Category: Olympics

Russian’s ban may make Caster Semenya a double Olympic champion

Russia’s Mariya Savinova-Farnosova has been stripped of her London 2012 Olympic gold medal and banned for four years after “clear evidence” was found that the 800-meter champion used performance-enhancing drugs. The 31-year-old’s results from July 2010 and August 2013 have been annulled, meaning she also loses her 2011 world title, 2013 world silver medal and 2010 European gold.

Smeekens, Kodaira win 500-metre speedskating titles; Canada fourth in pursuit

Nao Kodaira of Japan waves after winning the women’s 500-meter race of the ISU world single distances speed skating championships at Gangneung Oval in Gangneung, South Korea, Friday, Feb. 10, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Ahn Young-joon PYEONGCHANG, Korea, Republic Of – The Canadian men’s pursuit team just missed the podium at the world single distance speedskating championships on Friday, finishing less than one-10th of a second behind third-place Norway.

Russian runner banned and stripped of gold

Russian runner Mariya Savinova has been stripped of her London Olympics gold medal and banned her for four years for doping. Photo: Phil Noble/Reuters LAUSANNE, Switzerland – The international sports tribunal on Friday stripped Russian runner Mariya Savinova of the London Olympics 800 metres gold medal and banned her for four years for doping.

An unfortunate leap into reality television

Back in August at Rio 2016, Sir Bradley Wiggins capped a glittering cycling career by winning a record-breaking eighth Olympic medal, making him the most decorated Briton of all time. One retirement and a banned steroid “therapeutic exemption use” controversy later and he’s goofing around throwing a snowball at a C4 camera for his introductory VT on The Jump and realising: “I was a successful Olympian and now I’m skiing like a prat.”

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An analytics company predicts a big Winter Olympics for Norway and says Canada will finish fourth in total medals won next year in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The U.S.-based sports and entertainment data company Gracenote has Norway topping its virtual medal table with a whopping 40 medals, including 15 gold, which would both be Winter Games records.

Police raid Kazakh biathlon team lodgings ahead of worlds

The Austrian federal criminal agency said Thursday it raided the lodgings of the Kazakh national biathlon team on the eve of the world championships on suspicion of doping. Police said they seized medical equipment, drugs and mobile phones late Wednesday, adding that criminal authorities were investigating whether Austrian anti-doping laws have been breached.

Yuna Kim reveals Olympic torch for 2018 Pyeongchang Games

The one-year countdown to the Pyeongchang Games began Thursday with Yuna Kim revealing the Olympic torch and organizers opening online ticket reservations. South Korean Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn and an International Olympic Committee delegation led by Gunilla Lindberg, who heads the IOC’s coordination commission for the Games, also attended the ceremony in Gangneung, which will host the ice sports events in 2017.

Political scandal overshadows South Korea 2018 Olympic prep

When Pyeongchang was awarded the 2018 Olympics six years ago, many South Koreans felt that the first Winter Games on home snow would herald their entry into the top tier of rich nations. One year before the Olympics, however, the country is in political disarray, and winter sports are the last thing on many people’s minds.

Tokyo 2020 official questioned over payment

The official behind Tokyo’s successful bid to host the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games has been questioned by investigators regarding possible corrupt payments. Japanese Olympic Committee president Tsunekazu Takeda told reporters he had been questioned by Tokyo prosecutors, who were acting on behalf of French authorities who launched an investigation over possible corruption or money laundering.

Pyeongchang will be the smallest city to host an Olympics

With one year to Winter Olympics, small city thinking big Pyeongchang will be smallest city to host Games since Lillehammer in 1994 Check out this story on mynorthwestnow.com: http://usat.ly/2k07jpj There is something about a secluded Olympic Games in a relatively small mountain town that sounds especially delightful in today’s bigger-must-be-better sports world. The Winter Olympics always sneak up on us, coming so soon after the previous Summer Games.

Kuwait minister resigns ahead of planned no-confidence vote over IOC ban

Kuwait’s minister of information and youth affairs resigned on Tuesday ahead of a parliamentary no confidence vote over the nation’s 15-month international sports ban, state news agency KUNA reported. Sheikh Salman Sabah al-Humoud al-Sabah, a member of the ruling family, was due to face the no-confidence vote on Wednesday following several hours of grilling last week in which lawmakers accused him of “complacency and mismanagement”.

