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Lake Placid working with Italian officials as a backup sliding site for 2026 Winter Games
Tim Reynolds, Associated Press | Posted Dec. 11 - 5:03 p.m. | Save Story
won't be ready in time. Lake Placid would be serving only as a backup site, just in case.
Lindsey Vonn savors chance to test out World Cup course as a forerunner in comeback bid at age 40
Pat Graham, Associated Press | Posted Dec. 11 - 2:18 p.m. | Save Story
Lindsey Vonn is trying to take her comeback step-by-step even if there's plenty of reason to look down the road. For now, the 40-year-old American ski racer was concentrating on testing out the course as a forerunner. Soon, it will be her first World Cup race. Possibly later, the 2026 Winter Games at one of her favorite venues in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. Vonn was one of three forerunners to test out the Birds of Prey course before the racers in the field went through a training run. Federica Brignone of Italy had the fastest time on a Birds of Prey course that's new to quite a few racers.
2024 in pop culture: In a bruising year, we sought out fantasy, escapism — and cute little animals
Jocelyn Noveck, Associated Press | Posted Dec. 11 - 11:49 a.m. | Save Story
Did you have a "Brat summer" this year? Were you "demure," and were you "mindful"? Did you enter a celebrity look-alike contest? All these were pop culture trends that emerged in 2024. But most of all, it seemed the theme was escapism. Whether it was the yellow brick road in "Wicked" or the beckoning seas of Oceania in "Moana 2" or adorable fuzzy animals like Moo Deng or even unlikely Olympic heroes making us proud, audiences gravitated to fantasy and feel-good moments.
US-born pairs skater Stellato-Dudek becomes Canadian citizen, clearing the way for Milan Olympics
Dave Skretta, Associated Press | Posted Dec. 11 - 10:16 a.m. | Save Story
World pairs champion Deanna Stellato-Dudek has become a Canadian citizen. That clears the way for the American-born figure skater to compete with longtime partner Maxime Deschamps at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan. The 41-year-old Stellato-Dudek was born in Chicago. She took the oath of citizenship in Montreal. She began her career skating individually for the U.S. She has competed with Deschamps since 2019, but would not have been eligible for the Olympics until now. The Olympic Charter requires athletes to hold the nationality of the country represented by their National Olympic Committee in order to compete at the Summer or Winter Games.
US Biathlon officials ignored sexual harassment and abuse of female racers for decades, athletes say
Martha Bellisle, Associated Press | Updated Dec. 11 - 7:56 a.m. | Save Story
Sexual abuse and harassment by coaches and others who held positions of power over women on the U.S. Biathlon team were ignored or excused over decades by officials more concerned with winning medals than holding offenders accountable. That's according to Olympians and other biathletes interviewed by The Associated Press. While the men climbed the sport's ranks, these women say they were forced to end their careers early. The women and others describe a culture of misogyny and say they faced retaliation for speaking up. Three of the men denied allegations they were either part of the abuse or ignored allegations of abuse. A fourth did not respond to AP requests for comment.
Olympic cycling champ Evenepoel and Belgian Post Office send door safety message to drivers
The Associated Press | Posted Dec. 11 - 4:39 a.m. | Save Story
After suffering multiple fractures when he crashed into one of their vehicles, two-time Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel is teaming up with the Belgian Post Office to raise awareness of road safety for cyclists and reduce the number of "dooring" victims. That's where the occupant of a parked vehicle inadvertently opens the door into the path of a cyclist approaching from behind. Evenepoel crashed into the opened door of a Post Office van on Dec. 3 with the impact heavy enough to break his bike frame. He also suffered torn ligaments, a dislocated collarbone and bruised lungs. The new campaign aims to remind drivers to look over their shoulder before opening their vehicle door.
US to host 2026 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships ahead of 2028 Los Angeles Olympics
The Associated Press | Posted Dec. 9 - 2:06 p.m. | Save Story
The 2026 Pan Pacific Championships featuring swimmers from the U.S., Australia, Canada and Japan will be held in Irvine, California, ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. The meet that is held every four years rotates between the four countries. Swimmers from each nation will join top athletes from all non-European countries in competing Aug. 12-15 at the William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center. It will be the first time since 2010 that the U.S. is the host. That year's championships were also in Irvine.
