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Six members of Special Olympics team mysteriously vanish after leaving bags at hotel

All the missing Haiti delegates handed their room keys in at reception before disappearing, abandoning their personal belongings and bags. One of the six is believed to have an intellectual disability

Daily Mirror

Six members of Special Olympics team go missing in Florida, police say

Authorities say all six members left behind their belongings before going missing

The Independent UK

NSW South Coast athletes back in the swim as Special Olympics training resumes after long break

Heidi Jay is one of several swimmers excited to resume training for the first time in three years in preparation for the Special Olympics state competition in Sydney in August.

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Sports: Shooter Avani Lekhara breaks world record, secures berth for Paris Paralympics 2024

Tokyo Olympics gold medallist Avani Lekhara clinched a gold medal with a world record score of 250.6 in Women's 10m Air Rifle standing SH1 here at the Chateauroux Para-Shooting World Cup on Tuesday and secured a place at the Paris Paralympics 2024. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Chinese Olympian Eileen Gu working for Salt Lake Games bid

Eileen Gu won two gold medals for China in freestyle skiing at the recent Beijing Olympics

The Independent UK

WNBA Commish: Australian Team Hasn’t Provided Liz Cambage Video

The league says it hasn’t been able to fully investigate Liz Cambage’s reported use of discriminatory language against Nigerian basketball players.

Sports Illustrated

Skating’s governing body raising minimum competition age to 17

NEW YORK — The International Skating Union voted Tuesday to raise the minimum age limit for figure skating competition to 17, to be phased in between now and the next Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy.

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Florida deputies search for missing Haitian Special Olympics soccer team members

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the disappearance of several members of the Haitian Special Olympics soccer team participating in this year’s USA Games.

Orlando Sentinel

Figure skating raise minimum age for competition after Kamila Valieva controversy

The Russian figure skater tested positive for a banned substance in Beijing in February, when she was 15

The Independent UK

Figure skaters' minimum age for top competitions will rise to 17 after scandal

The move comes months after Russia's Kamila Valieva, then 15, was caught in a storm of controversy at the Beijing Winter Olympics.

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EXCLUSIVE: 'Not at all' - FIH CEO says Hockey5s will not replace 11-a-side at the Olympics

NEW DELHI: The FIH Hockey5s event concluded in Lausanne on Sunday. Like scrolling through reels on social media, 22 matches involving seven nations across the men and women sections were wrapped up in just two days.

The Times of India

Sapporo rejects holding referendum over bidding for Olympics

Japan’s northern city of Sapporo has rejected holding a referendum to give voters a choice over bidding for the 2030 Winter Olympics

The Independent UK

Deontay ‘Bronze Bomber’ Wilder’s Image Immortalized By A Statue

Deontay Wilder is known as “The Bronze Bomber” for winning a bronze medal in 2008 Olympics.

Zenger

Avinash Sable finishes 5th in prestigious Diamond League, breaks own national record for eighth time

RABAT (Morocco): India's Avinash Sable finished a creditable fifth at the prestigious Diamond League Meet here and in the process shattered his own 3000m steeplechase national record for the eighth time.

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Monaco's Princess Charlene Tests Positive for COVID

Princess Charlene of Monaco, who had been away from the principality for months due to health issues, has tested positive for COVID-19, the palace said in a statement, as the number of cases in neighboring France begin to rise again. The 44-year-old former Olympics champion, who married Prince Albert in…

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Lessons learned from an analyst’s journey into COVID-Zero China

Wenting Shen usually travels to China annually as part of her job as an analyst and portfolio manager at investment company Harding Loevner, but the country’s strict “COVID Zero” policies and this year’s Winter Olympics in Beijing made it almost impossible to book a flight.

The Hindu

Nikhat Zareen: Golden fists forged in the fires of adversity

Nikhat Zareen’s steely resolve — hardened by the challenges she has faced both inside and outside the boxing ring — took her all the way to the top at the World Championships. She has now set her sights on the 2024 Paris Olympics

The Hindu

Sakshi Malik wins first international gold in nearly 5 years at UWW Ranking Series

The 2014 Olympics wrestling bronze medallist Sakshi Malik seems to have gotten over her recent struggles, winning the gold medal at the Ranking Series in Kazakhstan

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Ron DeSantis blocks funds for Tampa Bay Rays after team’s gun safety tweets

Florida governor Ron DeSantis defended his veto of $35m in funding for a potential spring training site for the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday

Mic

Freedom-loving Florida man Ron DeSantis is on quite a roll this week

The pettiest bitch in politics has set his sights on the Special Olympics and America's national pastime.

Orlando Sentinel

Special Olympics drops COVID vaccine mandate after Florida threatens $27.5 million fine

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida threatened to fine the Special Olympics $27.5 million for requiring 5,500 participants at this weekend’s USA Games in Orlando to be vaccinated against COVID, prompting the organization to drop the mandate.

Salon

DeSantis bullies Special Olympics on vax

Special Olympics dropped vaccine requirement after state Health Department threatened massive penalties

The Times of India

Fearless Sakshi Malik wins first international gold in almost 5 years in Almaty

ALMATY: Sakshi Malik's struggles were nowhere to be seen as a fearless and aggressive Rio Olympics bronze medallist grabbed her first international gold medal in almost five years at the UWW Ranking Series event here on Friday.

Daily Record

Inspiring Perthshire people named on Queen's Birthday Honours list led by curling legend Eve Muirhead

The Perthshire skip, honoured with an OBE, and Olympic team-mate Mili Smith, awarded an MBE, were joined by many other delighted recipients

Daily Record

Dumfries and Galloway curling Olympians recognised in Queen's birthday honours list

Vicky Wright and David Murdoch have both become Members of the British Empire for their services to the sport

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