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Brendan Quirk, the president and chief executive officer of USA Cycling, has been elected chair of the National Governing Body Council with USA Bobsled & Skeleton Chief Executive Officer Aron McGuire elected as vice chair. Quirk and McGuire will act as liaisons between the 50 NGBs and the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committees. Voting took […]
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USA Bobsled and Skeleton has announced that HotelPlanner has extended its partnership with the team as the exclusive online hotel reservations provider. “USA Bobsled/Skeleton’s continuing relationship with HotelPlanner has been beneficial in providing our athletes, staff, and fans with the best possible travel solutions,” said Aron McGuire, chief executive officer of USA Bobsled and Skeleton. […]
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Park City, Utah, will host the 2029 Bobsled and Skeleton World Championships after the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation voted on future hosts for its world championships during the world congress held in Lake Placid, New York. Each of the championships from 2027 through 2029 will be at former Olympic Winter Games hosts. In 2027, […]
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Supporting the U.S. Olympic movement runs in the Belk family, which is known throughout the South for its department stores that anchor malls throughout the region. Irwin Belk was a volunteer member of the United States Olympic Committee for more than four decades, receiving the Olympic Order in 2002 at the Olympic Winter Games in […]
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Lake Placid, New York, will host the 2024 Congress for the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation and the International Luge Federation. The New York Olympic Regional Development Authority will play a role in hosting and organizing the two International Federations and national bobsled, skeleton and luge federations that will attend. “Hosting the IBSF and FIL […]
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The last World Cup sliding event in North America was in 2019. All three North American tracks lost events — including world championship races in Whistler and Lake Placid — because of the pandemic, with international officials relocating those events to Europe and Asia. American and Canadian sliders spoke out about a wish for […]
Continue ReadingUSA Bobsled/Skeleton has unveiled its new logo at the national team camp in Colorado Springs, composed of elements representing the mission, vision and core values of the organization while highlighting the speed of the sports and strength of its athletes. “We discovered that 75 percent of those surveyed felt it was time to update our […]
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Lake Placid, New York, will host the 2025 International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation World Championships, the IBSF announced during its annual congress. Lake Placid had originally been scheduled to host this year’s World Championships before COVID-19 restrictions moved all IBSF events to only European venues. Lake Placid will host the IBSF World Championships for the […]
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As the rescheduled Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games in Tokyo approach in just a few months and with less than a year to go before the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Beijing, national governing bodies are finalizing new partnerships — or extending existing ones — ahead of what for many NGBs is the biggest […]
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USA Bobsled & Skeleton and TeachAids have announced a new partnership that will see TeachAids’ CrashCourse content posted onto the national governing body’s website to educate athletes competing in or trying out for the sports and promote the positive health and safety of an athlete’s career. TeachAids has developed “CrashCourse,” a suite of interactive products […]
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The @Big12Conference has selected the Maverik Center in West Valley City, Utah, to host the 2025, 2026 and 2027 Big 12 Gymnastics Championships. The 2025 Big 12 Gymnastics Championship’s two sessions will be held March 22 at noon and 5 p.m. local time.
.@PlayNAIA has selected Orange Beach Sportsplex in Orange Beach, Alabama, and @GSOB_Sports as hosts for the 2025, 2026 and 2027 NAIA Men’s Soccer National Championships.
Move United was given the 2024 Rings of Gold Award by the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee during its annual assembly last week in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Triple Crown Sports has announced the departure of Sean Hardy, who is stepping down from his role as chief operating officer to join League One Volleyball as chief growth officer.
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