What the IOC president said about Utah's 2034 Winter Games
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted Dec. 8 - 8:59 p.m. | Save Story
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach was succinct in addressing questions Thursday about Utah's 2034 Winter Games.
Olympic champion cyclist Katy Marchant recovering after breaking bones in arm in crash at track meet
The Associated Press | Posted Dec. 8 - 5:41 a.m. | Save Story
British Cycling says Olympic and world champion cyclist Katy Marchant sustained broken bones in her right arm and dislocated fingers in a crash involving another competitor and some spectators at the Track Champions League in London. British Cycling says Marchant is "in good spirits and is receiving excellent care from her medical team." Marchant collided with Germany's Alessa-Catriona Propster in the first round of the keirin on Saturday and both riders catapulted into the audience at the top of the banking, injuring four spectators. British Cycling says Propster and the spectators left the Lee Valley VeloPark themselves after receiving medical treatment. Only Marchant needed to go to the hospital.
Olympic champion cyclist Marchant taken to hospital after collision on track
The Associated Press | Posted Dec. 7 - 4:57 p.m. | Save Story
Olympic and world champion cyclist Katy Marchant has been taken to a London hospital after crashing at the Track Champions League. Spectators were also injured after Britain's Marchant collided with Germany's Alessa-Catriona Propster in the first round of the keirin on Saturday. Both riders catapulted into the audience at the top of the banking. The International Cycling Union says two rider and four spectators received medical treatment. The event was suspended.
SafeSport Center changes targeted in new bill aimed at sex abuse in sports
Eddie Pells, Associated Press | Updated Dec. 6 - 3:59 p.m. | Save Story
A bipartisan bill introduced by four members of Congress seeks changes at the U.S. Center for SafeSport. The bill would place a time limit on resolving cases that can sometimes take years. It would also address other concerns that have made the center a lightning rod since it was established in 2017 to handle sex-abuse cases in Olympic sports and their grassroots cousins. It would potentially quintuple an existing grant available to the center to $10 million. But that grant won't solve all problems because it can only be used for training and education, not investigations and enforcement, which are the focus of complaints about the center.
Olympics leader Bach talks up working with President-elect Trump toward 2028 Los Angeles Games
Graham Dunbar, Associated Press | Updated Dec. 5 - 1:22 p.m. | Save Story
IOC president Thomas Bach says Olympic leaders are "very confident and relaxed" about working with the incoming Trump administration ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Games. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has talked up his own role helping get the games for LA in 2017 but a White House meeting during that campaign with an Olympic delegation including Bach was not a success. The two men could meet again Saturday in the 2024 Olympics host city Paris. They should attend the reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral. U.S. federal support is needed for securing the LA Olympics and issuing visas.
Ex-Olympic freestyle skier and football player Jeremy Bloom joins X Games as CEO
Pat Graham, Associated Press | Posted Dec. 5 - 10:07 a.m. | Save Story
Jeremy Bloom is taking over as the CEO of X Games. The ex-Olympic freestyle skier and Colorado football player will lead the annual summer and winter events as it transitions into a new, team-friendly format in addition to individual awards. In June, X Games unveiled a style change starting in 2026, where summer athletes in disciplines ranging from skateboarding to BMX compete as a team. Same with winter stars in snowboarding and skiing events. Over his career, Bloom never got the chance to go for gold at X Games simply because the competition didn't offer his signature event, moguls.
3-time Olympic equestrian champion Dujardin handed 1-year ban following horse-whipping scandal
The Associated Press | Updated Dec. 5 - 4:43 a.m. | Save Story
Three-time Olympic equestrian gold medalist Charlotte Dujardin has been suspended from all competition for one year following a horse-whipping scandal that saw her withdraw from the Paris Games in July. Dujardin was provisionally suspended by the International Federation for Equestrian Sports on July 23 as the governing body launched an investigation into a video from four years ago showing her repeatedly whipping a horse while coaching another rider. A complaint was made to the FEI by Dutch equine lawyer Stephan Wensing on behalf of an unnamed client. Dujardin cannot compete again until July next year. The FEI's sanction for "engaging in conduct contrary to the principles of horse welfare" also included a fine of $11,300.
