the Olympic Games
noun
formal
: a series of international athletic contests held in a different country once every four years
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The team – currently ranked 57th in the world – also qualified for the Olympic Games for the first time in 2024, claiming one of Asia’s three berths.
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Hassan Tayir, CNN Money, 6 June 2025
Athletes will be exempt from travel restrictions – important since the U.S. will host the soccer World Cup in 2026 and the Olympic Games in 2028 – but fans from their countries will, presumably, not be able to travel to support them.
—Henry Gass, Christian Science Monitor, 5 June 2025
Her goals were complicated again by a tragic Achilles tear in late May 2024, just over a month before the Olympic Games.
—Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
The World Cup has most recently been aired by NBC, which remains the broadcaster of the Olympic Games and therefore will retain the rights to Rugby Sevens, the seven-a-side version of the sport, during the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028.
—Adam Crafton, New York Times, 22 May 2025
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Hassan Tayir, CNN Money, 6 June 2025
Athletes will be exempt from travel restrictions – important since the U.S. will host the soccer World Cup in 2026 and the Olympic Games in 2028 – but fans from their countries will, presumably, not be able to travel to support them.
—Henry Gass, Christian Science Monitor, 5 June 2025
Her goals were complicated again by a tragic Achilles tear in late May 2024, just over a month before the Olympic Games.
—Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
The World Cup has most recently been aired by NBC, which remains the broadcaster of the Olympic Games and therefore will retain the rights to Rugby Sevens, the seven-a-side version of the sport, during the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028.
—Adam Crafton, New York Times, 22 May 2025
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