEO switch has left his job as the leader of USA Triathlon. The federation announced the departure of executive director Skip Gilbert in a brief news release, offering no explanation.
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Freeman to rekindle her flame lighting 10 years on (AP)
Cathy Freeman will once again light the cauldron when Sydney celebrates the 10th anniversary of an Olympics which the then IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch called the “best Olympic Games ever.” On Sept.
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