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China Calls Swimmer Doping Reports 'Fake News'

Beijing on Monday called reports about 23 Chinese swimmers testing positive for a banned substance ahead of the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 "fake news"
The sport was rocked at the weekend by revelations that the swimmers tested positive for trimetazidine (TMZ) -- a prescription heart drug that is banned in athletes because it can enhance performance -- before the Games three years ago.
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Elaine Thompson-Herah will win $50,000 if the Jamaican retains her 200 metres title at the Paris Olympics

Coe Divides Olympic Movement With Prize Money Move

World Athletics president Sebastian Coe's decision to award prize money to Olympic gold medallists may have been welcomed by athletes but the move has upset some of his fellow federation bosses and surprised seasoned observers of the Games.
Greek actress Mary Mina, playing the role of the High Priestess, lights the torch during the rehearsal of the flame lighting ceremony

Paris 2024 Games Flame Lit In Ancient Olympia

Owing to cloudy weather, Greek actresses in the role of ancient priestesses used a flame lit in a rehearsal Monday in the 2,600-year-old Temple of Hera, near the stadium where the Olympics were born in 776 BC.
Peso Pluma at this year's Grammy Awards in Los Angeles

Peso Pluma: Mexico's 'Spider-Man' Scaling Global Music Charts

Fast-rising Mexican music star Peso Pluma identifies with Spider-Man. "You wouldn't expect that a skinny guy with semi-blond, disheveled hair who breaks the stereotypes of other great figures of regional Mexican music would end up being one of the great global pop stars," Waizel said.

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