2002 Salt Lake City Olympic Games
Vancouver's shot at hosting 2030 Winter Olympics dims

Oct. 27, 2022 05:09 PM EDT
VICTORIA, British Columbia (AP) — British Columbia's government will not support Vancouver's bid to hold the 2030 Olympics in the province, a move that places Salt...

FILE - Salt Lake City Council Chairwoman Erin Mendenhall, from left, Fraser Bullock, chief operating officer of the 2002 Winter Games, Jeff Robbins, president and CEO of the Utah Sports Commission, Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski, Gov. Gary Herbert, USA Olympic speed skater Catherine Rainey-Norman and Salt Lake County Councilman Jim Bradley raise their arms in celebration after the USOC choose Salt Lake over Denver to bid on behalf of the U.S. for future Winter Games, Friday, Dec. 14, 2018 in Salt Lake City. Recent meetings with the IOC have led U.S. officials to believe all signs point toward Salt Lake City bidding for the 2034 Winter Olympics, though they say Utah's capital will be ready if asked to host the 2030 Games, too. (Steve Griffin/The Deseret News via AP, File)
Salt Lake City Winter Olympics bid more likely for 2034

By Eddie Pells Jun. 23, 2022 03:02 PM EDT

Ukraine team members climb on the Olympic Rings to pose for photo in the Olympic Village at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 14, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. Backers of Sapporo, Japan, to hold the 2030 Winter Olympics have gotten together to promote their bid. The Japanese city is competing with Salt Lake City, Vancouver, and a Spanish group that wants to return the Olympics to Barcelona. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
All-Japan committee meets to promote Sapporo Olympic bid

By Stephen Wade And Yuri Kageyama May. 10, 2022 02:41 AM EDT

FILE - The Olympic rings are seen during the closing ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics on Feb. 20, 2022, in Beijing. Will it be 2030, the first opening on the IOC calendar? Or might the International Olympic Committee make a double award and also name the 2034 host, which it did 4 1/2 years ago when it had two strong candidates and named Paris for the 2024 Olympics and Los Angeles for 2028. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)
Salt Lake, Sapporo head race to 2030 Olympics, and maybe '34

By Stephen Wade May. 02, 2022 01:08 AM EDT

USA Bobsled coach Mike Kohn resigns, citing family reasons

By Tim Reynolds Apr. 08, 2022 04:54 PM EDT
USA Bobsled coach Mike Kohn has stepped down after four seasons, though he may remain with the national team in a different capacity. Kohn, an Olympic...

FILE - Canadian figure skaters Jamie Sale and David Pelletier compete in the pairs free program in the Winter Olympics at the Salt Lake Ice Center in Salt Lake City, Monday, Feb. 11, 2002. Tara Lipinski, the 1998 Olympic gold medalist and now an analyst for NBC, partnered with husband Todd Kapostasy on a four-part documentary series on Peacock, NBC's streaming outlet. It's called “MEDDLING” and looks deeply into the impact the judging misdeeds had on the two pairs teams involved: Canadians Jamie Sale and David Pelletier, Russians Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze.(AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, File)
Tara Lipinski and husband examine 2002 skating scandal

By Barry Wilner Jan. 13, 2022 03:02 AM EST

FILE - In this Feb. 20, 2002, file photo, Jimmy Shea of the United States pushes off during the men's skeleton final at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics on his way to winning a gold medal in Park City, Utah. Shea has been charged with sexual abuse of a child in Utah. He made his first court appearance Monday, March 29, 2021, on one count of aggravated sexual abuse of a child and two counts of sexual battery. The alleged abuse occurred in 2020, court documents show. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)
Olympic gold medalist charged with child sex abuse in Utah

Mar. 30, 2021 02:51 PM EDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2007 file photo, France's Julie Pomagalski speeds down the Parallel Giant Slalom at the FIS Snowboard World Championship in Arosa, Switzerland. Two-time Olympic snowboarder Julie Pomagalski of France has died in an avalanche in the Swiss Alps. She was 40. Pomagalski competed in the parallel giant slalom at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics and the 2006 Turin Olympics, and in 1999 won gold in the snowboard cross at the world championships. The French Ski Federation announced that Pomagalski died Tuesday, March 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Keystone/Alessandro Della Bella, File)
Olympic snowboarder Julie Pomagalski dies in avalanche at 40

Mar. 24, 2021 06:58 AM EDT

USA Bobsled and Skeleton adds six to its Hall of Fame

Dec. 09, 2020 05:22 PM EST
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) — Olympic gold medalists Tristan Gale Geisler, Steve Mesler and Vonetta Flowers are among a six-person class of enshrinees to the USA...

FILE - FILE - In this Feb. 12, 2020, file photo, Fraser Bullock, President and CEO, Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the games, makes remarks during a news conference at the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City. A committee preparing a bid for Salt Lake City to host the Winter Olympics has watched closely as the coronavirus pandemic upended carefully crafted plans and postponed the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics, but members said Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020, their desire to bring the Olympics back to Utah in 2030 or 2034 remains unshaken. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
Salt Lake City all in on future Olympic bid, timing unknown

By Brady Mccombs Nov. 17, 2020 04:48 PM EST