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Galesburg Register-Mail
MRHS students, faculty take Polar Plunge for Special Olympics
Galesburg Register-Mail
GALESBURG — The annual Polar Plunge is Sunday at Lake Storey to help fund local Special Olympics. Registration begins at 12:30, with the actual plunge into the icy cold water at 2. This same type of event is being held across the nation. In Illinois ...
Federal Way police take the plunge to support Special OlympicsFederal Way Mirror
Volunteers take a chilly plunge to benefit Speci

Livemint
Why cities are increasingly reluctant to host the Olympics
Washington Post
Budapest, Hungary recently dropped its bid to host the 2024 Summer Olympics. CNN reports that this is part of an increasing trend of cities refusing to bid for the Games because of the economic damage they inflict: Budapest has abandoned its bid for ...
Olympics in 'crisis' as just two cities vie to host 2024 gamesLivemint
Los Angeles might actually get the 2024 Olympics. Yikes! Are we sure we want to do this?Lo

Stuff.co.nz
Tonga flag-bearer's quest to make Winter Olympics doesn't start well
Stuff.co.nz
Pita Taufatofua leads the Tongan contingent into the Rio Olympics arena and is now trying his hand at cross country skiing with an eye on the Winter Games.. Tonga's famous flag bearer from the Rio Olympics isn't so impressive when it comes to the cold ...
Meet the man who quit his job to become Tonga's first Winter Olympic ski racerTelegraph.co.ukall 5 news articles »

New York Times
South Korea, Next Olympics Host, Went Shopping in North America to Build Its Hockey Teams
New York Times
High 1 players Michael Swift, left, a Canadian native, and Tyler Brickler, originally from Chicago, along with a South Korean player, Kim Geon-woo, preparing for a game in Goyang, South Korea, last month. Credit Jean Chung for The New York Times. SEOUL ...