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A man walks next to the store selling merchandise with the symbols of the Sarajevo Winter Olympic Games in downtown Sarajevo, Bosnia, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. Sarajevo is paying tribute this week to one of its most glorious moments: the two weeks of February in 1984 when it staged an impeccable Winter Olympic Games. While taking the nostalgic trip down memory lane, Bosnian Olympians say they are looking to the future with hope to again pull off an “apparently impossible feat” and reignite the Olympic flame over Sarajevo in 2032. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)

War-scarred Sarajevo celebrates 40th anniversary of 1984 Winter Olympics and looks to the future

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Natalia Voronina of the Russian Olympic Committee competes in the women's speedskating 5,000-meter race at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Beijing bust: Low ratings, bad food, quarantine woes plague Winter Games

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this grab taken from video, Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons, London, Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021. Johnson says no U.K. government minister will attend the Beijing Olympics. Johnson on Wednesday called it “effectively” a diplomatic boycott. Johnson was asked in the House of Commons whether the U.K. will join the United States, Australia and Lithuania in a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Games. (House of Commons/PA via AP)

U.S.-led diplomatic Olympic boycott snowballs as top Western allies join

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Mexico's Nicole Rangel, left, and Suzannah Brookshire collide as they attempt to take a catch during the softball game between the Mexico and Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, July 22, 2021, in Fukushima , Japan. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

‘Hell or high water’: Olympics arrive to Tokyo with uncertainty, intrigue

By Andy Kostka - The Washington Times

White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Wednesday that Biden administration officials “have not discussed” a joint boycott of the Winter Olympics in Beijing. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

U.S. backtracks as China expresses fury over possible Beijing Winter Olympics boycott

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

This Aug. 25, 2018, photo, shows a general view of a dismantled stadium for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics with the Olympic cauldron, right, in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The Pyeongchang Winter Olympics closed just seven months ago. Left behind are empty venues, feuding over who pays for upkeep, and a glistening-white ski course that’s now an abandoned dirt runway, strewn with rocks and unused gondolas. (Yang Ji-woong/Yonhap via AP)

Pyeongchang Olympics: Costly venues may eventually be razed

By KIM TONG-HYUNG and STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

The World Cup trophy is on display at the FIFA museum in Moscow. The 21st World Cup begins Thursday when host Russia takes on Saudi Arabia. (Associated Press)

Russia’s World Cup fans see win for country, not national soccer team

By Marc Bennetts - Special to The Washington Times

FILE - In this Feb. 25, 1994, file photo, a sea of Norwegian flags fill the stands waved by fans celebrating the sweep of the medal positions by the Norway alpine ski team in the men's combined event in Hafjell, near Lillehammer, Norway. Gerhard Heiberg, the man who organized the most popular Winter Olympics 24 years ago in the Norwegian ski resort of Lillehammer, said it's too soon to return in 2026. But watch for Lillehammer in 2030. He said he's “a little sad” that Norway can't join the chase for 2026. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)

Lillehammer ruling out bid for 2026 Winter Olympics

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

The Utah State Capitol is shown Wednesday, March 7, 2018, in Salt Lake City. Utah lawmakers are using their last two days of the legislative session to finalize a $16.7 billion budget plan that includes $10 million to help tackle homelessness and $8.5 million to get the state's Winter Olympics facilities ready to bid for the games again. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Homelessness, Olympic bid get a piece of $16.7B Utah budget

By MICHELLE L. PRICE - Associated Press

North and South Koreans wave flags during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Nielsen’s top programs for Feb. 19-25

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FILE- In this Feb. 12, 2018 file photo, course crew are shrouded in snow as they slip slide to the finish after the women's giant slalom was postponed due to high winds at the 2018 Winter Olympics at the Yongpyong Alpine Center, Pyeongchang, South Korea. The forecast for the next Winter Olympics: Cold with a 100 percent chance of fake snow. The freezing temperatures and windblown ski slopes that served up a lasting story line in Pyeongchang did not alter the fact that between 90 and 98 percent of the snow used for skiing and snowboarding was man-made. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

Faux snow: Man-made snow to be used in Beijing and beyond

By EDDIE PELLS - Associated Press

Unprepared and outclassed, North Korea wraps up Olympics

By ERIC TALMADGE - Associated Press

Nielsen’s top programs for Feb. 12-18

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Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the North's Parliament, second from left in the back, and Kim Jong Un's sister Kim Yo Jong, center, observe with South Korean President Moon Jae-in, front left, first lady Kim Jung-sook, second lady Karen Pence, and United States Vice President Mike Pence during the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Friday, Feb. 9, 2018. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

The Latest: UN chief urges denuclearization to North Korea

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France's Chafik Besseghier performs in the men's single short program team event at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, Friday, Feb. 9, 2018. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

The Latest: Spotlight on united Koreas in ceremony, on ice

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International Olympic Committee member and Court of Arbitration for Sport president John Coates is projected on a screen as he delivers a report on the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics during the 132nd IOC Session prior to the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018. Pictured below Coates are Ugur Erdener of Turkey, from bottom left, Zaiqing Yu of China, former IOC President Jacques Rogge, IOC President Thomas Bach and Christophe De Kepper of Belgium. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

The Latest: Cold comes to Pyeongchang ahead of Olympics

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International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, bottom center, leads the 132nd IOC Session prior to the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

The Latest: Olympic security workers tested for norovirus

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A visitor walks along the beach near the Olympic Rings in Gangneung, South Korea, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2018. Gangneung is the site of the coastal cluster which will host ice hockey, figure skating, speedskating, short track and curling for the 2018 Olympics. The 2018 Pyeongchang Games will be held from Feb. 9 to 25. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

A flurry of exchanges, protests: What’s next for Koreas?

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

The head of North Korean delegation Ri Son Gwon, second from left, arrives at the South side for the meeting with South Korea at the Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone in Paju, South Korea, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018. Senior officials from the rival Koreas said Tuesday they would try to achieve a breakthrough in their long-strained ties as they sat for rare talks at the border to discuss how to cooperate in next month's Winter Olympics in the South and other issues. (Korea Pool via AP)

A small uptick in inter-Korean ties follows a tense year

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Head of North Korean delegation Ri Son Gwon, center, is greeted by South Korean officials after he crosses the border line to attend their meeting at Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone in Paju, South Korea, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018. North Korea agreed Tuesday to send a delegation to next month's Winter Olympics in South Korea, Seoul officials said, as the bitter rivals sat for rare talks at the border to discuss how to cooperate in the Olympics and improve their long-strained ties. (Korea Pool via AP)

The Latest: Koreas agree to hold talks on reducing tensions

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