#olympic-sports

#olympic-sports

No one in American competitive skiing planned it this way.No one at the headquarters of the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association in Park City, Utah, a dozen years ago scratched out a plan to have the two greatest Americans ever to click into Alpine and cross-country skis peak simultaneously.It only seems like it, with Mikaela Shiffrin and Jessie Diggins showing off their once-in-a-generation talents and thrusting what are largely considered niche sports in the U.S. into the mainstream.

ZURICH -- Russia and Belarus teams were excluded by the International Ice Hockey Federation on Wednesday from all its world championships next season, including the women's event in the United States.The IIHF cited security concerns for players, competition staff and fans -- because of Russia's invasion of Ukraine -- to extend the exclusion that will stretch beyond two years when the 2023-24 season is over.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland Russia's path to sending a team to the Paris Olympics next year became clearer on Thursday amid fierce objections from Ukraine.The International Olympic Committee indicated on Wednesday it favors officially neutral teams from Russia and its ally Belarus at the 2024 Olympics despite a plea from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to exclude them entirely.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Insisting sports had to respect the human rights of all athletes, International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach on Sunday denied that the organisation was on the wrong side of history by helping Russians and Belarusians qualify for the 2024 Paris Summer Games.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails A student who raised 185,000 by doing all 102 Olympic sports over the 17 days of the Tokyo Games has been made an MBE by the Princess Royal.Charlotte Nichols, 23, and her friend Stuart Bates, who was unable to attend the investiture ceremony due to illness, took part in sports including horse riding, the pole vault, sailing and climbing.

A new voice has joined the small but vocal chorus opposing UCLA's move to the Big Ten Conference.Ramogi Huma, a former Bruins linebacker who serves as executive director of the National College Players Assn., sent a letter to the University of California regents on Wednesday asking them to block UCLA's planned exit from the Pac-12 Conference in August 2024.

Futura 2000's Break Train, 1980.Photograph by Martha Cooper.Martha Cooper After graduating from college in 1978, Michael Holman moved to New York City for a job on Wall Street, but he says his interests soon led him elsewhere."I'd take myself to the 1 train stop on Hudson and Chambers and these trains would roll in with these graffiti burners, covering the train from top to bottom.

The House of Representatives has passed a bill that ensures equal compensation for U.S. women competing in international events, a piece of legislation that came out of the United States women's soccer team's long battle to be paid as much as the men.The Equal Pay for Team USA Act, passed late Wednesday, will require all athletes representing the United States in global competition to receive equal pay and benefits in their sport, regardless of gender.