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☆ Mental health and the Olympics: How the USOPC is preparing for the toll on athletes
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Nicole Auerbach | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +10 min

AdvertisementThere are no surgeries or physical rehabilitation plans to address mental health challenges. Phelps has made mental health a huge focus in retirement, trying to help others avoid the feelings he endured. Bartley, who has worked with the USOPC since it created a mental health task force in 2020, said that her main goal over the past four years has been building out the organization’s infrastructure for therapy for mental health needs. Now, there are 15 psychological service providers — meaning those qualified to work on mental health, mental performance or even sleep. What does it mean to make the Olympic Games or not make the Olympic Games?

Persons: Simone Biles, ” Biles, “, ”, Jess Bartley, Michael Phelps, Cameron Spencer, Phelps, Caeleb Dressel, couldn’t, Bartley, ” Bartley, Dressel, Gretchen Walsh, raved, Lydia Jacoby, Tom Pennington, ” Jacoby, He’d, ” Dressel, I’m, it’s, Biles, “ She’s, Cecile Landi, ” “ She’s, ” Simone Biles ’, Jamie Squire, Dana O’Neil, Dan Goldfarb, Tim Clayton, Corbis, Francois Nel Organizations: Paris Games, Tokyo Games, U.S, Olympic, Paralympic Committee’s, Games, Olympic Games, Paris, Tokyo, Athletic, Tokyo Summer, Beijing Winter Games Locations: Tokyo, Alaska, it’s, France

☆ LeBron James to be Team USA’s male flag bearer for Olympic Opening Ceremony
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Samuel Joseph | Sam Joseph | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —NBA legend LeBron James has been selected as Team USA’s male flag bearer for the Opening Ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games, the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee announced on Monday. Alongside a female flag bearer who will be announced on Tuesday, James will be front and center in a unique event. The Opening Ceremony will be held along the River Seine, marking the first time that the ceremony has not taken place inside a stadium. “It’s an incredible honor to represent the United States on this global stage, especially in a moment that can bring the whole world together,” James said in a Team USA statement. Per Team USA, more than 350 athletes (out of the 592 headed to the Games) will participate in the ceremony.

Persons: LeBron James, James, “, ” James, Joe Murphy, Dawn Staley, Sue Bird, Kevin Durant, Steph Curry, Joel Embiid Organizations: CNN, NBA, Paris Olympic Games, United States Olympic, Paralympic, Nations, NBC, US, USA, Los Angeles Lakers, Serbia, Team USA, American, of Nations Locations: United States, Akron, Paris, Sudan, LA, France

☆ LeBron James to be United States flag bearer at Paris Olympics opening ceremony
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Joe Vardon | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON — LeBron James, a soon-to-be four-time Olympian shooting for his third gold medal, will carry the American flag for the United States delegation during the Paris Games opening ceremony Friday along the River Seine. The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee said Monday in a news release that James had won a vote among nearly 600 members of Team USA to carry the flag. A female athlete was also selected and the committee said that vote would be revealed Tuesday. He last played in the Olympics in 2012 in London, where he and the current American team will play an exhibition Monday night against Germany. The USOPC said it expected more than 350 of the 592 American athletes to participate in the ceremony.

Persons: LeBron James, James, ”, Sue Bird, Dawn Staley, —, Steph Curry, USA’s, ” Sarah Hirshland, Giuseppe Cacace Organizations: LONDON, LeBron, United, Paris Games, United States Olympic, Paralympic, Team USA, NBA, American, Germany, NBC, Getty Locations: United States, Akron, Greece, London, Paris, New York, AFP

☆ Do Olympians get paid? Everything you need to know about prize money – for some – at Paris Games
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-16 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

On the line are Olympic medals – gold, silver and bronze – as well as the recognition that comes with them. But, unlike many other professional sports, financial reward isn’t necessarily a prize awarded to Olympic athletes in the past. Here’s everything you need to know about Olympic athletes and the compensation they can receive. A Paris 2024 Olympic Games gold medal (top) is seen on display with Paralympic Games gold (right) and silver medals (left). “And they do so and then many of them reward the athletes with prize money for winning medals or diplomas or whatever.

