×

Winter Olympic Sports

Russian skater could miss 2026 Olympics over doping

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva faces a potential four-year doping ban which would rule her out of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina d’Ampezzo, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said Monday. CAS said it had registered an appeal from the World ...

Britcher, Sweeney to race in doubles luge

LAKE PLACID — During a virtual press conference on Monday, USA Luge singles athletes Summer Britcher, of Glen Rock, Pennsylvania, and Emily Sweeney, of Lake Placid, announced that they will join forces in doubles luge. Britcher is a three-time Olympian and has five World Cup career ...

USABS names Para Bobsled national team

LAKE PLACID — USA Bobsled/Skeleton announced on Wednesday the four athletes named to the 2022-2023 USA Para Bobsled National Team. The athletes that were selected to compete on the Para Sport World Cup tour are, Bob Balk, of Moravia, Guillermo Castillo, of Orlando, Florida, Steven Jacobo, ...

USA Skeleton hires Matt Antoine as a coach

LAKE PLACID — USA Bobsled/Skeleton announced this past Friday that two-time Olympian Matt Antoine was hired as the USA Skeleton Head Coach of Performance. “We are thrilled that Matt is returning to the team,” USABS CEO Aron McGuire said in a statement. “Matt set the standard for ...

American skaters blast RUSADA secrecy in Valieva doping case

American figure skaters blasted a decision by the Russian Anti-Doping Agency to treat the Kamila Valieva doping case from the Beijing Olympics as confidential, with ice dancer Evan Bates on Sunday calling the secrecy of the investigation “an injustice” to those that performed ...

US figure skaters still await medals from Beijing Games

Every once in a while, Nathan Chen and the rest of the American figure skaters who finished second in the team event at the Beijing Olympics will get on a group chat and catch up on everything happening in their lives. Things that aren’t happening, too, like a medal ceremony for the ...