US rugby star Ilona Maher making big impact on Bristol after signing short-term deal
The Associated Press | Posted Dec. 4 - 12:35 p.m. | Save Story
Hardly in need of an introduction, U.S. women's rugby player Ilona Maher will get one anyway when her new team in England presents the Olympic bronze medalist to fans. Maher signed with the Bristol Bears women's team this week and will be "officially unveiled" on Saturday. The American has nearly 8 million followers combined on Instagram and TikTok. The 28-year-old Maher helped lead the U.S. to the bronze medal in rugby sevens at the Paris Games. She signed for Bristol on a three-month contract that starts in January. Maher will participate in a Q&A session in Bristol on Saturday.
Will the 2034 World Cup compete with Utah's next Olympics?
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted Dec. 3 - 7:11 p.m. | Save Story
Just weeks before Utah welcomes the world to the 2034 Winter Games, sports fans around the globe may be focused on an even bigger sporting event — soccer's World Cup.
Olympic champion cyclist Evenepoel sustains fractures and a dislocated collarbone in training crash
The Associated Press | Updated Dec. 3 - 3:49 p.m. | Save Story
Two-time Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel sustained multiple fractures, a dislocated collarbone and lung contusions when he crashed into a vehicle while training in Belgium. His Soudal Quick-Step team says the 24-year-old Evenepoel broke his right shoulder blade, right hand and a rib. He was scheduled for surgery late Tuesday after further examinations revealed "contusions on both lungs and a luxation of the clavicle." The team says "the clavicle will be operated on this evening, which if successful, should allow Remco to leave hospital tomorrow." Belgian media reported Evenepoel was unable to avoid the door of a post office vehicle when it was swung open.
2024 in pop culture: In a bruising year, we sought out fantasy, escapism — and cute little animals
Jocelyn Noveck, Associated Press | Posted Dec. 3 - 7:59 a.m. | Save Story
Did you have a "Brat summer" this year? Were you "demure," and were you "mindful"? Did you enter a celebrity look-alike contest? All these were pop culture trends that emerged in 2024. But most of all, it seemed the theme was escapism. Whether it was the yellow brick road in "Wicked" or the beckoning seas of Oceania in "Moana 2" or adorable fuzzy animals like Moo Deng or even unlikely Olympic heroes making us proud, audiences gravitated to fantasy and feel-good moments.
Olympic skater Tina Noyes, ice dancer Renee Roca among latest US Figure Skating Hall of Fame class
Dave Skretta, Associated Press | Posted Dec. 2 - 10:40 a.m. | Save Story
Two-time Olympic skater and longtime coach Tina Noyes, ice dancer and choreographer Renee Roca, trailblazer Atoy Wilson and judge Robert Horen have been elected to the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame. The organization announced the class Monday. It will be inducted on Jan. 25 at the U.S. championships in Wichita, Kansas. Noyes was one of the leading skaters of the 1960s. Roca was a three-time U.S. ice dance champion. Horan has been a judge, technical controller and referee for the International Skating Union for more than 25 years. Wilson was the first Black athlete to compete at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in 1965.
Marchand is 'exhausted' and withdraws from short course swimming worlds
The Associated Press | Updated Nov. 30 - 10:51 a.m. | Save Story
Léon Marchand won't compete at the short course swimming world championships next month. The four-time Olympic champion from France says on Saturday he needs rest after an intense year. The 22-year-old Marchand won five medals at the Paris Olympics this summer. The short course worlds are scheduled from Dec. 10-15 in Budapest, Hungary.
Flag football scours nation with talent camps to uncover next wave of stars
Pat Graham, Associated Press | Posted Nov. 26 - 3:15 p.m. | Save Story
USA Football is holding talent identification camps all over the country to uncover the next flag football stars. It's "America's Got Talent" meets "American Idol" with the stage being the field and the prize being a chance to compete for a spot on a national team. Because it's never too early to start planning for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics, where flag football will make its Summer Games debut. It's a hard team to make as the men's and women's national team rosters have already approached "Dream Team" status. The men's side has won six of the last seven world championships and the women three in a row.
Olympic flame for 2026 Milan-Cortina Games will go on 63-day journey across Italy
Daniella Matar, Associated Press | Posted Nov. 26 - 12:31 p.m. | Save Story
The Olympic flame for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Games will pass through all 110 provinces in Italy on a 63-day journey before the cauldron is lit. Organizers have announced the route for the torch relay at a palace facing the historic Verona Arena, the large Roman amphitheater that will host the closing ceremony of the 2026 Winter Games as well as the opening of the Paralympics. The presentation of the 12,000-kilometer path took place exactly a year before the flame will be lit in Ancient Olympia, Greece. The flame will arrive in Rome on Dec. 4 and conclude its journey in Milan on Feb. 6 for the opening ceremony.