Persons: James B, Connolly, Louis, Benoit Tessier, “, Mark Conrad, ” Conrad, Umar Kremlev, Thomas Bach, Bach, Gabriel Monnet, –, ” Bach, Conrad, Simone Biles, Sha’Carri Richardson, Biles, ” Organizations: CNN, Olympic, Olympic Games, Eiffel, Paralympic Games, International Olympic Committee, IOC, National Olympic Committees, International Federations, NOC, Fordham University Gabelli School of Business, Games, Olympics, Athletics, WA, Los, Association of, International Boxing Association, IBA, Getty, “, Paralympic, Forbes Locations: Massachusetts, St, Paris, AFP, Beijing, “

☆ Ralph Lauren designs Team USA’s uniforms for the 2024 Olympics
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Alex Rees | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

I think that Ralph Lauren is able to understand that ethos and bring it to life,” Lauren continued. "Team USA uniforms celebrate classic styles that are made to be loved and endure for generations," Ralph Lauren said in a statement of the label's new designs — like the single-breasted blazers athletes will wear to the opening ceremony on July 26. For this occasion, Ralph Lauren designed a racecar-style jacket with USA patch detailing, a a classic striped polo and crisp white jeans. Richard Phibbs/Courtesy Ralph LaurenGymnast Shilese Jones — one of Ralph Lauren's brand ambassadors at the 2024 Games — is pictured in the closing ceremony look. John Guerrero/Courtesy Ralph Lauren

Persons: Ralph Lauren, athleisure, “, ” David Lauren, Ralph Lauren’s, ”, ” Lauren, Richard Phibbs, Ralph Lauren Four, Katie Ledecky, Steven Pan, Kamren Larsen, Ralph Lauren Denim, Jamal Hill, Daryl Homer, Shilese Jones, Ralph Lauren's, “ Ralph Lauren, ” Sarah Hirshland, ” Kiteboarder Daniela Moroz, John Guerrero Organizations: CNN, USA, Olympic, Team USA, ”, ’, Paralympic, Paris Games Locations: Paris, ”, America

☆ Woman accuses former Olympic swim coach of sexually abusing her as a teen and USA Swimming of failing to stop it
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Amy Simonson | Eric Levenson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

He also founded the Bernal’s Gator Swim Club, an amateur swim club, and coached Le from 2006 to 2010. In February 2016, USA Swimming permanently banned Bernal for his abuse of an unnamed “Athlete A,” the lawsuit states. The suit accuses Bernal, USA Swimming and other defendants of violating the Trafficking Victims Protection Act. Further, the lawsuit accuses Bernal of sexual abuse and the others of negligence. USA Swimming is not a defendant in the lawsuit.

Persons: CNN —, Amanda Le, “ Amanda Le, Joseph Bernal, Bernal, Le, ”, Scott Leightman, ’ ’, Larry Nassar, Jon Little, ” Little, Nassar, doesn’t, Amanda, “ Amanda, Kimberly Stines, Little Organizations: CNN, of Fame, Court, Fordham, Harvard, American Swim, Hall of Fame, Swim, Le, Boston Globe, ’ ’ CNN, USA, Olympic, Paralympic Committee, Gator Swim, New, Stines Locations: Massachusetts, USA, New England, Bernal’s

☆ Flavor Flav has a new calling as hype man to the US women’s water polo team
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Now, the clock-wearing musician has found a new and unlikely calling in the sports world, offering his services as hype man for the US women’s water polo team ahead of this year’s Paris Olympics. That’s why I’m sponsoring this women’s water polo team. Steffens is a veteran of the US women's water polo team. How can we get water polo in more people’s mouths and in front of more people’s eyes as best as possible?”USA Water Polo membership almost doubled from 26,837 in 2008 to more than 50,000 in 2019, including increased participation at high school and college levels, according to USA Water Polo. However, she wants her legacy to be more than medals, records, and statistics, but making water polo “common knowledge” and “common language” among the general public.

