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07/14/11 TOKYO (AP) - Tokyo shouldn't be discouraged from bidding for the 2020 Olympics just because South Korea recently secured the 2018 Winter Games, the head of the International Olympic Committee said Thursday.
07/11/11 Do you want to host the Olympics? Send a letter to the editor to express your thoughts on whether or not Reno-Tahoe should host a Winter Games. Send your letter to Lauren Gustus at lgustus@rgj.com.
07/10/11 The Olympic torch is lit before the start of the 1960 Winter Games in Squaw Valley. / Getty Images file Do you want to host the Olympics?
07/06/11 As you may have heard, PyeongChang is the host city for the 2018 Winter Olympics, marking the first time the Winter Games will be played in South Korea. Chris Chase of Fourth Place Medal says it was the easy and correct call for the IOC. What it also means: That South Korea's men's national ice hockey team will make its Olympic debut in 2018. Unless it qualifies for the 2014 Games in Sochi, of ...
07/04/11 The International Olympic committee announced Monday evening that slopestyle skiing and snowboarding would make their Olympic debut at the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. Snowboarding parallel slalom was also added, while the proposed alpine team event was not. The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association played a key role in working together with the International Ski Federation [...]
07/02/11 Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom has been named chairman of the committee trying to bring the Winter Olympics back to Lake Tahoe. The California Winter Games Committee is working with Nevada to have the Tahoe-Reno area host the games in 2022. California has been a little late to join the effort, having done so just earlier this year. [...]
05/18/11 3 cities bidding for 2018 Winter Games make case directly to IOC voters in Switzerland
04/27/11 SACRAMENTO - Senator Ted Gaines, R-Roseville, today announced that he is joining forces with the California Winter Games Committee, an exploratory coalition of business, civic and local leaders focused on bringing back the Winter Olympic Games to the Lake Tahoe region.
04/06/11 After an unsuccessful legal battle for inclusion at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, women's ski jumping won its place Wednesday on the program for the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi.
04/06/11 A look at the six new events the International Olympic Committee has approved for the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia.
04/06/11 A look at the six new events the International Olympic Committee has approved for the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. Women's ski jumping: Will be held on the normal or 106-metre hill. Each athlete will have two jumps. Score will be based on both distance and style.
03/30/11 Rebecca Reynders, an eighth-grade student at Day Middle School, competed March 5 and 6 in the Special Olympics Winter Games, bringing home a gold medal in figure skating.
03/22/11 On the mountain and in the gym, athletes from Southwest Washington earned medals during the Special Olympics of Washington 2011 Winter Games, held March 4-6 in Wenatchee.
03/13/11 Empire State Winter Games gets Adirondack brand. Search on to expand events next year.
03/10/11 Kyler Morrison, left, works out with coach Mark Kuhr at The Wave recently in preparation for the Special Olympics Winter Games at Big Mountain. Morrison and Kuhr worked together to launch Whitefish's first Special Olympics adult team, the Whitefish Thunder.
03/02/11 Two Kingsburg students were winners in the Fresno County Special Olympics Winter Games held Jan. 31-Feb. 2 at China Peak. Alyssa Duarte of Reagan Elementary School and Jameson McDowell of Rafer Johnson Junior High competed in cross-country races during the three-day event and earned medals.
02/28/11 LAKE PLACID - "Awesome." "Adrenalinizing." "A perfect fit." Those were some of the words exclaimed by young competitors who participated in the Empire State Winter Games over the weekend.
02/26/11 Russia is contemplating sending the Olympic torch into space on its journey round the globe to the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi.
02/25/11 SARANAC LAKE - In driving snow, students from Saranac Lake High School and St. Bernard's Catholic elementary school carried the Empire State Winter Games torch through the village on Friday.
02/23/11 The IOC is asking the head of the Vancouver Olympics for more details on his claims of a deal with Russia during the bidding for the 2010 Winter Games.
02/23/11 Volunteers are needed for the Friday's Special Olympics Winter Games at Sunlight Mountain Resort. Alpine skiing, snowboarding, snowshoeing and cross-country skiing competitions are on the agenda. | 
