AFPBeijing flame to be lit in a vacuum in Olympia
The Olympic flame will once again be lit in an empty stadium on Monday as it starts its truncated journey to Beijing for the Winter Games in February.
- Associated Press
AD group makes recommendations to augment Olympic pipeline
Olympic sports organizations will look into co-hosting championship events with the NCAA as a way of preventing the U.S. gold-medal pipeline from withering under financial pressure. The hosting partnerships were one of seven recommendations the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee released Wednesday after several months of meetings between Olympic officials and college athletic directors across the country. More than 75% of the 613 U.S. athletes who went to the Tokyo Olympics earlier this year were products of an NCAA program.
NBC SportsAfter a highly decorated career, Ashley Wagner is proudest of current chapter in her story
The figure skater lives in the Boston area and studies psychology with the goal of having a therapy practice focusing on trauma and the LGBTQ+ community.
NBC SportsMcFadden, Romanchuk second in Boston Marathon to the Swiss one day after winning Chicago
Schar and Hug, Swiss wheelchair racers, hold narrow leads over McFadden and Hug in the series standings after back-to-back days of racing.
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