Japan gymnast withdraws from Olympics

Japan gymnast withdraws from Olympics Shoko Miyata, a teenage gymnast, has been removed off Japan’s Olympic team after being caught smoking and drinking, officials announced on Friday. The 19-year-old, global bronze medalist and the captain of Japan’s women’s gymnastics team for the Games, was sent home from their training camp in Monaco after admitting she […]

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Athletes arrives Paris for Olympics

Athletes arrives Paris for Olympics French security police began the close down of major portions of central Paris on Thursday, in preparation for the immensely complex Olympic opening ceremony on the Seine River next week. The opening procession along six kilometers (four miles) of the river resulted in the closure of riverbank central districts to […]

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