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the 2016 Summer Olympics
July 19, 2016
Saif Alnuweiri
Could the Russian team be banned from the Rio Olympics?
July 12, 2016
Paul Christesen
A Radical Case for Reinventing the Olympics
The Olympics have become too big, too costly and too complicated to be hosted by a single city.
June 20, 2016
María Cristina García
Why the First Olympic Refugee Team Won’t Be the Last
Ten refugee athletes will march under the Olympic flag in Rio.
October 5, 2009
Zubin Jelveh
Worth Reading
October 1, 2009
Noah Kristula-Green
Slideshow: Who Will Host the 2016 Olympics?
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