Category: Winter Olympics

Olympic Games

Swiss government backs efforts towards 2038 Winter Olympics bid

Switzerland’s government on Friday threw its weight behind efforts to prepare a bid to host the Winter Olympics and Paralympics in 2038. Last year, Switzerland was...

Athletics
/ 4 months ago

Coe confident of cross-country inclusion in Winter Olympics

World Athletics president Sebastian Coe expressed his confidence Thursday that cross-country running would soon be included in the Winter Olympics programme....

By AFP
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/ 4 months ago

Medals from doping-tainted Olympic team skating awarded August 7: IOC

The medals from the doping-tainted team skating event at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics will be awarded during the Paris Games...

By AFP
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/ 4 months ago

Russia fail in bid to regain 2022 Olympic skating gold

Double Olympic champions Fiji showed again they are the team to beat in rugby sevens as they powered to a pulsating...

By AFP
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/ 4 months ago

Salt Lake handed 2034 Winter Olympics after IOC warning

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) awarded the 2034 Winter Olympics to Salt Lake City on Wednesday but warned they could be...

By AFP
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/ 4 months ago

IOC awards 2030 Winter Olympics to French Alps ‘under conditions’

The International Olympic Committee on Wednesday awarded the 2030 Winter Games to the French Alps but under the condition that France...

By AFP
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/ 8 months ago

Goggia eyes ski return in July after double leg fracture

Italy’s 2018 Olympic downhill champion Sofia Goggia, whose season was cut short by a double right leg fracture, said Thursday she...

By AFP
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/ 9 months ago

Canada and Russia appeal 2022 Olympic team skating podium

The fallout from Kamila Valieva’s doping ban continued Monday as the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said Canada and Russia...

By AFP
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/ 10 months ago

WADA welcomes Russian skater suspension, slams ‘doping of children’

The World Anti-Doping Agency welcomed a four-year ban handed down by the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Monday to teenage...

By AFP
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/ 10 months ago

Russian skater Valieva suspended four years for doping: CAS

Teenage Russian skater Kamila Valieva received a four-year ban from the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Monday for failing...

By AFP