Persons: Flav, Maggie Steffens, “, ” Steffens, Steffens, TMZ, Ronald Martinez, ”, “ It’s, you’re, I’ve, it’s, that’s, Sandy Hooper, doesn’t, ” Mark Conrad Organizations: CNN, Paris Olympics, CNN Sport, Hall of Fame, Water Polo, USA Water Polo, Olympics, US, Paris, USA, Reuters, International Olympic Committee, Games, Olympic Committees, US Olympic, Paralympic, Fordham University Gabelli School of Business, Athletics, Los Angeles Games, Boxing Locations: Paris, Instagram, Long Beach , California, California

☆ US lawmakers call for DOJ, IOC investigations into Chinese doping before Olympics
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-23 | by ( Amy Woodyatt | George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —A doping case involving 23 Chinese swimmers took a diplomatic twist on Wednesday after US lawmakers called on the US Department of Justice and the International Olympic Committee to launch inquiries into the controversy. The Chinese swimmers tested positive for trimetazidine, a banned performance-enhancing substance, several months before the Tokyo Olympics – a tournament at which they were allowed to compete in, and went on to win medals at, according to a report from the New York Times released in coordination with German public broadcaster ARD. In a statement released Wednesday, the lawmakers called for an assessment as to whether the alleged doping was “state-sponsored,” adding that could warrant further diplomatic measures by the United States and the international community. CNN has reached out to the Department of Justice, the IOC and WADA for comment. Trimetazidine has the potential to boost endurance and has been banned by WADA since 2014.

Persons: ”, Raja Krishnamoorthi, John Moolenaar, WADA, “, ” WADA, Sarah Hirshland, Witold Banka, …, Trimetazidine, CHINADA Organizations: CNN, US Department of Justice, International Olympic Committee, Tokyo, New York Times, ARD, Olympic, Chinese Communist Party, Doping Agency, Department of Justice, IOC, European Medicines Agency, EMA, Canadian Olympic Committee, Paralympic, ”, CHINADA, Xinhua Locations: People’s Republic of China, Russia, United States, Paris, China, ”, trimetazidine

☆ Alysia Montaño is set to be upgraded to a bronze medal after her rivals doped. That still feels like a ‘stab in the gut’
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-30 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Receiving a first Olympic medal is supposed to be a momentous and exhilarating occasion for every athlete but not Alysia Montaño. “A stab in the gut, in the heart, really,” is how she describes her supposed moment of triumph. In the days after learning that she could be awarded a bronze medal, Montaño says that her emotions oscillated from joy to sadness to something akin to grief. Savinova celebrates her winning gold at the London Olympics, a title of which she was later stripped. Montaño being awarded her bronze medal from the 2013 world championships in 2019.

Persons: vacantly, “, ” Montaño, – Mariya Savinova, Ekaterina Guliyev, Ekaterina Poistogova, Pamela Jelimo, Montaño, Stu Forster, Savinova, Guliyev, Olivier Morin, huff, –, Adam Nelson, Mustafa Abumunes, ”, wouldn’t Organizations: CNN, Doping Agency, London Olympics, Getty, Athletics Integrity Unit, Turkish Athletic Federation, London, Doha, Clif, ” CNN, International Olympic Committee, US Olympic, Paralympic, New York Times, Nike Locations: Cleveland, American, London, Russia’s, Turkey, AFP, Qatar, Los Angeles, Burger, Paris

☆ Chinese swimmers head to Paris Olympics under a cloud amid row over handling of drugs tests
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —A dispute over the handling of a 2021 case in which 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for a banned performance-enhancing substance ahead of the Tokyo Olympics now threatens to overshadow swimming events at the Paris Games this summer. Sun is now free to return to competitions next month, but revelations about the 2021 case have cast Chinese swimmers and WADA in a harsh spotlight. Trimetazidine has the potential to boost endurance and has been banned by WADA since 2014. China’s national swimming championships, which serve as selection trials for the upcoming Olympics, are currently underway in Shenzhen, concluding on April 27. At the Tokyo Olympics, China won six medals in swimming, including three golds.

