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Articles tagged with: Olympics

19 July 2021 08:06 PM

Mireia Belmonte in action at the Tokyo Olympics (by REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel)

125 Catalan athletes competing in Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics

Mireia Belmonte, Gasol brothers, Saúl Craviotto and waterpolo teams among medal hopefuls

Sports

19 July 2021 07:04 PM

Catalan swimmer Mireia Belmonte biting her gold medal in 200m butterfly at Rio Olympics (by David Gray / Reuters)

125 Catalan athletes heading to Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics

Mireia Belmonte, Gasol brothers, Saúl Craviotto and waterpolo teams among medal hopefuls

Sports

26 June 2020 03:48 PM

Catalan president Quim Torra at an event in Lleida on June 26, 2020 (by Laura Cortés)

Government endorses joint Barcelona – Pyrenees bid for 2030 Winter Olympics

President Torra says event could be 'first green' games in history

Sports

29 April 2020 11:31 AM

Inside the Vila Mediterrània gym in Tarragona, image from 2018 (by Roger Segura)

Home workouts and staying motivated: challenges of lockdown for top level athletes

Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls confined at home look for space to train

Sports

21 April 2020 07:50 PM

Triathlete Jan Frodeno running on his treadmill during his Ironman challenge in his Girona home, which has raised over €220,000 for health services during the coronavirus crisis (image courtesy of Laureus)

Olympic gold medalist raises over €220,000 for Catalan health authorities

Jan Frodeno completed Ironman challenge at home in 8 hours 33 minutes to help in coronavirus fight

Sports

24 March 2020 07:22 PM

Catalonia's secretary of sport, Gerard Figueras, appears in Parliament (by Miquel Codolar)

Catalan athletes need ‘equal conditions’ to train for suspended Olympic Games

Sports secretary agrees with one-year postponement of Tokyo 2020 as there’s no guarantee it will be safe by autumn

Sports

21 July 2017 09:06 PM

Olympic facilities in Barcelona

Barcelona 25 years on from 1992 Olympics: a city still glittering a little too much?

The main architect of the great transformation the city experienced a quarter of a century ago says opening up to the sea was the principal feat

Society

05 July 2017 11:05 PM

Official poster designed by a German Jewish refugee

The 1936 anti-Nazi People’s Olympics: a lesser-known games in Barcelona

Three men of different skin colors hold a white flag in the official poster designed by German Jewish refugee

Sports

07 August 2015 05:31 PM

Construction work in the 22@ business and technological district, in Poblenou (by ACN)

Poblenou, from Barcelona's old industrial centre to new business, innovation and tourist district

In the last few years, tourism has boomed in Barcelona. In 2014, the Catalan capital was the 4th most visited city in Europe and 16th in the world, with almost 8 million foreign visitors that year. Especially during high...

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