The organizing committee of next year's Winter Olympics on Monday defended the size of ice hockey rinks for the Games after criticism from the sport's governing body. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/12/09/olympics-defend-ice-hockey-rinks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #2026milanocortinaolympics #icehockey
After an injury derailed her spot on Britain's curling team at the Nagano Winter Olympics in 1998, 52-year-old Helen Williams is now hoping to make it to Milano Cortina in 2026 — with Australia. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/12/03/curling-williams-scotland-australia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #australia #helenwilliams #2026milanocortinaolympics
Fencing may be one of the Olympics' oldest events, but three-time Olympian Miles Chamley-Watson says it urgently needs a reboot, hoping his new World Fencing League will drag the sport into the modern entertainment age. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/12/03/world-fencing-league/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #mileschamleywatson #worldfencingleague
Local organizers have been forced to cap the number of tickets on sale for Winter Olympic events in Cortina d'Ampezzo in February because of concerns over transport congestion. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/11/28/cortina-tickets-transport-fears/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #2026milanocortinaolympics #italy
Italian skiing star Federica Brignone stepped up her recovery from a horror double leg break by returning to the piste on Wednesday as she targets her home Winter Olympics. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/11/27/brignone-injury-return-olympics/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #2026milanocortinaolympics #federicabrignone
Three-time Olympic gold medalist Max Whitlock is coming out of retirement to target a place at the 2028 Los Angeles Games, the 32-year-old Briton has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/11/25/whitlock-gymnastics-olympics-return/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #maxwhitlock #gymnastics
Tony Hawk is pushing for vertical skateboarding to become an Olympic event and said he is making progress in getting the high-flying discipline accepted as an exhibition sport at the 2028 Summer Olympics. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/11/19/tony-hawk-vert-olympics/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #tonyhawk #2020losangelesolympics #la28
The Olympic torch will go on a 12,000 kilometer journey across Italy in the two months leading up to the Winter Olympics in February, Games organizers have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/11/18/italy-olympic-torch-journey/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #2026milanocortinaolympics #italy
The women's 100-meter final will headline the first day of competition at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, organizers said on Wednesday, part of a reshaped schedule that moves athletics into Week 1. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/11/13/la28-womens-100-final-day-one/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #2028losangelesolympics #trackandfield
🏳️⚧️ Transgender athletes will be banned from the Olympics to keep Trump happy.
U.S. athletes are preparing for anti-American feeling at the Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics, a little over three months before next year's global event. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/10/29/anti-us-sentiment-olympics/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #2026milanocortina
With time ticking down to the start of an unusually intricate and spread-out Winter Olympics, organizers of the 2026 Milano-Cortina Games say that they are on track. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/10/29/milano-cortina-100-days/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #2026milanocortina #italy
Mikaela Shiffrin knows she is not firing on all cylinders yet after suffering serious injuries in a crash last year and the American is trying to temper expectations ahead of her bid for a fourth Olympic title. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/10/28/shiffrin-milano-cortina-olympics/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #2025milanocortinaolympics #mikaelashiffrin #alpineskiworldcup
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred is feeling more confident about the league's players competing at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, though he said significant scheduling challenges remain to be resolved. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/10/26/mlb-commissioner-olympics-2028/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #robmanfred #2028losangelesolympics
Just over two years since the Philippines men's curling team was formed, it is preparing a final push to realize a dream of qualifying for next year's Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/10/24/philippines-curling-olympic-qualification/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #thephilippines #2026milanocortinaolympics
Russian and Belarusian skiers and snowboarders will not be allowed to compete in next year's Winter Olympics, after the sport's governing body voted not to allow them into qualification events. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/10/22/winter-olympics-russia-skiing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #russia #belarus #2026milanocortinaolympics
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Today in Labor History October 18, 1968: International Olympic Committee president Avery Brundage attempted to strip American Olympic track medalists John Carlos & Tommie Smith of their awards for giving the "black power" salute on October 16th at the México City Olympics. The IOC claimed their actions were “a deliberate and violent breach of the fundamental principles of the Olympic spirit.” However, Brundage, who was president of the US Olympic committee in 1936, made no objections against Nazi salutes during the Berlin games.
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Today in Labor History October 18, 1968: International Olympic Committee president Avery Brundage attempted to strip American Olympic track medalists John Carlos & Tommie Smith of their awards for giving the "black power" salute on October 16th at the México City Olympics. The IOC claimed their actions were “a deliberate and violent breach of the fundamental principles of the Olympic spirit.” However, Brundage, who was president of the US Olympic committee in 1936, made no objections against Nazi salutes during the Berlin games.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #racism #olympics #blackpower #JohnCarlos #TommieSmith #mexico #fascism #nazis #BlackMastodon
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Hoy hizo aniversario de los dos atletas afre descendientes en las olimpíadas del 68 que parados en el podio en 1er y 3er lugar, hicieron el saludo de las Panteras Negras. La historia es tremenda --> https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saludo_del_Poder_Negro_en_los_Juegos_Ol%C3%ADmpicos_de_1968
#blackpanther #blackpower #podernegro #panterasnegras #1968 #olimpiadas #olympics
