The inn was originally constructed to house the 1960 Winter Olympic delegation a half-century ago.

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The Olympic delegation is staying at the White Rock Hotel on the seafront and training at William Parker Sports College.

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The Chinese Olympic delegation "fully respects the Badminton World Federation's decision to punish" its athletes, it said in a statement.

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The energy for the campaign originated with Ankie Spitzer, whose husband, Andrei, was the fencing coach of the Israeli Olympic delegation in 1972.

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The ISU announced it would conduct a rare 'internal assessment' after the Canadian Olympic delegation demanded an investigation into the pairs' result after Monday night's fiasco.

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Medical staff at the track and doctors at a local hospital tried to resuscitate Kumaritashvili, part of a seven-strong Georgian team, but the country's Olympic delegation later confirmed he had died as a result of his injuries.

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Other first ladies have led a presidential delegation to past Olympic Games.

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Al-Alam is supposed to head the Libyan delegation in London for the Olympic games, which begin next week.

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Canada's aboriginal communities were also highlighted with the four chiefs of the First Nations, whose traditional native territory overlaps the Olympic region, part of the official delegation at the ceremony.

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