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2024 Olympic Games

THE TICKER: WADA chief rejects “shouters”; France has Paris 2024 tech worries with China’s Alibaba; medals for U.S.’s Alwine and Rogers at IWF Worlds!

2020 Olympic Games

HEARD AT HALFTIME: “Olympic Summit” presses FIFA on biennial World Cup; second Beijing ‘22 “playbooks” issued; $2.2 billion for Salt Lake City ‘30?

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THE BIG PICTURE: Survivors’ Committee accepts $61.2 million less from TIG Insurance and approves USA Gymnastics re-org plan

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LANE ONE: USA Gymnastics bankruptcy case plan to be heard on Monday, but leading to a conclusion or to chaos?

2028 Olympic Games

THE TICKER: Joy for the three new sports for LA28, but stormy weather ahead for others; could Sapporo & Salt Lake get a double...

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LANE TWO: An under-appreciated legend in his own time: remembering track promoter Al Franken

2028 Olympic Games

LANE ONE: IOC to add skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing to LA28, while boxing, weightlifting and modern pent now in limbo

2020 Olympic Games

THE BIG PICTURE: IOC’s Bach on the diplomatic boycott of Beijing ‘22: “The Games are about and for the athletes”

2020 Olympic Games

HEARD AT HALFTIME: White House announces Beijing 2022 diplomatic boycott; Salt Lake City encouraged by IOC meeting; Tokyo 2020 cost savings!

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LANE ONE: USA Track & Field membership rejects USOPC-requested governance changes at Annual Meeting

2028 Olympic Games

PANORAMA: Los Angeles City Council passes LA28 Games Agreement; USA Gymnastics reorg plan passes; world and U.S. records at ISL Final

2028 Olympic Games

THE TICKER: WTA rocks world sport with suspension of China tournaments; new track coming to the L.A. Coliseum; pentathletes claim Congress victory?

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LANE ONE: USA Track & Field Annual Meeting starts today, as members consider disenfranchisement and reported grand jury probe

2020 Olympic Games

HEARD AT HALFTIME: Covid variant causes Winter WUG cancellation 13 days out; 1980s star sprinter Emmit King killed; U.S. women end 2021 with 1-1...

2016 Olympic Games

LANE ONE: A low point for Olympic sport: athletes revolt against UIPM for riding removal; Rio 2016 chief Nuzman sentenced to 30+ years for...

2028 Olympic Games

THE BIG PICTURE: Los Angeles City Council committee approves LA28 Games Agreement; Wasserman says LA28 has over 50% revenue contracted!

2028 Olympic Games

THE TICKER: L.A. City Council hearing on LA28 agreement Monday; World Athletics reports abuse on Twitter during Tokyo Games; pentathletes want riding retained

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HEARD AT HALFTIME: Another new track & field league? Beijing 2022 part of “ideological clash” with the West; U.S.’s Papandrea wants to modernize weightlifting

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LANE ONE: China’s own system created the Peng Shuai drama, and now they can’t get out of it

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HIGHLIGHTS: Jackson and Bowe post World Cup skating wins again; Peterson wins U.S. women’s curling Trials; Vlhova beats Shiffrin twice in Levi

2024 Olympic Games

THE TICKER: World Athletics reveals 2022-30 “World Plan”; 13 more weightlifting dopers from 2012; how about a visual tour of ancient Olympia?

2028 Olympic Games

LANE ONE: City of Los Angeles releases text of proposed “Games Agreement” with Los Angeles 2028 organizers

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THE BIG PICTURE: How USA Fencing & USA Track & Field sidelined their elected presidents, at the urging of the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic...

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LANE ONE: IOC introduces “framework” on transgender and hyperandrogenism in women athletes, but no rules and no timetable

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