Persons: –, “, ” Mack Horton, Horton, Sun Yang, Sun, WADA, Adam Peaty, ”, Sarah Hirshland, Witold Banka, …, Trimetazidine, CHINADA, Ross Wenzel, trimetazidine, ” Wenzel, Denis Cotterell, Cotterell wasn’t Organizations: CNN, Tokyo, Paris Games, New York Times, ARD, Doping Agency, Olympic, “, Sydney Morning Herald, WADA, Canadian Olympic Committee, Paralympic, ”, CHINADA, Xinhua, Paris Olympics, Chinese Swimming Association, China Locations: Tokyo, China, Australian, South Korea, ”, trimetazidine, Shenzhen

☆ 2024 Olympic Games: Paris mayor says she would prefer Russian athletes to be banned
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-14 | by ( Chris Liakos | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo said on Wednesday that she is against Russian athletes participating in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and attending the Opening Ceremony scheduled for July 26. The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) said earlier this month that Russian and Belarusian Paralympic athletes will not take part in their Opening Ceremony on August 28. Loic Venance/AFP/Getty ImagesAccording to Russian state news agency TASS, Russian sports minister Oleg Matytsin told reporters on Wednesday that Russia should not boycott the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. “Now, the question of competing at the Olympic Games is on everyone’s lips, my position is this: we should not turn away, close ourselves or boycott this movement,” Matytsin said. The Paralympic Games begin on August 28 and end on September 8.

Persons: CNN — Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, “, ” Hidalgo, Vladimir, Putin, –, ”, Hidalgo, Israel, Loic Venance, Oleg Matytsin, ” Matytsin, Matytsin Organizations: CNN — Paris Mayor, Russian, Games, Reuters, Ukraine, Olympic Committee, Paris, IOC, International Paralympic Committee, Belarusian Paralympic, Paralympic, International Olympic Committee, Tokyo, Olympic Locations: Paris, Russian, Europe, Belarusian, Gaza, ”, AFP, Russia, Belarus

☆ How the Wait for Olympic Medals Became an Endurance Sport
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( Jeré Longman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It took Lashinda Demus of the United States 52.77 seconds to run the women’s 400-meter hurdles at the 2012 London Olympics. A year after that decision, and 12 years after the race, she is still waiting to receive her gold medal. One of her American teammates, Erik Kynard Jr., competed in the high jump at the London Games. And like Demus, he had to wait many years before being named the victor. Demus and Kynard are expected to finally receive their medals this summer during the Paris Olympics, according to officials at the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee and the International Olympic Committee.

Persons: Erik Kynard Jr Organizations: United, London, Paris, United States Olympic, Paralympic Committee, International Olympic Committee Locations: United States, Russian

☆ Kamila Valieva ban: US figure skaters awarded gold for 2022 Beijing Olympics after Russian skater disqualified
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Homero De La Fuente | Andrew Mcnicol | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The United States Figure Skating team will receive a gold medal for their team event at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, after Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva was handed a four-year ban Monday over a long-running doping controversy. Valieva, now 17, had led the Russian Olympic Committee to first place in the team event ahead of the US and Japan — before her doping test came back positive for performance-enhancing substance trimetazidine. CNN Sport has contacted the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the Japanese Olympic Committee and the Russian Olympic Committee for further comment. Even with the latest news of Valieva’s ban, Alexander Kogan, director general of the Russian Figure Skating Federation, said that he still views his athletes to be the champions in the team event. In its Monday announcement, CAS said that the decision to ban Valieva for four years is “final and binding,” explaining that the parties can appeal to the Swiss Federal Tribunal “within 30 days on limited grounds.”

