Olympic News
A record $100 million donation will give next gen of US Olympians $100K to spend after they retire
The U.S. Olympic team received its biggest donation ever — $100 million — to fund $100,000 payments and matching life insurance benefits for anyone who earns a spot on Team USA starting next year.
The donation to the U.S. Olympic and…
‘You kind of sprint up a mountain’: A look at ski mountaineering ahead of its Olympic debut
BORMIO, Italy (AP) — Emily Harrop wasn’t fast enough going downhill on skis to get near the podium in Alpine skiing.
But she’s proving tough to beat going uphill.
The French athlete has earned the moniker “queen of ski mountaineering” after…
Mabel Staton, trailblazer who was US team’s only female long jumper at the 1952 Olympics, dies at 92
Mabel Staton, the Black track and field standout who broke through racial barriers and became the only woman to compete for the United States in the long jump at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, died Thursday. She was 92.
Staton, who went by the…
