2002 Salt Lake City Olympic Games
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