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Winter Olympic Sports

U.S. women’s doubles earns bronze at luge World Championships

ALTENBERG, Germany — The United States doubles team of Chevonne Forgan and Sophie Kirkby won their second career World Championship bronze medal on Jan. 27, tying the start and track records while doing so. Team USA also brought home a silver medal at the 52nd FIL Luge World ...

Jackie Garso named to biathlon World Championship team

MIDWAY, Utah — The United States Biathlon Association announced on Jan. 27 the official roster of athletes who will represent the United States at the 2024 IBU World Championships in Nove Mesto na Morave, Czech Republic slated for Feb. 7 to 18. The roster includes Lake Clear’s Jackie ...

Sexual harassment on US Biathlon team leads to sanctions

U.S. Biathlon national champion Joanne Reid was sexually harassed and abused for years by a ski-wax technician while racing on the elite World Cup circuit, a watchdog group that oversees sex-abuse allegations in Olympic sports found. When the two-time Olympian complained, she says she was told ...

Location of 2026 Olympic sliding events to be decided soon

GANGNEUNG, South Korea — A standoff between the IOC and 2026 Winter Games officials in Italy about using a sliding track for bobsled, skeleton and luge in another country should be resolved by the end of the month, the Olympic body said on Jan. 18. The International Olympic Committee has ...

Location of 2026 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, Jan. 18. The International Olympic Committee has repeatedly insisted that an ...

Chevonne Forgan and Sophie 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 ...