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Colorado Springs Veldrome

U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Training Center Velodrome to Reopen

The Colorado Springs Olympic & Paralympic Training Center Velodrome will officially reopen on April 1. Once re-opened, the velodrome will introduce training sessions four days a week, classes for adults and youth and an 18-race series on select Friday nights. USA Cycling and the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee will jointly work to continue building […]

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USA Artistic Swimming 2025 Schedule Released

The five locations across the United States that will host USA Artistic Swimming events in 2025 have been announced with events starting in the spring and extending through the fall. The first event will be the Collegiate Championships from March 28–30 at Michael H. Jones Natatorium at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Michigan. “The Ann […]

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USA Shooting

Kelly Reisdorf Named Interim CEO of USA Shooting

The USA Shooting Board of Directors has announced the appointment of Kelly Reisdorf as the new interim chief executive officer of USA Shooting following the resignation of Craig Kozeniesky ahead of the 2024 Olympic Summer Games in Paris. “Kelly Reisdorf’s appointment comes at a crucial time for USA Shooting as we navigate through a period […]

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USA Basketball Women’s National Team to Play WNBA All-Stars in Phoenix

The 2024 WNBA All-Star Game will match the USA Basketball women’s national team in one of its final pre-Olympic tuneups against a team of players from the WNBA who will not be participating in the Olympics. The game will be at the Footprint Center in Phoenix on July 20. The game is part of the […]

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USA Cycling Announces 2024 Criterium National Series Dates and Locations

USA Cycling has released its 2024 Criterium National Series with 35 days of racing in eight events across the country in partnership with the American Criterium Cup. The 2024 edition will offer riders the opportunity to qualify for the 2025 Professional Road National Championships. The top 10 Elite Men and Elite Women in the overall […]

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USA Judo Youth Nationals

Atlanta Gets Ready for USA Judo 2024 Youth National Championships

Atlanta loves to host any sporting event, but in recent years it has seen quite a bit of action from both youth sports and with the national governing body space. So when there’s an event up for bid that combines those two facets, it’s a perfect fit. The USA Judo 2024 Youth National Championships will […]

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USOPC

USOPC Reviewing Olympic Commission Report

A panel charged with reviewing the Olympic structure in the United States is calling for Congress to consider wide-ranging changes in a report that United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee Chief Executive Officer Sarah Hirshland called “helpful perspective on many topics that our movement has been evaluating and discussing for many years.” The Commission on […]

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2024 ODP Nationals a Showcase for USA Water Polo, DuPage Sports Commission

Back when USA Water Polo started its Olympic Development Program in 2009, there were only a few hundred participants — a number that last year had grown to around 6,000 athletes who took part in one ODP camp around the country. The latest sign of the growth within the ODP program is this weekend when […]

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USANordic

Adam Provost Resigns as USA Nordic Sport Chief Executive Officer

USA Nordic Sport has announced the resignation of Adam Provost as the organization’s chief executive officer after leading the Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined organization over the past two years. “We appreciate Adam’s leadership over the last two years,” said USA Nordic Board of Directors Chair Tom Bickner. “During his tenure, the organization built considerable […]

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APTOPIX Pan American Games Fencing
Samuel Imrek, left, and teammate Curtis McDowald, of the United States, celebrate their gold medal victory over Canada at the end of the men's fencing epee teams final, at the Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

DEI Initiatives Ongoing Throughout U.S. Olympic Movement

Whether it be state-by-state laws that are divergent in nature, international federations putting out mandates that may not match a member country’s intrinsic values and all in the background of the pandemic-era reckoning about race and diversity throughout the United States, national governing bodies throughout the U.S. Olympic movement have a list of topics to […]

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