Lausanne, Switzerland – A professional snowboarder from Colorado is charting new territory – not in his sport, but in a Swiss courtroom. Justin Reiter, of Steamboat Springs, is moving forward with a lawsuit against the International Olympic Committee for dropping parallel snowboarding from the 2018 Winter Games in South Korea. The parallel events of slalom … Continue reading Snowboarder Sues Olympic Committee Over Canceled Event
Mt. Gariwang, South Korea – South Korea’s Olympic organizing committee has drawn the ire of environmental groups for allegedly destroying tens of thousands of trees in a sensitive 500-year-old virgin forest to create ski runs to be used the 2018 Olympic Winter Games at PyeongChang. Games officials indicate that the Jeongseon Alpine Centre on Mt. Gariwang was the … Continue reading South Korea Generates Environmental Flap Over Olympic Ski Run Construction
Salt Lake City, UT – Snowboarder Kaitlyn Farrington, who a year ago brought home the gold medal in halfpipe from the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, has been forced to retire from competitive riding by a congenital back condition. Originally from Bellevue, Idaho and now a resident of Salt Lake City, Farrington announced her retirement last … Continue reading Olympic Halfpipe Gold Medalist Kaitlyn Farrington Forced to Retire
Sochi, Russia – The former main Olympic Village in Sochi has been transformed into the Imeretinskiy Resort & Apartment complex, and has begun welcoming winter visitors eager to enjoy a holiday that uniquely combines sea and ski. Built by the Moscow-based industrial group Basic Element and located on the Black Sea coast in the Imeretinskiy … Continue reading Sochi Olympic Village Welcomes Vacationers for Sun and Snow
Park City, UT – Entering its 19th season, the Sprint U.S. Grand Prix has a long legacy of creating Olympic freeskiing and snowboarding champions. This year many of them will return to compete on the 2014-15 tour, including 2014 Olympic champions Maddie Bowman, Joss Christensen, Kaitlyn Farrington, David Wise and Sage Kotsenburg. Over $400,000 in … Continue reading 2014 Olympic Champions Return to Sprint Grand Prix
Lausanne, Switzerland – Ahead of the second Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lillehammer, Norway, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced that Olympic champion Lindsey Vonn will reprise her role as Ambassador for the Games, which will take place in February 2016. Vonn has a wealth of experience to share with the young athletes who will … Continue reading Lindsey Vonn Named Youth Olympic Games Ambassador
Rosa Khutor, Russia – Just one day after opening to the public following the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Sochi, an avalanche struck Russia’s Rosa Khutor ski resort on Sunday, leaving two dead. Resort officials indicate that six skiers were on the resort’s blue-square Labirint run when the avalanche struck. The slide propagated from the … Continue reading Deadly Avalanche Strikes Sochi Olympic Venue
