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Bobsled, skeleton brass nix training, WC race
Bobsled and skeleton officials have canceled plans to have a training week and World Cup race on a newly built track in China to end this year's sliding season.
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Russian flag bearer loses appeal in Sochi case
Alexander Zubkov, Russia's flag bearer at the 2014 Sochi Olympics opening ceremony, lost his appeal Friday against being banned for doping in a state-backed program to win a bobsled gold medal.
Olympic Sports
Bobsled worlds head to Germany over pandemic
Due to concerns over the pandemic and travel complications, the bobsled and skeleton world championships have been moved from Lake Placid, New York, to Altenberg, Germany.
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Report: Lake Placid won't host bobsled worlds
Due to concerns over the pandemic, Lake Placid will no longer host the bobsled and skeleton world championships, The Associated Press is reporting.
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Chinese sliding track test plans amended, still on
Plans to certify the new track built for bobsled, skeleton and luge at the 2022 Beijing Olympics are still on track for this fall, though only Chinese athletes will take part.
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Olympic bobsled champ Olsen retires, will coach
Olympic gold medalist Justin Olsen retired from bobsled on Wednesday and immediately got hired by USA Bobsled and Skeleton as one of its start coaches.
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Bobsled, skeleton still plan full World Cup season
Bobsled and skeleton officials indicated Wednesday that they are still planning for a full World Cup season, releasing detailed schedules for eight races as well as the world championships that remain scheduled for February in Lake Placid, New York.
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U.S. bobsledder Valdes back for '22 Games run
Carlo Valdes, a member of the 2018 U.S. Olympic team in bobsled, has announced that he is returning to the sport with hopes of making the team for the 2022 Beijing Games.
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U.S. bobsledder Pavle Jovanovic dies at 43
Former U.S. Olympic bobsledder Pavle Jovanovic died May 3 at the age of 43, USA Bobsled/Skeleton said in a release Saturday.
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Lolo: IOC should shift gears, postpone Olympics
Lolo Jones told The Associated Press Saturday that the IOC needs to postpone the Tokyo Olympics scheduled for July due to the coronavirus pandemic that has left many athletes unable to train.
Bobsled
American Humphries gets 4th Cup bobsled win
American Kaillie Humphries won her fourth World Cup bobsled race of the season, but will almost certainly miss out on her fifth overall championship by skipping the Cup finale to focus on the upcoming world championships.
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USA wins 1st men's bobsled medal since 2017
Hunter Church won the first bobsled medal for the U.S. men's team since 2017 by taking bronze in a World Cup stop at Innsbruck.
Olympic Sports
Humphries pushes as guest at USA Bobsled race
Two-time bobsled gold medalist Kaillie Humphries, who didn't compete for Canada last season amid allegations of verbal and mental abuse, continues to wait to see if she'll compete for the Americans.
Olympic Sports
Bobsled star Humphries plans to race for U.S.
Kaillie Humphries, a two-time Olympic bobsled gold medalist who has been estranged from the Canadian bobsled program for more than a year, is planning to race for the U.S. this coming season.
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USA Bobsled and Skeleton parts with CEO Steele
USA Bobsled and Skeleton's board of directors has decided to fire CEO Darrin Steele, and told athletes of the move in a conference call Tuesday night.
Olympic Sports
Jamaica bobsled pilot gets doping ban, avoids DQ
The Jamaica bobsled team's pilot has been banned in a doping case but avoided disqualification from last year's Winter Olympics.
Olympic Sports
U.S. Olympian gets posthumous medal upgrade
Steven Holcomb, who died nearly two years ago, had his 2014 Sochi Olympics bronze medals upgraded to silver after the gold medalist was stripped due to doping.
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Bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor's playlist
Last month, Elana Meyers Taylor was named the Women's Sports Foundation's newest president. Last week, Meyers Taylor snapped a 24-win streak in bobsled. Is it any surprise her go-to song is "Run the World"?
Olympic Sports
Friedrich wins 10th of 12 WCup bobsled races
Germany's Francesco Friedrich
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U.S. bobsledder ends German win streak at 24
Elana Meyers Taylor and push athlete Lauren Gibbs ended Germany's 24-race bobsled win streak to give the U.S. its first World Cup gold medal in any sliding sport this season.
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Doping ban leads Russian bobsled prez to resign
Alexander Zubkov is resigning as president of the Russian bobsled federation after being banned for two years for doping at the Olympics, but left the door open to a return once his suspension ends.
Olympic Sports
Friedrich leads Germany to another bobsled win
Francesco Friedrich drove his four-man bobsled team to victory on Sunday, keeping Germany unbeaten in World Cup races this season.
Olympic Sports
Bobsled champ Humphries alleges harassment
Canadian bobsledder Kaillie Humphries told the CBC that she has filed a harassment complaint with Canadian officials, which is why the Olympic champion isn't competing in World Cup races this season.
Olympic Sports
Lochner leads Germany to another bobsled win
Johannes Lochner drove his four-man bobsled team to victory on Sunday, keeping Germany unbeaten in World Cup races this season.
Olympic Sports
Meyers Taylor, Kwaza earn silver in bobsled
Americans Elana Meyers Taylor and Lake Kwaza have medaled in all three races they've been together this season with Saturday's silver and bronze in two others.
Medal Tracker
Total Medal Leaders
- 39
NOR - 31
GER - 29
CAN
- Gold14NORGER
14 CAN11 - Silver14NORGER
10 CAN8 - Bronze11NORCAN
10 
OAR9
Total Medal Leaders
- 5Bjørgen
- 4
Kalla - 4Nilsson
- Gold3Klæbo
Fourcade3 Bjørgen2 - Silver3KallaBolshunov
3 Nilsson2 - Bronze2BjørgenJohansson
2 Bescond2
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Ski jumper Eva Pinkelnig crashes, has surgery on ruptured spleen
Austrian ski jumper Eva Pinkelnig has undergone emergency surgery for a ruptured spleen following a training crash, the Austrian ski federation said Thursday.
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Khabib Nurmagomedov working to make MMA an Olympic sport
UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov said getting MMA in the Olympics will be "one of my biggest tasks for the next couple of years."
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Rafer Johnson, 1960 Olympic decathlon champion, dies at 86
Rafer Johnson, who won the decathlon at the 1960 Rome Olympics and helped subdue Robert F. Kennedy's assassin in 1968, died Wednesday at age 86.
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Mikaela Shiffrin skips World Cup speed races in Switzerland
Mikaela Shiffrin will skip World Cup races in Switzerland this weekend after missing training time in speed events during the coronavirus pandemic, the United States ski team said Tuesday.
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Parkour group urges IOC to reject its sport for 2024 Paris Olympics
Organizers of the sport of parkour urged the IOC on Tuesday to reject adding the obstacle-course-style street-running event to the 2024 Paris Olympics because of a dispute with the governing body of gymnastics.
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IOC confirms Thomas Bach only candidate for presidency
Thomas Bach will have no opponents for his reelection as president in a vote scheduled in March, the International Olympic Committee says.
