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Lasha Talakhadze

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PANORAMA: NHL in for Winter Olympics for sure; airbags for alpine speed skiers; world’s strongest Talakhadze headed for Georgia Parliament!

1896 Olympic Games

TSX REPORT: Strong poll for Sweden as 2030 Winter host; not so much for Brisbane 2032; suspended sentences in Tokyo 2020 bribery case

2024 Olympic Games

TSX REPORT: FIFA sets staggering $11 billion revenue goal for 2023-26; World Cup ‘26 format to be revisited; Zelensky asks IOC to isolate Russia

1936 Olympic Games

HEARD AT HALFTIME: World leads for Duplantis and Ealey in Hengelo; Johnson’s Olympic Oak monument process advances; Phelps leads USOPC Hall selections

Alpine Skiing

HIGHLIGHTS: Astounding 1,085-pound world weightlifting record for Talakhadze; Haughey sets world mark in Short-Course Worlds; U.S. men edge BIH, 1-0

2020 Olympic Games

THE TICKER: Tokyo cancellation comes up again; Coleman’s suspension for Tokyo Games confirmed; Talakhadze lifts 1,069 pounds!

5-Ring Circus

THE BIG PICTURE: German documentary drops a bomb on weightlifting, alleging doping and financial corruption

Olympic-sport Reports & Results

WEIGHTLIFTING: China dominates in Pattaya as word records set in nine classes

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2028 Olympic Games

INT’L OLYMPIC COMMITTEE: Coventry announces IOC-member-led reviews of host-city selection process and protection of the women’s category

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PANORAMA: Senate committee advances “restore WADA” bill; Jamaica’s Campbell explains move to Turkey; USA Surfing gets major endowment

Athletics

TRANSGENDER: U.S. Education Dept. finds California out of compliance with Title IX on transgenders in sports, demands corrections … or else!

United States Olympic Committee

U.S. OLYMPIC & PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE: Audited 2024 financials show the USOPC now the first-ever billion-dollar National Olympic Committee!

2028 Olympic Games

PANORAMA: L.A.’s Metro transit facing “fiscal cliff”; Kipyegon tries for sub-4:00 mile Thursday; will Iran play in the U.S. at ‘26 World Cup?