PWHL New York Sirens' trajectory points up with addition of rookie star Sarah Fillier and new home
John Wawrow, Associated Press | Posted Nov. 26 - 10:36 a.m. | Save Story
The New York Sirens enter their second PWHL season featuring a new star in Sarah Fillier, a new coach in Greg Fargo and have finally landed a permanent home at New Jersey's Prudential Center. These all represent a fresh start for a vagabond team that spent its inaugural season splitting home games out of three sites and finishing last in the six-team league standings with five regulation wins. Fillier was the first pick in the draft and has already established herself after a decorated college career at Princeton, while also winning an Olympic gold medal and three world championships representing Canada.
Ruling in doping case set to give biathlon star Fourcade a gold 15 years after Vancouver Olympics
The Associated Press | Posted Nov. 26 - 6:00 a.m. | Save Story
A ruling by sport's highest court in a Russian doping case is set to give French biathlon star Martin Fourcade another gold medal almost 15 years after the Vancouver Olympics. The International Biathlon Union the Court of Arbitration for Sport dismissed an appeal by Evgeny Ustyugov, who crossed the line first ahead of Fourcade in the 15-kilometer mass start event at the 2010 Winter Games. The Russian biathlete appealed against an October 2020 ruling that he was guilty of blood doping. The latest CAS verdict upheld his four-year ban and disqualification of results. The IOC can allocate the 2010 gold medal to Fourcade.
14-time Olympic medalist Emma McKeon retires from swimming
The Associated Press | Updated Nov. 25 - 2:12 a.m. | Save Story
Emma McKeon, Australia's most decorated Olympian, has announced her retirement from competitive swimming. McKeon holds the Australian record of 14 Olympic medals _ six of them gold _ won over three Summer Olympics. While the 30-year-old McKeon had previously hinted that the 2024 Paris Games would be her final Olympics she had not said whether she would she would continue swimming competitively. McKeon's seven-medal haul at Tokyo 2020 is the most ever by a female swimmer at a single Games and equal most for any female athlete from any sport at a single Olympics, while her career tally of 14 Olympic medals is tied for most by any female swimmer.
Olympic champion Clement Noel wins World Cup slalom for his 2nd victory in two weeks
The Associated Press | Updated Nov. 24 - 7:12 a.m. | Save Story
Olympic champion Clement Noel has held on to his commanding first-run lead to take a men's World Cup slalom for his second win in two weeks. The Frenchman lost time in the final run but still finished 0.43 seconds ahead of Kristoffer Jakobsen of Sweden. Atle Lie McGrath of Norway finished 0.44 behind in third. Noel also won the season-opening slalom in Finland a week ago for his first World Cup victory in 22 months. Slalom World Cup champion Manuel Feller as well as Lucas Pinheiro Braathen and Marcel Hirscher all straddled a gate and didn't finish their first runs.
Spanish sailors ride wave of $2M win, Olympic gold medal to lead Los Gallos into SailGP's Season 5
Bernie Wilson, Associated Press | Posted Nov. 22 - 1:55 p.m. | Save Story
Spaniards Diego Botin and Florian Trittel experienced an adrenaline rush last summer that's never been seen in sailing. On July 14 on San Francisco Bay, they helped sail Los Gallos' fast, foiling catamaran to a stunning upset over heavyweights Tom Slingsby of Australia and Peter Burling of New Zealand and claim the $2 million, winner-take-all prize as SailGP's Season 4 champions. Just 19 days later, the 30-year-olds won the Olympic gold medal in the high-performance 49er class in Marseille, France. They open their title defense this weekend in Dubai.
Simone Biles to join Snoop Dogg as a guest mentor for an episode on NBC's 'The Voice'
Jonathan Landrum Jr., Associated Press | Posted Nov. 21 - 11:01 a.m. | Save Story
who carried their effortless chemistry from the Olympics to the TV set of "The Voice."
