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Buying tickets for the 2026 Winter Games will be tricky. Sliding could be in Cortina or Lake Placid

Aug. 09, 2024 12:08 PM EDT

PARIS (AP) — It’s kind of like buying tickets for an aging rock band and hoping that the 80-year-old singers and guitarists will be healthy enough to put on the show months down the line. Only this time, the show might be moved from Italy to New York. Tickets are...

Talks to add cross-country running and cyclocross to Winter Olympics, World Athletics' Coe confirms

Aug. 01, 2024 12:19 PM EDT

PARIS (AP) — Talks to give cross-country running and cyclocross Olympic status in the Winter Games have begun, World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said Thursday at the Paris Summer Games. The two events could share a course for racing, Coe suggested, with the added goal of...

Salt Lake City celebrates announcement that it will host the 2034 Winter Olympics

Jul. 24, 2024 14:40 PM EDT

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Salt Lake City was formally awarded the 2034 Winter Olympics and Paralympics following a vote Wednesday by the International Olympic Committee in Paris, giving Utah its second Games after hosting in 2002. About a thousand sports fans gathered in downtown Salt...

IOC awards 2034 Winter Games to Utah and pushes state officials to help end FBI investigation

Jul. 24, 2024 11:19 AM EDT

PARIS (AP) — What was expected to be a simple coronation of Salt Lake City as the 2034 Winter Olympic host turned into complicated Olympic politics Wednesday, as the IOC pushed Utah officials to end an FBI investigation into a suspected doping coverup. The International Olympic...

IOC approves French Alps' bid backed by President Macron to host the 2030 Winter Olympics

Jul. 24, 2024 10:08 AM EDT

PARIS (AP) — The French Alps were named as the 2030 Winter Games host by the International Olympic Committee on Wednesday, though with conditions attached and signoff required from whoever is the next prime minister of France. French President Emmanuel Macron helped present the bid...

Salt Lake City confirmed as host for the 2034 Winter Games by International Olympic Committee

Jul. 24, 2024 06:28 AM EDT
PARIS (AP) — Salt Lake City confirmed as host for the 2034 Winter Games by International Olympic Committee.

France to get conditional approval to host 2030 Winter Games at IOC meeting before Paris Olympics

Jul. 23, 2024 16:34 PM EDT

PARIS (AP) — France will get just a partial Olympic win on Wednesday when its bid to host the 2030 Winter Games is presented to IOC members. International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach confirmed Tuesday that full approval for the bid — centered on ski resorts in the...