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Biathletes return to familiar terrain as classic Italian venue hosts Olympic competition
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (688+ words) That all changes with the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Games. Biathlon races, which start Sunday, will run in the afternoon, like they usually are on the international circuit. They will be held at an established, frequently used venue " the S'dtirol Arena…...
Norwegian biathlete wins another Olympic bronze medal, 3 days after confessing his infidelity
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (118+ words) Norwegian biathlete Strula Holm Laegreid won his second bronze medal of the Milan Cortina Olympics " three days after making an unexpected personal confession during a post-race interview. Laegreid was third in Friday's sprint race. He also won bronze in the…...
France takes gold in the first biathlon race of the Winter Olympics as Simon secures mixed relay win
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (672+ words) Julia Simon hit her final five targets and left the range alone, taking her team of Eric Perrot, Quentin Fillon Maillet and Lou Jeanmonnot to a solid win at a time of 1: 04: 15. Simon said she was surprisingly calm as she…...
Martin Ponsiluoma secures Olympic gold for Sweden in pursuit biathlon race
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (587+ words) Emilien Jacquelin of France led the field coming into the last shooting stage, after cleaning his targets using his characteristic but risky rapid fire technique. But the speed got the best of him and he missed two, allowing Ponsiluoma, who…...
World Boxing apologizes for naming Olympic champion Imane Khelif in sex test policy
1+ year, 1+ day ago (355+ words) The president of World Boxing has apologized after Olympic champion Imane Khelif was singled out in the governing body's announcement to make sex testing mandatory. Algerian boxer Khelif, who won gold at the Paris Games last summer amid scrutiny over…...
US ski team brings back Phil Mc Nichol as head coach to boost the men's Alpine program
3+ week, 2+ day ago (199+ words) The men's Alpine team won two medals " both silvers by Ryan Cochran-Siegle in the super-G " at the last two versions of the Winter Olympics, the Beijing and Milan Cortina Games. Mc Nichol served as head coach of the U. S. squad from…...
Ilia Malinin's near-flawless performance at Skate Canada solidifies his Olympic favorite status
7+ mon, 2+ day ago (607+ words) Ilia Malinin, of the United States, performs in the men's free program of the Skate Canada International figure skating competition in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025. (Liam Richards/The Canadian Press via AP) The 20-year-old from Fairfax, Virginia, landed six quads…...
Snooker's Olympic push gets a jolt from China's back-to-back world champions
1+ mon, 7+ hour ago (563+ words) Snooker's bid to enter the Olympic Games will be boosted by having back-to-back world champions from China, the sport's top official said on Tuesday. Wu Yize beat Shaun Murphy 18-17 in a dramatic world championship final on Monday to follow in…...
2030 Winter Olympics organizers weigh Paris or Lyon for ice hockey after Nice impasse
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (370+ words) Like the Milan Cortina Olympics, the French Alps project has split snow sports in storied mountain resorts and skating in a snow-free city, the Mediterranean resort of Nice. Nice was to turn the city's soccer stadium, Allianz Arena, into a…...
Paris offers to host 2030 Winter Games ice hockey after Nice mayor opposes Olympic plan
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (258+ words) Both venues were used during the 2024 Paris Summer Games and could serve as alternative solutions because the new Nice mayor, Eric Ciotti, opposes ice hockey events at Nice soccer stadium, the Allianz Arena, which would be converted into a temporary…...