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Free tickets to the Paris Olympics opening ceremony? There's a catch.

It promises great television if all goes well, but the Paris ceremony is going to be the most complex in the history of the games to pull off.
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Olympian Ralph Boston, first to jump 27 feet, dies at 83

Boston's first world record came shortly before the 1960 Olympics with a jump that surpassed a 25-year-old record held by Jesse Owens.

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Tori Bowie, American three-time Olympic medalist, dead at 32

Bowie turned in an electric performance at the 2016 Rio Olympics, winning a gold, silver and bronze medal.
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US Olympic medalist Calvin Davis dies at 51

A 400-meter runner early in his career, Davis found his calling in the 400 hurdles leading to a medal-winning performing at the 1996 Atlanta Games.
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Protests add new headache to Macron for 2024 Olympics in Paris

“The Olympic Games are Macron’s pride and joy," one protester said. “So it’s a way of stinging him.”