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SLC 2034 Bid Close
SLC-Utah Committee for the Games Board Chair Catherine Raney-Norman talks during the group's final meeting before its official dissolution on Wednesday night in Salt Lake City. Photo by Matt Traub/SportsTravel

Salt Lake 2034 Winter Olympic Bid Committee, Its Work Done, Formally Dissolves

With its work securing the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games done, the Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games gathered one final time on Wednesday for the group’s formal dissolution in a moment that was a celebration of the work done, a celebration of the holiday season and a moment to step back and realize […]

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MilanCortina2026

USOPC Preparing for Far-Flung 2026 Winter Olympics

As the days count down on 2024 and with just over a year to go until the 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Italy, the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee is working on a series of logistical plans for one of the more far-flung Games in recent history. The Games will be spread among venues […]

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2026 US Figure Skating St Louis

St. Louis to Host 2026 U.S. Figure Skating Championships

The Enterprise Center in St. Louis will host the 2026 U.S. Figure Skating championships, which will be the final qualifying event before the team for the 2026 Olympic Winter Games will be named. The annual event, held since 1914, will be January 5-11 at the Enterprise Center. It crowns champions in women’s, men’s, pairs and […]

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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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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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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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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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Milano Torch Route

Flame for 2026 Olympic Winter Games Scheduled for 63-Day Journey Across Italy

Organizers for the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games have announced the route for the torch relay, as the Olympic flame will pass through all 110 provinces in Italy on a 63-day journey. The committee presented the 12,000-kilometer (7,455-mile) route on Tuesday, which marks one year from when the flame will be lit in Olympia, Greece. […]

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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

Cortina Sliding Track for 2026 Olympics Taking Shape

A sliding center being rebuilt for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympic Games is starting to take shape as the clock ticks to a March deadline, reported The Associated Press this week. The AP reported through photos shared with it by the government agency in charge of building infrastructure for the Games the outline of the […]

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