freestyle wrestling is paramount in the russian republic of dagestan
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almost every child in dagestan is involved in wrestling which plays an important role in their upbringingquotif the parents tell us their children are failing school then we may expel them from wrestling there could hardly be a stricter punishment for children than a ban on attending training so we maintain contact with parents and that helps us to control children039s school resultsquot said mejid magomedov senior coach of the gamidov wrestling schoolsydney 2000 olympic champion sagid murtazaliev who is now the head of dagestan039s pension fund confessed that if it was not for sport he would have never achieved his high political state and if he had not been so successful in wrestling he would not have been able to help the sports champions of tomorrowquotwrestling has helped me to become a respectable person strengthened my will and character and taught me to respect both elders and juniors i will be devoted to that until the end of my days helping to develop wrestling is my holy duty in the face of allah and kids who want to follow my path when i was a child i was often hungry because my family had nothing to eat i don039t want today039s children to train on empty stomachsquot said sagid murtazalievthe 2004 olympic champion gaydarbek gaydarbekov excelled in dagestan039s second-favorite martial art -- boxing he admitted that his youth spent high in the caucasus mountains was a key to his pride as an athlete but now a resident of a big city gaidarbek gaidarbekov will ensure that his family039s well-established sports traditions are passed on to future generationsquotwe039ve promised a new gym since 2004 but we are finally getting it this year the president signed all documents and we will soon open our state of the art boxing center so far boxers like me have not had such conditionsquot he saidolympic champions in dagestan are usually more than just famous athletes many of them become prominent political figures and others give back by raising future olympic champions

a fighting chance in vimeo staff picks on vimeo
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a fighting chance from academy awardampreg winner morgan neville in partnership with worldwide olympic partner samsung tells the inspiring stories of olympic gamesamphellip

gay athletes in us olympic delegation
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out olympic diver greg louganis discusses gay athletes in the us delegation to the olympics

olympic stadium is shelter for asylum seekers
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olympic stadium in montreal opened its doors as a temporary shelter amid growing numbers of people who039ve fled the us to seek asylum in canada

student makes history on olympic hockey team
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jordan greenway hasn039t yet finished college but he039s already made history he is the first african-american competing on an olympic us hockey team cnn039s victor blackwell reports

olympic confidential: inside rio 2016 tennis center
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pat cash gets a sneak peak at the olympic tennis center in rio to see first-hand where the players will compete for olympic glory

japan: evicted for the olympics twice
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what are the odds a tokyo man may get re-evicted from his home and business for the olympics paula newton reports

how are medals made for the olympic games
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cnn039s rosa flores learns how the medals were made for the 2016 rio olympic games

fox news yanks story mocking olympic diversity
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fox news executive editor john moody wrote a column saying that the us olympic committee apparently wants to change the olympic motto to quotdarker gayer differentquot fox news has since deleted the column

did judge in olympic doctor case overstep
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when sentencing the abusive olympic doctor larry nassar did the judge express too much advocacy from the bench an oakland public defender says yes

tokyo live suni leersquos miraculous beam routine gets broken down by laurie hernandez - youtube
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tokyo live is streaming every morning during the olympics on peacock: https:pcktv3xmddrjwatch this segment of tokyo live where laurie hernandez breaks do

lighting the cauldron at the london 2012 opening ceremony - youtube
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at the olympic games in london 2012 about 10500 athletes from 204 countries compete in 26 different sports comprising 302 medal events whether athletes w

the fastest woman alive - elaine thompson-herah zwj - youtube
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no woman had succesfully defended the 100m and 200m olympic titles until thompson-herah blitzed her rivals on the tokyo track in 2021 shorts______________

jake dalton - interview - 2012 us olympic trials
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jake dalton - interview - 2012 us olympic trials

2010 olympic tribute to usa amp canada relationship
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