World swim body eases rules on approved Russians competing in relays and some team events
The Associated Press | Posted Nov. 21 - 9:29 a.m. | Save Story
The World Aquatics governing body of swimming has eased rules that now allow approved athletes from Russia and Belarus to compete in team events at international meetings. World Aquatics says athletes who have been competing as neutrals in individual events during the invasion of Ukraine can team up and compete in swim relays, artistic swimming and synchronized diving. The neutrality rules included not publicly supporting the invasion and not having ties to the military and state security agencies. One swimmer from Russia and three from Belarus competed at the Paris Olympics as neutral individuals. They won no medals.
Double Olympic champ Alistair Brownlee retires from triathlon
The Associated Press | Updated Nov. 21 - 3:33 a.m. | Save Story
Double Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee has announced his retirement from triathlon at the age of 36. Brownlee won gold medals in London in 2012 and Rio de Janeiro in 2016. His younger brother, Jonny, made the podium on both occasions. Alistair Brownlee was also world champion in 2009 and 2011 and a four-time European champion. He writes on X it is "time to close this chapter." He adds "This marks my transition from professional triathlon, a moment approached with both dread and excitement in equal measure."
US runner Shannon Rowbury on course for 2012 Olympic medal after Russian disqualified
James Ellingworth, Associated Press | Updated Nov. 19 - 5:47 a.m. | Save Story
The results of the London Olympics are still changing more than 12 years later. Shannon Rowbury of the United States has taken another step toward a long-delayed bronze medal after Russian runner Tatyana Tomashova was officially disqualified from the women's 1,500 meters final at the London Olympics. The Athletics Integrity Unit says Tomashova didn't appeal against a doping ban she was given at the Court of Arbitration for Sport in September. The AIU adds the decision is "final and binding" in the records of World Athletics, and the International Olympic Committee has been informed.
Hans Henken back aboard Team USA catamaran 14 months after he was injured in a crash
Bernie Wilson, Associated Press | Posted Nov. 18 - 3:46 p.m. | Save Story
Hans Henken's sailing career is back at full throttle not quite 14 months after he was knocked unconscious and severely injured when the high-speed catamaran he was controlling in a SailGP race crashed off its foils and nosedived into the Mediterranean waves. The Olympic medalist is back as flight controller for the United States SailGP Team, which announced its lineup for Season 5 of the global league which starts this weekend in Dubai.
Grotheer gets second straight men's win and Tarbit gets first women's win in World Cup skeleton
The Associated Press | Posted Nov. 17 - 8:29 a.m. | Save Story
Olympic and world champion Christopher Grotheer of Germany, followed by British teammates Marcus Wyatt and Matt Weston, took the top three places in a World Cup men's skeleton race on Sunday. It was exact same order as the result of Saturday's season-opening race on the 2018 Olympic track. Grotheer won a World Cup race for the eighth time in his career. In Sunday's women's race, Freya Tarbit of Britain got the first win of her World Cup career. Olympic champion Hannah Niese of Germany was second and Janine Flock of Austria was third.
Olympic ski champion Noel wins season's 1st World Cup slalom; Hirscher fails to qualify for 2nd run
The Associated Press | Updated Nov. 17 - 7:39 a.m. | Save Story
Olympic champion Clement Noel has dominated the first men's World Cup slalom of the season for his first victory in 22 months. The Frenchman protected his opening-run lead to beat Henrik Kristoffersen of Norway by 0.80 seconds. Swiss allrounder Loic Meillard placed third. Lucas Pinheiro Braathen came fourth having missed by one tenth what would have been the first ever World Cup podium result in Alpine skiing for Brazil. Record eight-time overall champion Marcel Hirscher failed to qualify for the second run in his first slalom since coming out of retirement after five years.
Bela Karolyi, coach of Olympic champion gymnasts who was criticized after Nassar scandal, dies at 82
Will Graves, Associated Press | Updated Nov. 16 - 9:01 p.m. | Save Story
Bela Karolyi, the charismatic if polarizing gymnastics coach who turned young women into champions and the United States into an international power, has died. He was 82. USA Gymnastics confirmed Karolyi died Friday. No cause of death was given. Karolyi and wife Martha trained multiple Olympic gold medalists and world champions in the U.S. and Romania, including Nadia Comaneci and Mary Lou Retton. Comaneci called Karolyi "a big impact and influence" on her life. Karolyi came under fire at times for his methods and several former gymnasts blamed the Karolyis for their role in the Larry Nassar scandal, saying the culture they helped create allowed Nassar's abusive behavior to run unchecked for years.
