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USOPC top leadership at the 2024 Olympic Summer Games includes Board Chair Gene Sykes, CEO Sarah Hirshland, Chief of Sport Rocky Harris, Chief Security Officer Nicole Deal and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Jonathan Finnoff. Photo by Matt Traub/SportsTravel

USOPC Leadership Not Concerned over Salt Lake Host Contract Clause

PARIS — The elation of having the Olympic Winter Games return in 2034 to Salt Lake City and the United States on Wednesday was tempered by a dispute involving doping that led to an unusual clause put into the Host City Contract, one that the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee tried to downplay on […]

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Witold Banka, president of the World Anti-Doping Agency, listens to a question during a press conference on Thursday in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Explaining the Dispute Between USADA And WADA

PARIS — Doping, historically linked to the Olympic Summer Games for decades, is not going away as a topic of discussion at the 2024 Paris Games as the dispute between U.S. and world doping officials has exploded into public view this week. The New York Times in April revealed that 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive […]

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Emma Weyant
Emma Weyant poses with her silver medal on the podium for the women's 400-meter Individual medley at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Visit Sarasota County Inks NIL Deal with Olympic Medalist Emma Weyant

Visit Sarasota County in Florida has announced a Name, Image and Likeness deal with Emma Weyant, a Sarasota native and Olympic silver medalist swimmer at the 2020 Games in Tokyo. Weyant, who is between her junior and senior seasons at the University of Florida, will be competing for USA Swimming in the 400-meter individual medley […]

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Paris Olympics
Former U.S. skier Lindsey Vonn takes a selfie with the Salt Lake City delegation after the IOC formally awarded the 2034 Winter Games to the United States bid in Paris. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Salt Lake City Approved as 2034 Winter Olympic Host

PARIS — There are no more ifs, ands or buts needed because years of presentations, meetings with stakeholders and rallying of public support came to a culmination for the Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games on Wednesday morning. Salt Lake City will host the 2034 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games after the International Olympic […]

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Paris Olympics
French President Emmanuel Macron, third right, and French officials attend France's bid to host the 2030 Winter Games during the 142nd IOC session at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

IOC Approves French Alps Bid to Host 2030 Winter Olympics

PARIS — The French Alps region was provisionally awarded the 2030 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games contingent on government guarantees, an extraordinary development forced on the International Olympic Committee because of the country’s political turmoil over the past month. The International Olympic Committee’s membership approved the recommendation of the Executive Board on Wednesday during its […]

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Dick’s Sporting Goods Announces Partnership with Team USA and LA28

Dick’s Sporting Goods will be an official sporting goods retail provider for LA28 and Team USA in an agreement announced on Tuesday ahead of the Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games in Paris. Dick’s will serve as an official supporter of Team USA for the 2024 Olympic Summer Games in Paris along with the 2026 Winter […]

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BMX Facility Utah
The new BMX Freestyle Training Facility in South Jordan, Utah, provided Team USA athletes a place to train for the 2024 Olympics. USA Cycling photo

USA Cycling Unveils New BMX Freestyle Training Facility

USA Cycling has unveiled a new BMX Freestyle training facility in South Jordan, Utah, which was built ahead of the 2024 Olympic Summer Games and used as a training facility for Team USA athletes as they prepared for Paris. In BMX Freestyle’s inaugural Olympic appearance in 2021 in Tokyo, Hannah Roberts securing the country’s first […]

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CONCACAF Colombia US Soccer
United States midfielder Rose Lavelle, right, dribbles past Colombia midfielder Marcela Restrepo during a CONCACAF Gold Cup game in March in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

2024 Paris Olympics Will be Historic for Women’s Sports

One of the main talking points ahead of the 2024 Olympic Summer Games has been numerical gender parity on the field of play with equal representation of male and female athletes. Within the U.S. Olympic movement, that milestone has been the norm for multiple Games. The infrastructure around women’s sports has grown dramatically since the […]

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La Concorde venue
The Place de la Concorde venue will host 3X3 basketball, BMX freestyle, breaking and skateboarding during the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

3×3 Basketball Ready to Shine at 2024 Paris Olympics

The 2024 Olympic Summer Games in Paris are a big step forward for many sports and among those looking forward to the spotlight is men’s and women’s 3×3 basketball after its Olympic debut in 2021 in Tokyo was with no fans in attendance. The 3×3 competition in Paris will take place in a festival-type atmosphere […]

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Jim Tooley: USA Basketball’s Road to Paris and the Olympic Games

One of the most high-profile sports in the Olympic Summer Games in Paris will be basketball. The USA Basketball teams have been some of the most dominant in Olympic history in any sport. The women’s team looks to extend its streak to eight consecutive gold medals and the men’s team looks for its fifth in […]

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