Olympics, Team USA and queer athletes
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Wisconsin is well-represented at the 2026 Winter Olympics, with several talented athletes from across the state competing on the world's biggest stage.
Team USA recently announced the official 2026 U.S. Olympic Team, and 26 of the 232 chosen athletes are from New England, five of which are from Connecticut. From skiing to speedskating to ice hockey, Connecticut will be well-represented in this year's Olympic games.
Dual athlete Ester Ledecka to go for glory again on snowboard and skis at the Milan Cortina Olympics
A young Ester Ledecka had heard it all before, that a real champion commits body and soul to a single sport. Four years later, she won another gold medal in snowboard in Beijing, where she just missed the podium on skis with a fifth-place finish in super-G.
U.S. Olympic bobsledder Kris Horn is asking that sport's governing body to grant him a spot in the two-man race at the Milan Cortina Games, while Irish luge athlete Elsa Desmond and U.S. skeleton racer Katie Uhlaender now have their Olympic hopes pending before sport's highest court.
A bombshell investigation by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) has confirmed what many athletes and fans feared: Team
The U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) officially named the 232 athletes who will compete in the 2026 Winter Olympics. All together, those athletes will earn about $46.4 million from the $100,000 grant and life insurance benefit.
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Olympics-IOC voices concern for Iranian athletes amid unrest
Jan 29 (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee on Thursday expressed concern for the welfare of Iranian athletes amid the country's escalating unrest, saying it remains in contact with Iran's Olympic community.
Former Olympic athletes coach students in curling on the ice, show them gold medal, at Chicago Curling Club in Northbrook.