US skier Mikaela Shiffrin wins 1st World Cup slalom of season for her 98th career victory
The Associated Press | Updated Nov. 16 - 7:26 a.m. | Save Story
American ski star Mikaela Shiffrin has dominated the first women's World Cup slalom of the season for her record-extending 98th career win. Shiffrin built on a big first-run lead with an aggressive yet controlled second run down the Levi Black course to beat 2021 slalom world champion Katharina Liensberger of Austria by 0.79 seconds. Lena Duerr of Germany dropped from second to third and was the last skier to finish less than a second off the lead. Shiffrin says it's an "amazing way to start the slalom season." Shiffrin has now won 61 slaloms and 98 races overall. Both are World Cup records across genders.
US track wants to shorten Olympic trials and put them at LA Coliseum
Eddie Pells, Associated Press | Posted Nov. 14 - 6:19 p.m. | Save Story
The leader of USA Track and Field cut through confusion surrounding the 2028 Olympic trials, saying the preference is to hold them in the LA Coliseum several weeks before the actual Olympic track meet takes place there. Max Siegel tells The Associated Press that the goal is to give U.S. athletes the closest thing to a simulation of the actual Olympics, and that there is no better place to do that than holding the trials in the same stadium as the Games. He also says plans are for the meet, which has traditionally been spread over 10 days, to be shortened in 2028.
Los Angeles is on the clock for 2028 Olympics with focus turning to delivery and planning next year
Beth Harris, Associated Press | Posted Nov. 14 - 5:31 p.m. | Save Story
The International Olympic Committee's Coordination Commission has wrapped up its three-day visit to check out selected venues and track the progress of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. The commission on Thursday visited the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, the new Intuit Dome in Inglewood, the Long Beach Convention Center, waterfront and Marine Stadium during its first trip to Los Angeles in two years. Next year, the Games plan, venues and competition schedule, medal event program and athlete quota will be finalized. Then in 2026, ticketing and hospitality options will open to the public, the torch relay will be organized and a mascot will be created.
Dylan Fletcher is named helmsman of the British SailGP team
Bernie Wilson, Associated Press | Posted Nov. 14 - 3:34 p.m. | Save Story
Olympic gold medalist and Moth world champion Dylan Fletcher has been named helmsman of the Emirates Great Britain SailGP Team ahead of the start of Season 5 of the global league. The move has been expected since fellow Olympic gold medalist Giles Scott moved to the Canada SailGP Team in sailing's first-ever transfer fee deal in early October, which was negotiated by Ben Ainslie, CEO and co-owner of Emirates Great Britain. Fletcher was helmsman for the British team in the league's first season. The opening regatta is Nov. 23-24 in Dubai.
Olympic champion Lindsey Vonn is ending retirement at age 40 to make a skiing comeback
Associated Press | Posted Nov. 14 - 7:40 a.m. | Save Story
Lindsey Vonn says she is coming out of retirement to rejoin the U.S. Ski Team in an attempt to race again at age 40.
Olympic champion Lindsey Vonn is ending her retirement at age 40 to make a skiing comeback
The Associated Press | Posted Nov. 14 - 6:46 a.m. | Save Story
Lindsey Vonn says she is coming out of retirement to rejoin the U.S. Ski Team in an attempt to race again at age 40. Thursday's announcement comes more than six years after Vonn's last Olympics. She is a three-time Olympic medalist, including a downhill gold and super-G bronze at the 2010 Vancouver Games, and a bronze in the downhill at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games. She is also a four-time overall World Cup champion and owns eight world championships medals. Her 82 World Cup race victories stood as the record for a woman until that total was eclipsed by Mikaela Shiffrin.
Olympic medalist withdraws from French boxing elections citing racist and sexist attacks
The Associated Press | Updated Nov. 12 - 5:03 a.m. | Save Story
Sarah Ourahmoune, a silver medalist at the 2016 Olympic Games, has withdrawn her bid to become president of the French boxing federation. She says she has been the target of vicious racist and sexist attacks. In an open letter published this week, Ourahmoune says she's been on the receiving end of insults that went beyond anything she could have imagined in the buildup to next month's election. Ourahmoune has been campaigning in a joint bid with current president Dominique Nato. Another female boxer, the 2016 Olympic lightweight champion Estelle Mossely, is also a candidate.
