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Winter Olympic Sports

Location of ’26 Winter Olympics sliding track to be decided within 2 weeks

GANGNEUNG, South Korea — A standoff between the IOC and 2026 Winter Games officials in Italy about using a bobsled track in another country should be resolved within two weeks, the Olympic body said Thursday. The International Olympic Committee has repeatedly insisted that an existing ice ...

Downhill racer to have 2nd operation after high-speed crash

INNSBRUCK, Austria (AP) — Downhill racer Aleksander Aamodt Kilde is having a second operation Thursday five days after his shocking crash and airlifted exit from Switzerland’s signature World Cup event. The former World Cup overall champion, and longtime partner of American star Mikaela ...

Bobsled, skeleton resumes World Cup sliding

ST. MORITZ, SWITZERLAND — Team USA resumed the World Cup circuit in this past weekend with three days of racing in the Swiss Alps. On Friday, the action started on a high note with Katie Uhlaender of Breckenridge, Colorado, securing a third-place finish in women’s skeleton with her ...

Forgan and Kirkby take bronze in Igls World Cup

INNSBRUCK, Austria — For the fourth consecutive World Cup event, USA Luge had athletes standing on the podium. Chevonne Forgan and Sophie Kirkby won the bronze in the women’s doubles competition in Innsbruck, Austria — the home of the 1964 and 1976 Olympic Winter Games. Ashley ...

Team USA prepares for sliding at upcoming Youth Olympic Games

LAKE PLACID — Six USA Bobsled and Skeleton athletes including John Lansing from Lake Placid, will represent their country at the fourth Winter Youth Olympic Games in the province of Gangwon in the Republic of Korea, the site of the 2018 Olympic Winter Games. This will be the first Youth ...

Women’s biathlon relay team finish 11th in Germany

After a delayed start to the race weekend in Oberhof, Germany, with rain and strong winds creating challenging conditions for the athletes, the U.S. Biathlon Team was able to pull off clean shooting, pursuit qualifications and strong relay performances. In the opening sprint race in ...