Persons: Kamila Valieva, Japan —, Valieva, ”, Sarah Hirschland “, Evan Bates, Karen Chen, Nathan Chen, Madison Chock, Zachary Donohue, Brandon Frazier, Madison Hubbell, Alexa Knierim, Vincent Zhou, Alexander Kogan Organizations: CNN, United, Skating, Russian Olympic Committee, Olympic, Paralympic, IOC, International Olympic Committee, International Skating, CNN Sport, Japanese Olympic Committee, Swiss Federal Locations: United States, Japan, Canada, Beijing

☆ Kamila Valieva: Russian figure skater banned for four years by Court of Arbitration for Sport
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( George Ramsay | Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva has been found guilty of an anti-doping violation by Switzerland’s Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and has received a four-year ban from competitions. In Beijing, Valieva’s Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) team had finished first ahead of the US and Japan – with Canada finishing fourth – and no medals were subsequently awarded due to the doping controversy. CNN Sport has contacted the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the ISU, the Japanese Olympic Committee, the Canadian Olympic Committee, and the Russian Olympic Committee for further comment. RUSADA had changed its initial stance and sought a punishment that “may include or be limited to a reprimand” for Valieva, CAS announced in February last year. Russian athletes were competing as neutral athletes at the Winter Olympics in Beijing due to a previous ban for doping non-compliance.

Persons: Kamila Valieva, Valieva, Catherine Ivill, Ms Valieva, Travis Tygart, Sarah Hirshland, RUSADA, ”, Alexander Kogan, WADA, “, ” CNN’s Jill Martin, Thomas Schlachter, Anna Chernova Organizations: CNN, Switzerland’s, Sport, Valieva, Russian Olympic Committee, Canada, International Skating Union, ISU, Winter Games, CNN Sport, International Olympic Committee, Japanese Olympic Committee, Canadian Olympic Committee, Doping Agency, Olympic, Paralympic, Team USA, ”, IOC, RIA Novosti, Skating, Swiss Federal Locations: Russian, Beijing, Japan, US

☆ French federation should allow hijabs says Amnesty International
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Lori Ewing | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

French President Emmanuel Macron shakes hands with head of the French Basketball Federation Jean-Pierre Siutat at a stadium ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games, in Tremblay-en-France, outside Paris, October 14, 2021. Francois Mori/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 12 (Reuters) - The French Basketball Federation is being asked by Amnesty International to comply with international human rights laws and not discriminate against female Muslim players who wear headgear ahead of the FFBB's General Assembly on Saturday. A note accompanying FFBB Rule 4.4.2 outlines the ban on head coverings but Amnesty said it violates Muslim women's rights. However, Amnesty International said in a letter sent to the FFBB: "Prohibitions on the wearing of religious headscarves in public spaces violate Muslim women's rights under international human rights laws and standards". Amnesty International said the Muslim players they spoke with said the headgear rule is "generally not being applied in practice, although this entirely depends on individual referees' inclination."

Persons: Emmanuel Macron, French Basketball Federation Jean, Pierre Siutat, Francois Mori, Amelie Oudea, Castera, Lori Ewing, Ken Ferris Organizations: French Basketball Federation, Amnesty International, Federation, Amnesty, Muslim, French Ministry of Sport, Olympic, Paralympic Committees, IOC, Paris Games, FIBA, Nike, Thomson Locations: Tremblay, France, Paris

☆ Russian para-athletes permitted to compete under neutral flag at Paris 2024 Games after IPC vote
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( Matt Foster | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Russian para-athletes will be permitted to compete under a neutral flag at next year’s Paris 2024 Games after the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) voted against a full suspension of Russia’s National Paralympic Committee (NPC) on Friday. “IPC members voted 90-56 in favour of a motion to partially suspend NPC Russia (with six members abstaining),” the IPC said in a statement. A full suspension would have meant no Russian para-athletes could compete at the Paris Games. NPC Russia is also not allowed to organise any sport event/competition involving other IPC members,” the statement added. CNN reached out to the Ukrainian and Russian Paralympic Committees for comment on the decision but did not immediately receive a response.

