https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Denmark in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Denmark has joined the chorus of countries, including Norway, the UK, Croatia, and Brazil, calling for the Olympics to be postponed for a year. https://www.thelocal.dk/20200323/denmark-joins-calls-to-postpone-tokyo-olympics-until-pandemic-over Mon, 23 Mar 2020 08:30:20 +0100 denmark-joins-calls-to-postpone-tokyo-olympics-until-pandemic-over For elite swimmer Pál Joensen, representing Denmark twice in the Olympic Games just didn't feel right. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180622/sports-crazed-faroe-islands-quest-for-olympic-recognition Fri, 22 Jun 2018 11:39:18 +0200 sports-crazed-faroe-islands-quest-for-olympic-recognition Paris and Los Angeles delegations met with Olympic chiefs in Denmark on Monday as the race to stage the 2024 Games enters its final phase. https://www.thelocal.dk/20170404/paris-los-angeles-in-denmark-to-press-2024-bids Tue, 04 Apr 2017 10:41:14 +0200 paris-los-angeles-in-denmark-to-press-2024-bids Denmark’s 15 medals at the 2016 Rio Games might have only been good enough for 28th place overall, but when you consider the Nordic nation’s small size things look a lot better. https://www.thelocal.dk/20160822/per-capita-denmark-is-europes-olympics-champion Mon, 22 Aug 2016 10:14:49 +0200 per-capita-denmark-is-europes-olympics-champion Denmark stunned two-time defending champions France 28-26 to win the Olympic Games men's handball gold medal on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.dk/20160821/denmark-stun-france-for-mens-handball-gold Sun, 21 Aug 2016 22:46:46 +0200 denmark-stun-france-for-mens-handball-gold The wins keep piling up for Danish athletes in Rio. Three more medals were captured on Thursday, giving the small Nordic nation 13 medals with three days of action remaining. https://www.thelocal.dk/20160819/with-13-medals-denmark-has-best-olympics-ever Fri, 19 Aug 2016 10:50:26 +0200 with-13-medals-denmark-has-best-olympics-ever Shuttlers Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi dramatically won Olympic gold for Japan in the women's badminton doubles at the Rio Games on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.dk/20160818/denmark-settles-for-silver-after-wild-japan-comeback Thu, 18 Aug 2016 22:12:04 +0200 denmark-settles-for-silver-after-wild-japan-comeback Pernille Blume, who quit swimming after being told she was too short, gave Denmark its first gold in the Olympic pool for 68 years Saturday with a surprise win in the 50m freestyle. https://www.thelocal.dk/20160814/denmark-gets-first-gold-as-blume-wins-womens-50m-freestyl Sun, 14 Aug 2016 10:50:54 +0200 denmark-gets-first-gold-as-blume-wins-womens-50m-freestyl A self-confessed hatchet man hardened by fleeing the drugs and violence of favela-like conditions during a troubled childhood, Ediegerson Gomes has no fear of dumping Neymar and hosts Brazil out of the Olympics. https://www.thelocal.dk/20160810/danish-favela-surivivor-plots-brazils-downfall Wed, 10 Aug 2016 10:33:18 +0200 danish-favela-surivivor-plots-brazils-downfall Olympic thieves have robbed Denmark’s team of mobile phones, clothes and sheets, and even had the cheek to deprive Morten Rodtwitt, the country’s Olympic boss of his iPad. https://www.thelocal.dk/20160803/danish-olympic-team-hit-by-theives Wed, 03 Aug 2016 21:26:39 +0200 danish-olympic-team-hit-by-theives You may be able to watch a biking race or some other Olympic events in Copenhagen in 2024 - at least if the mayor of Copenhagen gets his way. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150330/copenhagen-chips-in-for-2024-olympic-events Mon, 30 Mar 2015 15:46:10 +0200 copenhagen-chips-in-for-2024-olympic-events The head of the Sports Confederation of Denmark (DIF) said that while it is "exciting" that the head of the International Olympic Committee has encouraged Copenhagen to make a bid, the city is still years away from being ready. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150306/sport-leaders-dampen-hopes-for-danish-olympics Fri, 06 Mar 2015 09:33:00 +0100 sport-leaders-dampen-hopes-for-danish-olympics Changes by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) could result in Denmark co-hosting the Olympics with its neighbours. https://www.thelocal.dk/20141209/olympics-in-denmark-ioc-reforms-clear-the-wayy Tue, 09 Dec 2014 11:49:00 +0100 olympics-in-denmark-ioc-reforms-clear-the-wayy