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The United States team pursuit team set a world record during Saturday's action at the ISU World Cup event at the Olympic Oval in Kearns, Utah. Photo courtesy Utah Olympic Foundation

For US Speedskating, There’s No Place Like Home

When the Salt Lake City region was invited into targeted dialogue for the 2034 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, the assembled crowd at Salt Lake City Hall included US Speedskating Executive Director Ted Morris, who like everybody that day was already thinking about the planning process. “We have a 10-year runway to get people excited […]

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USA Curling has transformed The Rink at American Dream into a unique venue for its 2024 National Championships. USA Curling Photo

USA Curling Dreams Big for 2024 National Championships

USA Curling is heading to the mall next week. But it’s not a trip to the food court or to shop the early spring sales — it’s the scene for a unique new venue for one of the national governing body’s biggest events. The 2024 U.S. Men’s and Women’s National Curling Championships will be staged […]

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Trinity Ellis of Canada – Nations Cup
Trinity Ellis of Canada competes in the Nations Cup as part of the Eberspächer Luge World Cup in Lake Placid, New York, on December 7, 2023. Trinity finished in Second. Photo courtesy of Olympic Regional Development Authority

IOC Decision on 2026 Olympic Sliding Events Due End of January

The International Olympic Committee will reveal its plans for where the sliding events of the 2026 Olympic Winter Games will be held at the end of this month, the organization confirmed on Thursday. The IOC has insisted that an existing ice sliding venue outside Italy must be picked to avoid extra spending on construction. The […]

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SLC France Torch
SLC-UT CEO Fraser Bullock, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Region President Renaud Muselier, Utah Olympic Legacy Foundation CEO Colin Hilton and Park City Mayor Nann Worel hold the symbolic Olympic Torch at the Utah Olympic Legacy Museum in Park City on Thursday after Muselier and a delegation of French visitors toured some of Park City's Olympic facilities. Photo courtesy Brennan Smith/Utah Olympic Legacy Foundation

Future Olympic Host Salt Lake City Welcome French Counterparts

It seemed apt that as the first major snowfall that reached not only the mountains but the low-lying valleys in the Salt Lake region came right as representatives from the Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur in France visited in the first in-person meeting between the areas that will host back-to-back future Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. The […]

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Lake Placid Bobsled
Lake Placid recently hosted the IBSF World Cup and is bidding to host sliding events for the 2026 Olympic Winter Games. Photo courtesy of Olympic Regional Development Authority

Inside Lake Placid’s Bid to Co-Host the 2026 Olympic Winter Games

Lake Placid, New York, the little village tucked away in the Adirondacks of New York State, is hallowed ground for the Olympic Winter Games. There, in 1932, the United States hosted the Winter Games for the first time and the first Olympic medals were awarded in a podium ceremony. It was also the first time […]

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Frank del Duca, Adrian Adams, Martin Christofferson, Manteo, Mitchell, of The United States, start their four-man bobsled World Cup race in December 2022, in Lake Placid, New York. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

Lake Placid Proposes to Host 2026 Winter Olympic Bobsled, Luge and Skeleton Events

The New York State Olympic Regional Developmental Authority has proposed that the sliding events of bobsled, luge and skeleton for the 2026 Olympic Winter Games be held in Lake Placid, New York, as a solution to the long-running drama in Italy. “Our commitment to managing, marketing, maintaining, and providing top-notch facilities for training and competitions […]

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Winter Olympics Salt Lake City
In this February 8, 2002, file photo, fireworks burst over the athlete tribune at the Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium in Salt Lake City during the Opening Ceremonies for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games. Salt Lake City is in line to host the Games again in 2034 after being invited to targeted dialogue by the International Olympic Committee. (AP Photo/Frank Gunn, File)

Salt Lake City in Line to Host 2034 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games

It’s targeted dialogue, not an official bid award. It is not 100 percent confirmed and there will be steps still to take. But peel away the ifs and buts because for all intents and purposes, Salt Lake City will host the 2034 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. The International Olympic Committee’s Future Host Commission invited […]

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The Olympic rings are set up at Trocadero plaza that overlooks the Eiffel Tower. (AP Photo//Michel Euler, File)

IOC Targets France for 2030 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games

France is on track to host a pair of Olympic Games within the space of six years after its proposed bid focusing on the Alps region was invited to targeted dialogue by the International Olympic Committee with the goal of being officially awarded the 2030 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games next summer — days before […]

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USA Curling Partners With Everest Funeral Concierge for Club Championships

USA Curling and Curling Canada will start a new event in September 2024 with Everest Funeral Concierge as the name sponsor of the North American Curling Club Championship. “Our Club National Championships celebrate both intense competition and the club-based history of our sport,” said Dean Gemmell, chief executive officer of USA Curling. “Providing our national […]

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Winter Olympics Salt Lake City
Georg Hackl of Germany speeds past an Olympic logo during a practice run for the men's singles luge at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics in Park City, Utah. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

Salt Lake City, IOC Future Host Commission Meet Ahead of Executive Board Decision

The Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games presented key elements of its bid to the International Olympic Committee’s Future Host Commission on Tuesday in a virtual meeting ahead of the IOC Executive Board meetings later this month, in which discussion and a possible recommendation on hosts for the 2030 and 2034 Olympic and Paralympic […]

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