Persons: “ Organizations: CNN, International Paralympic Committee, IPC, Russia’s National Paralympic Committee, Assembly, Russia, Paralympic, Paris Games, “, Russian Paralympic, Russian NPC, Russian Locations: Russian, Paris, IPC’s, Bahrain, Russia, Beijing, Belarusian, Mumbai

☆ Russian athletes to compete at Paris Paralympics after IPC votes against full ban
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

"At the IPC General Assembly in Bahrain, IPC members voted 74-65 (13 abstentions) against a motion to fully suspend NPC (National Paralympic Committee) Russia for breaches of its constitutional membership obligations," the IPC said. The decision comes two weeks before the International Olympic Committee session in Mumbai where it will also discuss Russia's and Belarus' participation at the Paris Olympics next year. The IPC had last year suspended the paralympic committees of both countries and banned their athletes from competing following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The IOC has not sanctioned the Russian or Belarus Olympic Committee or Russian members of the IOC. In March, however, it issued a first set of recommendations for international sports federations to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to return.

Persons: Benoit Tessier, Karolos Grohmann, Andrew Cawthorne Organizations: Ephemere, Rights, International Paralympic, IPC, Assembly, National Paralympic Committee, International Olympic, Russia's, Paris Olympics, IOC, Belarus Olympic, Thomson Locations: Paris, France, Russia, Bahrain, Mumbai, Belarus, Ukraine, Belarusian

☆ Vincent Zhou: Wait goes on for US skater to discover color of medal after Kamila Valieva’s positive doping test
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Don Riddell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

According to US Figure Skating, it’s the only time in the history of the modern Olympics that athletes were not awarded their medals on site. Russian Kamila Valieva competes in the women's free skate program during the figure skating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in Beijing. Figure Skating will continue to stand alongside and support our athletes throughout this frustrating situation,” the organization said in a statement. “There are significant economic costs associated with not receiving an Olympic medal,” Zhou said in his statement. “These Olympic athletes fund a multi-billion dollar industry,” Koehler said, noting that the IOC brings in $2.4 billion annually.

Persons: Vincent Zhou, “ I’ve, I’ve, ”, Vincent, you’ve, ” Zhou, He’s, ” Vincent Zhou, Matthew Stockman, Kamila Valieva, Valieva, David J, Phillip, RUSADA, Zhou, they’ve, haven’t, Kamila, Alexander Nemenov, Rob Koehler, “, ” Koehler, Koehler, it’s, Jean Catuffe, They’re, they’re, they’ll, It’s, Adam Nelson, Yuriy Bilonog, ” Nelson, ’ ” Nelson, WADA, Valieva –, “ There’s, Matthieu Reeb, ” Reeb, “ WADA, ” WADA, ” RUSADA, he’ll, he’s Organizations: CNN —, Winter Games, CNN Sport, Capital, Getty, Russian Olympic Committee, Sochi Games, Doping Agency, International Olympic Committee, International Skating Union, ISU, Sport, US Olympic, Paralympic, Global, IOC, CNN, Skating, Olympic, Paralympic Museum, Olympic Movement, ”, USA, Games, Valieva, US, Doping ’ Agency, “ Locations: Beijing, China, Russia, Japan, Russian, Lausanne, Moscow, AFP, Colorado, “ U.S, U.S, American, Atlanta, Athens, Canada, …

☆ Olympic medalist sues US bobsled team doctor for sexual abuse
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Frank Pingue | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/2] U.S. Winter Olympic bobsledder Aja Evans poses for photos wearing Polo Ralph Lauren items designed for U.S. Winter Olympic Team at the company's store in New York City, New York, U.S., January 20, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSept 21 (Reuters) - Aja Evans, a 2014 Olympic bobsled bronze medalist, has filed a lawsuit alleging that a doctor who worked on Team USA's medical staff subjected her to nearly a decade of sexual abuse and harassment during treatment. The USOPC said it had not reviewed the complaint, but "remains committed to ensuring the safety and wellbeing of Team USA athletes," including by eliminating abuse. USA Bobsled did not immediately respond to a request for comment. "Rather than being protected, believed, and taken seriously, Ms. Evans was subjected to investigation and degradation by the USOPC and USA Bobsled governing bodies," the lawsuit said.

