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Winter Olympic Sports

Athletes, organizations discuss 2034 Games announcement

LAKE PLACID — While four-time Olympic U.S. skier Lindsey Vonn leapt from her chair following the International Olympic Committee’s announcement that Salt Lake City, Utah was named the host for the 2034 Olympic Winter Games, in Lake Placid, local luge Olympian Ashley Farquharson waited ...

Utah will host 2034 Winter Olympics

PARIS — What was expected to be a simple coronation of Salt Lake City as the 2034 Winter Olympic host turned into complicated Olympic politics Wednesday, as the IOC pushed Utah officials to end an FBI investigation into a suspected doping coverup. The International Olympic Committe formally ...

Salt Lake City celebrates that it will host 2034 Winter Olympics

SALT LAKE CITY — Salt Lake City was formally awarded the 2034 Winter Olympics and Paralympics following a vote Wednesday by the International Olympic Committee in Paris, giving Utah its second Games after hosting in 2002. About a thousand sports fans gathered in downtown Salt Lake City ...

Chris Fogt named U.S. bobsled head coach

LAKE PLACID — Christopher Fogt will take over the head coaching position for U.S. Bobsled and Skeleton Federation’s bobsled team, the organization announced on Monday. Fogt, a Major in the U.S. Army’s World Class Athlete Program, is a three-time Olympian and an Olympic Silver medalist. ...

Lake Placid still in running for 2026 sliding bid

LAKE PLACID — The Lake Placid-New York state bid to host the sliding competitions for the 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Milano-Cortina, Italy is still in the running, according to state Olympic Regional Development Authority Director of Communications Darcy Norfolk. Lake Placid’s bid ...

Luge officials replace sprint World Cup

LAKE PLACID — The International Luge Federation announced on Friday that it will replace the sprint World Cup with a new discipline for the upcoming World Cup season. A mixed World Cup is slated to replace the sprint World Cup for the 2024-25 sliding season. The decision was made ...