Olympic News
‘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…
IOC finds Olympic sponsor in China through 2032 to replace Panasonic of Japan
BEIJING (AP) — The International Olympic Committee has found a sponsor in China to replace long-term commercial partner Panasonic from Japan.
TCL was signed to an eight-year, four-Olympics deal through 2032 in the sponsor category of home…
