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Olympic Flame for 2026 Winter Games Handed Over to Italy in Athens

The flame was carried into the Panathenaic stadium by world wrestling champion Kougioumtsidis

elocal magazine • Sport • 25 Dec 2025

Caption: Greek actress Mary Mina, Dec. 4, 2025. Photo: Xinhua · On Thursday, Greece held the Olympic flame handover ceremony for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympic Winter Games at the historic Panathenaic Stadium in Athens. The flame was carried into the stadium by world wrestling champion Georgios Kougioumtsidis, who then passed it to Italy’s Olympic champion Jasmine Paolini and cyclist Filippo Ganna, symbolizing the long-standing ties between…

Olympics to ban males from female events

elocal magazine • Sport • 13 Nov 2025

For years, women have been called bigots for saying what everyone knows to be true. That males have an unfair physical advantage over females in sport. Now, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has finally caught up with reality. The IOC is set to announce a full ban on males in female Olympic events early in the new year. Even if those males say they are women. Even if they have long hair. Even if they throw tantrums. The decision follows…

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