1988 Olympics

1988 Olympics refers to both:

  • The 1988 Winter Olympics, which were held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  • The 1988 Summer Olympics, which were held in Seoul, South Korea
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    Orphaned skater Maxim Naumov reveals parents' haunting final message before they were killed in DC ...

    The Daily Mail 27 Mar 2025
    Married Russian skaters Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were among the 67 killed ... Shishkova and Naumov competed alongside Gordeeva and her late husband Sergei Grinkov at the 1994 Olympics. Gordeeva and Grinkov claimed Olympic Gold in 1994 and 1988 ... .
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    Vishy Anand meets young chess talents in Cyprus

    Philenews 25 Mar 2025
    The event took place within the framework of the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix, with Freedom24 as its General Partner ...First Indian Grandmaster (1988) ... At the 2024 Olympics in Budapest, both the Indian men’s and women’s teams won gold ... ....
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    Olympic champion Duncan Armstrong opens up about shock heart attack and health test every Aussie ...

    The Daily Mail 22 Mar 2025
    He is best known for his stunning victory in the 200 metre freestyle in the 1988 Seoul Olympics ... Armstrong is best known for his stunning victory in the 200m freestyle in the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
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    George Foreman, 2-time heavyweight champion, dies at 76

    San Gabriel Valley Tribune 22 Mar 2025
    Boxer George Foreman posed by a painting of himself when he was at Olympic in 1988, prior to his inductor with six other champions into the Hall of Fame in Minneapolis, Friday, July 6, 1990 ... Olympic runs on July 6-15.
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    India’s Olympic hopes can transform nation

    Inside The Games 21 Mar 2025
    Only Tokyo (1964), Seoul (1988), and Beijing (2008) have represented the continent as hosts of the Summer Olympics in the 35 editions held so far, up to the upcoming Brisbane 2032 ... a single Olympics.
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    [MORNING CALM TALES] Korea's early taste of foreign flavors

    Korea Times 21 Mar 2025
    28, 1988 ... But the real shift came as Korea prepared to host the world for the 1988 Seoul Olympics — a moment that marked more than just a sporting milestone.
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    Roy Jones Jr’s career soured by fixed fight, ‘I was angered’

    WBN 19 Mar 2025
    But at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, Jones reached the championship final of the light middleweight division against Park Si-Hun of South Korea ... and the best boxer of the 1988 Olympics.
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    PH elated as IOC keeps boxing in LA

    The Manila Times 19 Mar 2025
    ... as part of the Olympic program in the 2028 LA Olympics ... The Philippine would not win an Olympic medal again until the Seoul Games in 1988, when Leopoldo Serantes bagged bronze in the 48-kg division.
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    Eilish McColgan interview: There is a warped idea I am starving myself

    The Daily Telegraph 19 Mar 2025
    Earlier this month, McColgan’s mother Liz, who was also a middle- and long-distance runner and competed at the 1988, 1992 and 1996 Olympics, called out the comments aimed at her daughter’s body as “demeaning and abuse”.
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    Manchester United and Man City academy players at centre of age-fraud claims

    The Daily Telegraph 19 Mar 2025
    There is also no suggestion United or City have knowingly enabled age-cheating at their academies ... They said ... In 1989, Nigeria’s national youth teams were banned by Fifa for fielding overage players in its tournaments, including the 1988 Olympics ... .
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    NBC and IOC sign $3B Olympic media rights deal through 2036 including Salt Lake City ...

    LA Daily News 14 Mar 2025
    Olympics . ... One-third believe 2028 Olympics will worsen traffic jams due to inadequate transit ... NBC has broadcast every Summer Olympics since 1988 and every Winter Games since 2002 in Salt Lake City — all the games since the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
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    NBC signs new $3bn Olympics deal after Donald Trump branded network 'the worst' | Daily ...

    The Daily Mail 14 Mar 2025
    NBC landed a deal to be the champion of Olympic broadcasting in the US through at least 2036 ... NBC has broadcast every Summer Olympics since 1988 and every Winter Games since 2002 in Salt Lake City - all the games since the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
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    It's not just Jamaica with a 'Cool Runnings' story. There are sliders from all over ...

    Newsday 14 Mar 2025
    This phenomenon of sliding-sport dreamers might have really taken off as a novelty when Jamaica sent a bobsled team to the 1988 Calgary Olympics — a story that was turned into the 1993 movieCool ...
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    It's not just Jamaica with a 'Cool Runnings' story. There are sliders from all over the world now

    The Call 14 Mar 2025
    This phenomenon of sliding-sport dreamers might have really taken off as a novelty when Jamaica sent a bobsled team to the 1988 Calgary Olympics — a story that was turned into the 1993 movieCool ...
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    It’s not just Jamaica with a ‘Cool Runnings’ story. There are sliders from all over ...

    Wtop 14 Mar 2025
    This phenomenon of sliding-sport dreamers might have really taken off as a novelty when Jamaica sent a bobsled team to the 1988 Calgary Olympics — a story that was turned into the 1993 movieCool ...
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