Team USA Brings Home Gold in Women’s Ice Hockey Following Olympic Shutout
Allison Bennett Managing Editor On February 19, the U.S. Olympic Women’s Ice Hockey Team defeated Team Canada 2-1. This
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Whose Games Are These? Neutrality and Unequal Consequences in Milan 2026
Avery Kachmarsky Staff Writer Before the end of 2016, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) released a report stating that
Read MoreThe NHL Returns to the Winter Olympics
The 2014 Sochi Olympics, a personal project of Russian President Vladimir Putin, are known for being the most expensive Olympic Games, as well as the most controversial. Teams Canada, USA, and above all, Russia, had their heart set on winning men’s ice hockey gold. Since the Cold War ended, ice hockey has remained one of the greatest fundamental tests of strength between the nations, reports BBC. Twelve international teams participated with players from the National Hockey League (NHL), and after 12 days of intense ice hockey, Team Canada, led by captain Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins, NHL, took home gold.
Read MoreUgandan Olympic Athlete Rebecca Chepetegi Murdered, Authorities Suspect Former Partner
Olympic officials and committees mourn the loss of 33-year-old athlete Rebecca Cheptegei, who recently represented Uganda in the women’s marathon at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Cheptegei died on September 5 from severe burn injuries sustained in an alleged act of domestic violence, which resulted in organ failure despite efforts by a hospital in Kenya to save her life.
Read MoreFOCUS on Sports Geopolitics: The Olympics
Those who follow sports in some way will know that politics always get involved no matter how much fans wish otherwise. As has been shown this year, domestic and international politics have characterized the Olympic Games, as the most international and inherently political non-political event there is. With the 2022 Beijing games ongoing, it is worth remembering that the Olympics’ thrust into political spotlights isn’t new.
Read MoreFocus on Olympic Preparations: Azerbaijan
The Azeri Olympic team returned as “national heroes,” but some were barred from competing due to doping scandals and political interference in sports.
Read MoreFocus on Olympic Preparations: Nigeria
Sports and athletics unite Nigerians, and many are hoping Nigeria will be able to remedy the problems faced before and during the Rio Olympics prior to the 2020 Games in Tokyo.
Read MoreFocus on Olympic Preparations: Refugee Olympic Team
Besides the exhausting preparation for the Olympics, the members of the ROT faced additional challenges when fleeing from their home countries and living as refugees.
Read MoreFocus on Olympic Preparations: North Korea
Popularity of the games has led North Korea to put more funding into the training facilities and North Korean citizens get the chance to watch certain events on state television. The events aired are merely highlights and are shown long after the event took place.
Read MoreRussian Participation in Rio Olympics Uncertain After Doping Report
The commission’s results state that the Moscow laboratory responsible for the maintenance of processed blood and urine samples has become decertified. The country will no longer have a running national anti-doping institution to test its own athletes.
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