Beijing Olympics 2008
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Rights groups urge IOC to move 2022 Winter Olympics from China over human rights violations
•Beijing is to host the 2022 Winter Olympics with rumblings of a boycott and calls to move the Games because of alleged human rights violations.
Tokyo Olympics 2020: Abhinav Bindra says Indian shooters have potential to win 'multiple gold medals' in upcoming Games
•Olympic champion Abhinav Bindra says Indian shooters have the "potential" to win multiple medals, including gold, at the upcoming Tokyo Games.
Abhishek Verma credits Abhinav Bindra for inspiring young shooters with 2008 gold medal at Beijing Olympics
•In 2008, Bindra became the first Indian to win an individual gold medal at the Olympic Games in Beijing
Belgian women's relay quartet receive 2008 Olympic gold medals after Russian sprinter fails doping test
•The Belgian relay quartet of Kim Gevaert, Elodie Ouedraogo, Hanna Marien and Olivia Borlee on Friday belatedly received gold medals from the 2008 Olympics after a Russian sprinter tested positive for drugs
Russia stripped of Beijing Games silver in women's 4x400 relay over doping offence
•Russia have been stripped of the 4x400m women's relay silver medal from the Beijing Olympics after Anastasia Kapachinskaya tested positive for a steroid in a re-test of her sample
India's Olympics flagbearer Abhinav Bindra to retire after Rio
•Champion shooter Abhinav Bindra on Friday said he will bring the curtains down on his illustrious career at the upcoming Rio Games.