Davis Cup: ‘Ashamed’ Shapovalov fined $7,000 for striking umpire

Denis Shapovalov said he was ‘ashamed’ by his behaviour during the match against Kyle Edmund, which resulted in his immediate disqualification and the tie being handed to Britain. Canada’s Denis Shapovalov was left mortified after joining tennis’s hall of infamy on Sunday, offering an apology and promising that he would learn from his momentary explosion of temper that left a Davis Cup umpire needing a visit to hospital.

Photo: Simone Biles confirms Shaq is uhh … tall

Olympic gold medalist/gymnastics superstar/American sweetheart Simone Biles helped “Inside Edition” showcase Houston – her hometown – for Super Bowl LI. While working as a correspondent, Biles stopped for a quick photo op with former NBA great Shaquille O’Neal, who is uhh taller than Biles.

Knicks could try to deal Carmelo, but should they?

New York Knicks coach Jeff Hornacek, left, talks to Carmelo Anthony during the second half of the team’s NBA basketball game against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017, in New York. New York Knicks coach Jeff Hornacek, left, talks to Carmelo Anthony during the second half of the team’s NBA basketball game against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017, in New York.

Ghana: Disaster in Ghana Football

… Claude Leroy was on the bench for Congo, but Ghana’s supposed technical director was analyzing Chelsea match on Sky Sports,and in the end, Ghana lost to Congo and failed to make Olympic Games. That month, he was still paid $50,000 for his effort. At …

Cyril ready to take to slopes

Markethill skier Cyril Walker is set for the Austrian slopes as he prepares to travel to the Special Olympics Winter Games next month. Cyril is one of three Ulster athletes competing as part of a 26-strong Team Ireland squad in Graz and Schladming.

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The four top stakeholders in the discussion over whether NHL players will participate in the Winter Olympics in South Korea next year met without resolution Friday, with one warning that time is running short to make a decision. Thomas Bach, the president of the International Olympic Committee, for the first time joined International Ice Hockey Federation President Rene Fasel, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and NHL Players’ Association Executive Director Don Fehr at a meeting in New York.

Wrestling | Kyle Snyder, Logan Stieber come to grips with Iran’s ban

Ohio State junior Kyle Snyder, an Olympic gold medalist, and former OSU wrestler Logan Stieber, a four-time NCAA champion, were scheduled to compete in Iran this month as reigning world freestyle champs. Those plans were scuttled Friday when Iran banned U.S. wrestlers from participating in the Freestyle World Cup on Feb. 16-17 in the western Iranian city of Kermanshah. “I wasn’t happy about it because I was excited to compete in the World Cup,” Snyder said.

Brighouse’s Katie Ormerod has made major progress this winter in both the World Cup and X Games

Katie, who missed the last Winter Olympics at Sochi in 2014 due to a knee injury, is too busy trying to ensure that she doesn’t miss out on next year’s jamboree in South Korea by globetrotting in pursuit of World Cup points. “The top 30 from the World Cup qualify for Pyeongchang and I am currently second,” said the former Hipperholme Grammar School pupil, whose cousin Jamie Nicholls was sixth in the men’s slopestyle final at Sochi.

Jonny Brownlee, left, won silver at Rio 2016 while brother Alistair, right, picked up gold

Jonny Brownlee is convinced it is time to step out of his older brother’s shadow and complete some of the “unfinished business” which has so far been denied by his all-conquering sibling. The younger Brownlee will get a rare chance to strike out on his own after double Olympic triathlon champion Alistair announced he will begin to adapt his training with a view to competing in ‘Ironman’ endurance events.

Skiing aims to catch up fast with new TV graphics at worlds

When Lindsey Vonn competes in the opening event at next week’s world skiing championships, television viewers will get their first look at some new on-screen technology. Graphics will include dynamic speed checks throughout a skier’s run, they will show acceleration out of the toughest corners, and they will count air time, plus launch and landing speeds, on big jumps.

Paris attack raises new security concerns over Olympics

On a day when the Paris bid committee was supposed to show its best to the world, a knife attack on a solider raised more security questions about the French capital’s capacity to host the 2024 Olympics in a safe atmosphere. The news of Friday’s attack outside the Louvre Museum broke hours before bid officials hosted a ceremony near the Eiffel Tower to coincide with the final submission of their 110-page dossier to the International Olympic Committee.