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Report: Saudis may not send women to Olympics (Yahoo! Sports)
April 5th, 2012 
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Plans for Saudi Arabia to send women to the Olympics for the first time appear to be in jeopardy. Saudi Arabian newspaper Al-Watan reported Thursday that Saudi Olympic Committee President Prince Nawaf does “not approve” of sending female athletes to the London Games. But he left room for Saudi women to possibly compete on their own outside the official delegation, a plan that may not…
Canadian skier Nick Zoricic dies in crash, raising questions about ski racing’s safety ()
March 10th, 2012 Yahoo! Sports - Horse Racing News oly No Comments
Everyone wants alpine events such as skicross to be as fast and thrilling as possible, but safety has to be paramount. The death today of Canadian skicross racer Nick Zoricic , who was coming into his own in the event, is bound to get lumped in with the loss of Sarah Burke since they were each alpine athletes.
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But the two are very different. Burke’s death was somewhat of a freak occurrence. Zoricic’s fatal crash seems bound to spark inquiries about the safety of the course, specially the bright idea to have advertising pillars placed right below the final jump of the course in Grindel on a course that is already narrow enough for three skiers to traverse simultaneously. Coming over the last jump, the 29-year-old Toronto native passed that pillar on the right and crashed into the snow fence. He died of head injuries. People are already wondering if the course was unsafe.
Today is probably not the time to finger-wag about the course design, but it bears pointing out since that could be where the story goes in the days to come. It is similar to the death of Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili in that regard.
Qatar women to Olympics for first time (AP)
February 20th, 2012 Yahoo! Sports - Top News oly No Comments
Qatar says it will send women athletes to the Olympics for the first time at the London Games. Sheik Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, the general secretary of the Qatar Olympic Committee, says the IOC has offered Qatar wild card invitations for two female athletes to compete in London — swimmer Nada Arkaji and sprinter Noor al-Malki.
Kwan chosen for US Figure Skating Hall (AP)
December 15th, 2011 Yahoo! Sports - Top News oly No Comments
To her nine U.S. and five world championships, Michelle Kwan can now add the title of Hall of Famer. The most decorated figure skater in American history, Kwan was elected to the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame on Thursday, the only selection for the class of 2012. That seems fitting considering how Kwan soared above the competition during her career.