Persons: Aja Evans, Polo Ralph Lauren, Brendan McDermid, Jonathan Wilhelm, Evans, Larry Nassar, Ryan Stevens, Wilhelm, Nassar, USA Bobsled, Ms, bobsled, Frank Pingue, Bill Berkrot Organizations: Winter, U.S, REUTERS, USA's, United States Olympic, Paralympic, Federation, USA Gymnastics, Team USA, videotaping, USA, Thomson Locations: New York City , New York, U.S, New York, USA, Lake Placid , New York, Sochi, Toronto

☆ U.S. endorses Utah's Winter Olympics bid with eye toward 2034
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

An ice maker installs a sub-glacial Olympic logo ahead of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at Yanqing National Sliding Centre in Yanqing, China, January 28, 2022. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File photo Acquire Licensing RightsSept 14 (Reuters) - Leadership of the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) has endorsed Salt Lake City's bid to host another Winter Olympics, with a preference for 2034, officials said on Thursday. USOPC said 2034 is a more desirable date than 2030 due to the 2028 Summer Olympics being held in Los Angeles. Utah's scenic capital city previously hosted the Winter Games in 2002. "This is a significant milestone for us," Fraser Bullock, CEO of the Salt Lake City's bid committee, said on the call.

Persons: Edgar Su, USOPC, Gene Sykes, we've, Fraser Bullock, Bullock, Rory Carroll, Pritha Sarkar Organizations: REUTERS, United States Olympic, Paralympic, Salt Lake, Games, IOC, Olympic, Winter, Thomson Locations: Beijing, Yanqing, China, Salt, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City , Utah, Sweden, Switzerland, France, Mumbai

☆ Paris 2024 eyes sell-out crowds to beat London record - IPC
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Karolos Grohmann | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

"The ambition is to sell each and every ticket, 2.8 million, and then this will make Paris the number one in terms of ticket sales. London 2012 was 2.7 million," Parsons told Reuters in an interview exactly one year before the Games begin. "We want these Games to sell out even before the opening ceremony. So what we want is that we sell every ticket before the start of the Games," he said. "There will also be a higher quality of athletes," Parsons said.

Persons: Andrew Parsons, Parsons, Roland Garros, Karolos Grohmann, Ed Osmond Organizations: International Paralympic, London, Reuters, Games, Eiffel, IPC, International Olympic, Paris, IOC, Thomson Locations: London, Paris, Tokyo, Beijing, Russian, Belarusian, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, Bahrain

☆ Simone Biles stepped away from ‘corrosive’ gymnastics for mental health. Now she’s back
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Savanna Stewart | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

“We’ve never seen an athlete like Simone Biles,” Ryan said. And yet that sport was corrosive enough and abusive enough that she really had to step away for her own mental health,” added Ryan. “I have to focus on my mental health and not jeopardize my health and well-being.”Biles was replaced in the all-around final by Jade Carey, who had finished ninth in the qualifying round. More than 150 athletes, including Biles, said that the former USA Gymnastics team doctor sexually abused them under the guise of providing medical treatment. “I think this just really shows the lack of leadership of USA Gymnastics and the United States Olympic Committee.”However, there is hope that a brighter future is in store for USA Gymnastics.

Persons: –, “, Joan Ryan, ” Ryan, Ryan, ” Simone Biles, Biles, “ We’ve, Simone Biles, ”, ” Biles, Jade Carey, Carey, Jamie Squire, Simone, ” Carey, Ryan’s, Dmitri Lovetsky, ’ ” Ryan, Larry Nassar, Nassar, …, McKayla Maroney, Aly Raisman, Maggie Nichols, General's, Saul Loeb, Jake Tapper, ” Raisman, Jill Geer, Gabby Douglas, Suni Lee, ” Geer, Geer, Douglas — Ryan, “ It’s, you’ve, what’s Organizations: CNN, CNN Sport, Olympics, USA Gymnastics, Oregon State University, US Gymnastics Federation –, Tokyo, USA, United States Olympic, Paralympic, New York, United, Capitol, United States Olympic Committee, National Team, “, ”, US women’s Locations: Hoffman Estates , Illinois, Tokyo, United States, Washington, Biles, “, Paris

