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Lake Placid Sliding Venue

Lake Placid Working With Italian Officials as a Backup Sliding Site for 2026 Winter Games

Lake Placid, New York, could be the host for bobsled, luge and skeleton in the 2026 Olympic Winter Games should the sliding venue in Cortina d’Ampezzo not be completed by March 2025. The Olympic Regional Development Authority has entered “targeted dialogue” with the 2026 Milano-Cortina Organizing Committee. Fondazione Milano Cortina and Lake Placid will further […]

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USA Swimming

2026 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships Moved to Irvine

One of the bigger international swimming events in 2026, the Pan Pacific Championships, will be held at William Woollett Junior Aquatics Center in Irvine, California. The event was announced as moving to Southern California from Canada in October 2023 to lay the foundation ahead of the 2028 Summer Olympic Games. Canada had been set to […]

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Jeremy Bloom
Former skier and football player Jeremy Bloom, center, is greeted by onlookers before Colorado hosts Utah on November 16, 2024, in Boulder, Colorado. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Jeremy Bloom Named Chief Executive Officer of the X Games

Jeremy Bloom, a two-time Olympic freestyle skier and former football player at the University of Colorado, has been named the new chief executive officer of the X Games. Bloom will lead the annual summer and winter events as it transitions into a new team format beginning in 2026, in addition to individual awards. “The opportunity […]

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World Cup LA28

U.S. Liaison Named for 2026 FIFA World Cup and 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games

Monica Crowley, who served as the assistant secretary of the treasury for public affairs during the first Trump Administration, has been announced as the next Ambassador, Assistant Secretary of State and Chief of Protocol of the United States of America and will be a key liaison for the 2026 FIFA World Cup and the 2028 […]

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Cortina Sliding Track
Construction work is underway on the sliding track in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, that is scheduled to host events during the 2026 Olympic Winter Games. Photo by The Associated Press

Sliding Venue for 2026 Winter Olympics to be Tested in March

Construction progress of a sliding track that will host events at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games, a venue the International Olympic Committee wished organizers did not pursue, was still praised during this week’s IOC Executive Board meetings. The Cortina track needs to be certified by March to be approved for use in the February 6–22, […]

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USA Taekwondo

USA Taekwondo Named World Taekwondo Member National Association of the Year

USA Taekwondo was named Member National Association of the Year at the World Taekwondo Gala in Hong Kong, the latest in a string of achievements for the national governing body. USA Taekwondo won Best MNA Award from the Pan American Taekwondo Union and continued with key milestones including recertification by the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic […]

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USOPC

United States Olympic & Paralympic Endowment Announces Award Winners

Five recipients of awards will be recognized by the United States Olympic & Paralympic Endowment for their commitment and contributions to the Olympic and Paralympic movements during the annual awards ceremony on December 6 at the New York Athletic Club in New York City. Cindy Parlow Cone and Brad Snyder will be the recipients of […]

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USATF

USA Track & Field, COO Renee Washington Honored by World Athletics

World Athletics has named USA Track & Field as the winner of its Member Federation Award and USATF Chief Operating Officer Renee Washington was awarded Woman of the Year from the international federation. Washington received the honor in recognition of her work to promote the advancement of gender equity in athletics, including new USATF initiatives […]

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Killington GS
The first FIS–sanctioned event on U.S. soil in the upcoming season will be the Stifel Killington Cup in Killington, Vermont, November 30 through December 1, 2024. Photo courtesy of U.S. Ski & Snowboard

Historic Home Schedule Boosts Marketing for U.S. Ski & Snowboard

One of the key initiatives for Sophie Goldschmidt when she took over as president and chief executive officer of U.S. Ski & Snowboard nearly three years ago was to bring more major events to the United States. This weekend starts the culmination of that goal, as the United States hosts 12 events sanctioned by the […]

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Paris Olympics
Former U.S. skier Lindsey Vonn takes a selfie with the Salt Lake City delegation after the IOC formally awarded the 2034 Winter Games to the United States bid in Paris. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

How Salt Lake City Landed the Olympic and Paralympic Games

There was no need to talk about a potential host or a candidate city. IOC President Thomas Bach made the proclamation in Paris: Salt Lake City will host the 2034 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. City and state leaders, plus those who had shepherded the winning bid, spilled out into a mixed zone on July […]

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