Here's what Utah County leaders want from another Olympics
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted Nov. 11 - 6:16 a.m. | Save Story
When the 2034 Winter Games come to Utah less than a decade from now, the state's youth need to feel like they're a part of what will add up to a $4 billion event.
There may be a new hockey event at the 2030 Winter Games. Could it impact 2034 Olympics?
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted Nov. 7 - 11:04 a.m. | Save Story
IOC is expected to be asked to consider adding 3x3 hockey to French Alps Games.
Controversial Australian Olympic breaker Rachael Gunn retires from competition
The Associated Press | Updated Nov. 6 - 7:00 p.m. | Save Story
Australian breaker Rachael Gunn has told a Sydney radio station that she plans to retire from competition just three months after her unconventional routine at the Paris Olympics led to her being ridiculed and spawned conspiracy theories about how she qualified for the Games. The now 37-year-old Sydney university lecturer failed to get on the scoreboard in all three of her competition rounds in August, with a routine that included unorthodox moves such as a kangaroo hop. Gunn had initially planned to keep competing but said the experience had been so "upsetting" that she changed her mind.
Belgium's Bouwmeester, Spain's Botin and Trittel win World Sailor of the Year awards
The Associated Press | Posted Nov. 6 - 5:17 p.m. | Save Story
The 2024 Rolex World Sailor of the Year Award winners are Marit Bouwmeester of Belgium, who became the most-decorated female Olympic sailor of all time, and Diego Botin and Florian Trittel of Spain, who won an Olympic gold medal and SailGP's $2 million Season 4 championship in a three-week span. Bouwmeester won the gold medal in women's dinghy at the Paris Games to push her career total to four medals, including two golds, a silver and a bronze. Botin and Trittel won the Olympic gold medal in the men's skiff less than three weeks after taking Spain's SailGP Team from 10th to first to win the season title.
IIHF is preparing a proposal to add 3-on-3 hockey to the Winter Olympics starting in 2030
The Associated Press | Posted Nov. 4 - 5:45 p.m. | Save Story
The International Ice Hockey Federation is preparing a proposal to add 3-on-3 hockey to the Winter Olympics. The sport's worldwide governing body must make its submission of interest to the International Olympic Committee by January. The IOC's decision would be due by the end of next year. If approved, 3-on-3 hockey would debut at the 2030 Games in the French Alps. There has been 3x3 basketball at the past two Summer Olympics. The IIHF says doing the same with hockey could allow up to 240 more players to be Olympians.
Standout boxing nation at Paris Olympics joins new body aiming to keep the sport at 2028 Games
The Associated Press | Posted Nov. 4 - 8:29 a.m. | Save Story
The most successful boxing nation at the Paris Olympics has joined the new governing body that aims to keep the sport in the 2028 Los Angeles Games after years of turmoil outside the ring. Uzbekistan won five of the 13 boxing gold medals in Paris this year. Its boxing federation is among four new members of World Boxing. The Switzerland-based body now has 55 members aiming to win formal recognition from the International Olympic Committee. The IOC banished the Russian-led International Boxing Association last year after longstanding financial and integrity concerns. The IOC wants to work with a new boxing body by early 2025.
Olympic medalist race walker Koki Ikeda of Japan suspended in doping investigation
The Associated Press | Posted Nov. 1 - 10:48 a.m. | Save Story
Olympic silver medalist race walker Koki Ikeda of Japan has been provisionally banned for suspected blood doping. Track and field's Athletics Integrity Unit announced its investigation on Friday. Ikeda was second in the 20-kilometer event at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 and placed seventh at the Paris Olympics three months ago. The AIU says the 26-year-old athlete has been notified of a charge based on suspect readings in his biological passport. The passport can indicate markers of doping over time without an athlete testing positive for a banned drug.
LA28 hires Nike's John Slusher to lead commercial arm
Eddie Pells, Associated Press | Updated Oct. 30 - 3:28 p.m. | Save Story
Nike executive John Slusher is moving into the Olympic world to head the commercial arm for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. Slusher was named CEO of U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Properties, a joint venture between the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee and the organizers of the LA Games that oversees sponsorships, ticket sales and hospitality. Olympic planners have set a goal of reaching $2.5 billion in sponsorships, and LA28 CEO Reynold Hoover said this summer the organization had reached about 65% of its goal.