July 27 (Reuters) - A lawsuit filed on Thursday by former Michigan State University athletes victimized by Larry Nassar alleges that its trustees voted in secret to withhold thousands of documents related to the disgraced team doctor in violation of state law. The lawsuit asked the Ingham County Circuit Court to require the board to vote publicly on whether to release the documents or keep them confidential. MSU, Nassar's former employer, previously agreed to a near $500 million settlement with the hundreds of women who were sexually abused by Nassar. USA Gymnastics and the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee, with whom Nassar also worked as a team doctor, reached a $380 million settlement. Earlier this month, Nassar was stabbed multiple times by another inmate in prison and was in stable condition.

Persons: Larry Nassar, Azzam, Elder, Nassar, Simone Biles, Aly Raisman, McKayla Maroney, unflinchingly, Kanishka Singh, Frank McGruty, Aurora Ellis Organizations: Michigan State University, MSU, U.S, Olympic, Paralympic, Thomson Locations: Ingham, Washington

☆ Nassar, disgraced doctor who abused US gymnasts, is stabbed in prison
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

July 10 (Reuters) - Larry Nassar, the disgraced doctor of USA Gymnastics who was convicted of sexually abusing young female gymnasts, has been stabbed multiple times by another inmate in prison and was in stable condition on Monday, U.S. media reported. Since the Nassar scandal, USA Gymnastics has overhauled its leadership and filed for bankruptcy, saying at the time it was staggering under the weight of lawsuits filed by hundreds of women who were sexually abused by the former team doctor. USA Gymnastics and the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee reached a $380 million settlement. In September 2021, Biles and Maroney were among the high profile Olympic gymnasts who gave heart-wrenching testimony before a U.S. Senate panel about the sexual abuse they endured for years under Nassar's care. At that hearing, the gymnasts blasted the FBI for its mishandling of the investigation, with Biles accusing the bureau of turning a blind eye to all of Nassar's victims.

Persons: Larry Nassar, Penitentiary Coleman, Benjamin O'Cone, O'Cone, Nassar, Joe Rojas, Rebecca Cook, Simone Biles, Aly Raisman, McKayla Maroney, unflinchingly, General Michael Horowitz, Biles, Maroney, Rami Ayyub, Frank Pingue, Doina Chiacu, Alistair Bell Organizations: USA Gymnastics, Federal Bureau of Prisons, U.S, Penitentiary, FBI, CNN, Associated Press, USA, REUTERS, Michigan State University, Olympic, Paralympic, Senate, Biles, Thomson Locations: Florida, Eaton, Charlotte , Michigan, U.S

☆ USOPC will listen to any IOC plan for Russians to compete at Paris Games
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

June 26 (Reuters) - The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) is unequivocal in its support of Ukraine but will listen to any International Olympic Committee (IOC) plan to have Russian and Belarusian athletes compete as neutrals at the 2024 Paris Games. With the Olympics just a little over a year away pressure is mounting on the IOC, sporting federations, national Olympic committees and governments to make a call on the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes at the Paris Games. There are mounting concerns that if Russian athletes are cleared to compete in Paris, even as neutrals, it could spark a Ukraine-led boycott of the Games. "We've been quite measured and willing to give the IOC the opportunity to explore the possibility, understanding how Russian or Belarusian athletes who are neutral, truly neutral, could compete in international competition. That does not include the Paris Olympics with a separate decision still to be taken by the IOC.

Persons: Gene Sykes, Sykes, Steve Keating, Ken Ferris Organizations: United States Olympic, Paralympic, Olympic Committee, Olympics, IOC, Olympic, Paris Games, Paris, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, Moscow, Paris, Toronto

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