The IOC, rather than fostering inspirational, high-minded ideals it professes, was complicit in using the Beijing Olympics to sports-wash atrocities.
Author: Nancy Armour, USA TODAY
Clubbiness of IOC makes its awful handling of Valieva case even worse | Opinion
Anyone looking for Bach to issue an apology, or to offer concrete plans to ensure something this heinous never happens again, must be new here.
Mikaela Shiffrin’s performance at these Winter Olympics defies explanation. And that’s OK. | Opinion
Mikaela Shiffrin didn’t finish a single technical race, recording Did Not Finishes in giant slalom, slalom and slalom portion of Alpine combined
‘I don’t really understand it’: Mikaela Shiffrin skis out in slalom run of combined, plans to race in team event
After finishing fifth in the downhill portion of the Alpine combined, Shiffrin skied out in the slalom Thursday after losing her balance at gate 10.
The (Unfair) Olympics: Staggering amount of ‘incompetence’ ruining Games | Opinion
US Anti-Doping Agency needed just nine days to handle failed drug test of sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson, a gold-medal favorite for Tokyo Olympics
By acknowledging failure, Mikaela Shiffrin takes control of her own narrative | Opinion
“It is failure. It is OK to say that,” Mikaela Shiffrin said after her super-G race at the Beijing Olympics. She skied out of her first two races.
Mikaela Shiffrin will race in super-G after disappointing start at Olympics
Mikaela Shiffrin, who said she’d like to ski all five individual events in Beijing, has a bronze medal in the super-G from 2021 world championships.
Mikaela Shiffrin’s second DNF at Beijing Olympics even more shocking than her first
Mikaela Shiffrin had not had back-to-back “Did Not Finishes” in technical races since December 2011.
Ryan Cochran-Siegle wins surprise Olympic silver medal in men’s skiing super-G
American Ryan Cochran-Siegle finished just .04 seconds behind Austria’s Matthias Mayer, who won gold for a second consecutive Games.
Opinion: Team USA in need of a karmic cleanse after rough start to Winter Olympics in Beijing
United States has won 308 medals at the Winter Olympics, second only to Norway. Norway has 372, including four already at the Beijing Olympics.