Shaun White and Nina Dobrev are engaged. He faked a dinner invite with Anna Wintour to propose
Alicia Rancilio, Associated Press | Posted Oct. 30 - 1:35 p.m. | Save Story
Skateboarder and three-time Olympic gold medalist Shaun White is engaged to "The Vampire Diaries" star Nina Dobrev. The pair met in 2019 at a Tony Robbins event and dated for five years. To surprise Dobrev with the proposal, White had his publicist Jennifer Peros fake an invite to an intimate dinner with Anna Wintour at a restaurant called The Golden Swan. When Dobrev arrived, White was waiting with a photographer and a 5-carat diamond ring. This will be a first marriage for both. White retired from snowboarding after the 2022 Olympics and remains the record-holder for most gold medals won by a snowboarder.
The AVP beach volleyball tour now has team play. But will it be a (Dallas) Dream or (Miami) Mayhem?
Jimmy Golen, Associated Press | Posted Oct. 25 - 3:27 p.m. | Save Story
A new league format on the U.S. beach volleyball tour is bringing a team concept to what has always been a two-person sport. Instead of competing for tournament titles, the AVP is combining a men's and women's pair into teams that will play for a spot in the season-ending championship. Teams also represent cities like in most traditional sports. Athletes say they're excited about the new format. They hope the sport gets a bump as it prepares for the Olympics to return to the birthplace of beach volleyball in 2028.
Volleyball great Karch Kiraly is moving from US women's team to coach US men at 2028 Olympics
Jimmy Golen, Associated Press | Posted Oct. 24 - 1:29 p.m. | Save Story
Three-time Olympic gold medalist Karch Kiraly will coach the American men's volleyball team at the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles. Kiraly will switch from the women's program he led to medals in each of the last three Olympics. He takes over for John Speraw. Speraw coached the American men to the bronze medal in Paris before becoming USA Volleyball's president and CEO this month. Kiraly won two gold medals in indoor volleyball and one on the beach as an athlete. Speraw called him "Team USA's greatest winner."
Norwegian ski star Kilde needs more surgery on injured shoulder and will miss 2024-25 season
Eric Willemsen, Associated Press | Updated Oct. 23 - 12:27 p.m. | Save Story
Norwegian skier Aleksander Aamodt Kilde will miss the entire 2024-25 season because his injured left shoulder requires surgery again. Kilde crashed badly in a downhill in Switzerland in January. Kilde says he needs "another surgery to fully fix the shoulder. This unfortunately means I won't be competing this winter." Kilde is a two-time Olympic medalist who has won 21 World Cup races and took the 2020 overall title. He is the fiancé of American ski star Mikaela Shiffrin.
Retired Gen. Martin Dempsey is returning as USA Basketball chair through 2028 Los Angeles Olympics
The Associated Press | Posted Oct. 23 - 11:13 a.m. | Save Story
Retired Gen. Martin E. Dempsey is returning as chairperson of USA Basketball through the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, where the American women will seek a ninth consecutive gold medal and the men will seek a sixth straight title. Dempsey served in the military for 41 years, retiring in 2015. He has chaired USA Basketball's board since 2016. USA Basketball announced his re-election on Wednesday. Dempsey is a former Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army and former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under President Barack Obama.
Former captain Antoine Dupont back with France for autumn rugby tests
The Associated Press | Posted Oct. 23 - 9:21 a.m. | Save Story
Fresh from winning the Olympic rugby sevens title this summer on home soil, France scrumhalf Antoine Dupont has been named in Fabien Galthié's squad for the autumn tests. The France coach has also selected eight uncapped players in his group of 42. France will take on Japan, New Zealand and Argentina next month. Dupont has not played for the France XV since the World Cup quarterfinal loss to South Africa in October last year. The mercurial playmaker skipped the Six Nations and switched his attention from the traditional 15s format to rugby sevens in March to chase his once-in-a-lifetime chance to win an Olympic gold medal on home soil.
A new sport at the Los Angeles Olympics may be headed to the East Coast. Here's why
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted Oct. 21 - 10:04 p.m. | Save Story
Matches in one of the newest sports at the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles, cricket, likely will be played on the East Coast.
How athletes and officials were protected from cyberbullies during the Paris Olympics
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted Oct. 20 - 8:22 p.m. | Save Story
More than 10,200 online posts and comments about athletes and officials participating in the 2024 Summer Games in Paris were deemed abusive through what the International Olympic Committee is calling "the largest and most comprehensive service of its kind in sports history."
