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Winter Olympic Sports

IOC keeps women’s Nordic Combined out of 2026 Olympics

GENEVA — Nordic Combined will remain the only Olympic event without women at the 2026 Winter Games. The International Olympic Committee decided on Friday not to add a women’s event on the skiing program at the Milan-Cortina d’Ampezzo Games in four years’ time. The long-term ...

Salt Lake City Winter Olympics bid more likely for 2034

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Recent meetings with the IOC have led U.S. officials to believe all signs point toward Salt Lake City bidding for the 2034 Winter Olympics, though they say Utah’s capital will be ready if asked to host the 2030 Games, too. U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee ...

Winter Olympics may not include Nordic combined for 1st time

Nordic combined, which uniquely tests skiers on jaw-dropping jumps and heart-pounding trails, has been a part of the Winter Olympics since 1924. Its time might be up. It is the only Olympic sport without women and the International Olympic Committee is due to make a decision later this month ...

A call to action for women’s Nordic combined

On June 24, the International Olympic Committee will decide on whether or not to admit women’s Nordic combined into the Winter Olympics. Nordic combined is the only sport in the Winter Olympics in which women do not currently compete. There has been a heavy push from competitors, ...

Volley Cole, first coach in USA Luge history, dies

LAKE PLACID — A USA Luge pioneer, racer, coach and founding member of the International Luge Federation has died. Retired Sgt. Major Volley H. “Bob” Cole was a team member and coach with the U.S. national and Olympic teams and an International Luge Federation, or FIL, official from ...

White House ceremony honors Olympians, Paralympians

Olympic bobsled pilot Elana Meyers Taylor was the guest speaker Wednesday at a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House to celebrate the accomplishments of U.S. Olympians and Paralympians over the past two years. President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden welcomed members of Team USA ...