Tag: Speed skating
IOC reluctantly accepts plan for 2026 Cortina bobsled track
MILAN — The International Olympic Committee reluctantly accepted plans to spend 50 million euros ($60 million) to rebuild an abandoned bobsled track in Cortina...
IOC reluctantly accepts plan for 2026 Cortina bobsled track
MILAN — The International Olympic Committee reluctantly accepted plans to spend 50 million euros ($60 million) to rebuild an abandoned bobsled track in Cortina...
Beijing begins to test venues for 2022 Winter Olympics
BEIJING — The organizers of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics started 10 days of testing Thursday for the hockey and other indoor venues.
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2026 Olympics plan for Cortina bobsled track, outdoor oval
ROME — Organizers for the 2026 Olympics are sticking with their plans to spend 50 million euros ($60 million) to rebuild an abandoned bobsled...
Ex-Tokyo Olympics chief again criticized for sexist comment
TOKYO — Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, who resigned last month as president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee over comments criticized as...
Russia wants Tchaikovsky music for anthem at Tokyo Olympics
MOSCOW — Russia wants to use music by 19th-century composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky as its replacement anthem for the Tokyo Olympics, the president of the...
Van der Poel sets speedskating 10,000 world record
HEERENVEEN, Netherlands — Nils van der Poel of Sweden set a world record in the 10,000 meters on Sunday to win his second title...
