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Dick Pound held almost every International Olympic Committee job there was except president during his 44 years as a member.

Eli Wolff’s profile on The Conversation

The death has been announced of Professor Norbert Muller, one of the leading authors of the official Centenary History of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and a renowned scholar on the works of Baron Pierre De Coubertin.

There will be strong rooting interest from southwestern Ontario when two-woman Olympic Bobsleigh event begins Friday .

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NPR found at least 140 athletes listed as competing in this Winter Games that are over the age of 35, according to the Olympic Studies Center.

NPR found at least 140 athletes listed as competing in this Winter Games that are over the age of 35, according to the Olympic Studies Center.

NPR found at least 140 athletes listed as competing in this Winter Games that are over the age of 35, according to the Olympic Studies Center.

BEIJING – German speed skater Claudia Pechstein smiled wide, out of breath, as she crossed the finish line of the women's 3000 meter race on Feb. 5.

BEIJING – German speed skater Claudia Pechstein smiled wide, out of breath, as she crossed the finish line of the women's 3000 meter race on Feb. 5.