Golf and rugby voted into Olympics
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U.S. team member Zach Johnson and teammate Kenny Perry study their ...Source: Reuters
There's nothing Corinthian about Chip or Tug winning gold We all have an idea of the Olympics in our minds and my version can find room for rugby sevens but not yahooing golfers Olympic medals like these should not be given to golfers merely passing through on their way to the Abu Dhabi Crystal Platter Masters....
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- News Source: The Daily Telegraph (Australia) | about 1 month agoRogge was re-elected president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as golf and rugby union sevens were included as sports at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Rogge held onto his position for a new four-year term, taking 88 votes in...
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- Blog Source: americanlegends.blogspot.comGolf and rugby sevens will become Olympic sports from 2016 after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted to raise the number of sports from 26 to 28. Both sports will become part of the programme in Rio de Janeiro and in 2020 ...
- Blog Source: www.honoluluadvertiser.comThe vote was a reversal of the IOC's decision four years ago to reject golf and rugby for the 2012 Olympics. Rugby and golf made their Olympic debuts at the second modern games in Paris in 1900. Golf was played again only at the 1904 St. Louis Games.
- Blog Source: texasrugbyunion.com“This is a historic moment for our sport and for the global rugby community, who were united in support of our campaign,” he added. “We are excited and honoured to be joining the Olympic Games and I would like to thank the IOC members ...
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- Blog Source: www.honoluluadvertiser.com"Rugby and Rio were made for each other. A great atmosphere, great sport and a good time. And I think that's what the Olympic Games are going to be all about." Golf gave a commitment to the IOC that it would not stage any major ...
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