Former cycling world champion Lizzie Deignan to retire at the end of next season

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Saturday Sports: Diana Taurasi's retirement, NBA drama

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Brignone finally snatches the skiing gold medal she’s always wanted by winning the GS world title

Associated Press

SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria — Seven medals from major skiing events, including a world title in Alpine combined and Olympic silver and bronze in giant slalom. Until Thursday, when the Italian crowned probably the best season of her storied career by finally snatching the win she’s always wanted: The world championship in giant slalom. “There has always been a very high level …

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1 month ago

Lindsey Vonn says she ‘would be proud to race with anyone’ in team combined at the Olympics

Associated Press

SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria — It’s not just downhill and super-G that Lindsey Vonn wants to compete in at the age of 41 at next year’s Milan-Cortina Olympics. “It’s fun to be a part of a team,” Vonn said. That doesn’t mean that next year things might change.” Vonn struggled in her downhill run of the combined, finishing 21st and a distant …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Lindsey Vonn places 15th in downhill at ski worlds. She called it a ‘practice run for the Olympics’

Associated Press

SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria — One spot ahead of Sofia Goggia. Having only recently returned to ski racing at age 40 with a new titanium knee, and having hooked her right arm on a gate in the super-G two days earlier while fighting off cold- and flu-like symptoms all week, Vonn called her performance “good progress.” “Of course world championships I always …

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Lindsey Vonn’s Alpine World Ski Championships return ends early after she collides with gate

CNN

CNN — Lindsey Vonn’s sensational return to the Alpine World Ski Championships ended in disappointment on Thursday after the 40-year-old crashed out of the super-G event. “I hit my nerve somehow and I hit the gate and lost feeling in my arm, but it’s coming back slowly.” Vonn had taken to Instagram on Wednesday to say how excited she was …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Veteran US skier Vonn makes comeback for Milan-Cortina 2026

China Daily

Lindsey Vonn during the press conference ahead of FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in Saalbach, Austria February 3, 2025. BEIJING - American alpine skiing great Lindsey Vonn has come back from retirement and looks ahead to the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games, whose one-year countdown falls on Thursday. Winter Olympic champion Vonn decided to retire in 2019, admitting that her …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Veteran US skier Vonn makes comeback for Milan-Cortina 2026

China Daily

Lindsey Vonn during the press conference ahead of FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in Saalbach, Austria February 3, 2025. BEIJING - American alpine skiing great Lindsey Vonn has come back from retirement and looks ahead to the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games, whose one-year countdown falls on Thursday. Winter Olympic champion Vonn decided to retire in 2019, admitting that her …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Lindsey Vonn faces more criticism for competing at age 40 than Tom Brady, Lewis Hamilton

Associated Press

SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria — When Tom Brady played in the NFL well beyond the age of 40, he wasn’t considered crazy for facing 300-pound defensive linemen intent on sacking him. Before Vonn returned in December, two-time Olympic champion Michaela Dorfmeister suggested that the American “should see a psychologist,” adding on Austrian TV, “Does she want to kill herself?” Austrian downhill great …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Olympic medalist Natalya Diehm inspiring next generation of BMX stars

ABC

After 10 surgeries and breaking bones in almost every part of her body, BMX freestyle rider Natalya Diehm did not know if she would make it back on the BMX track — let alone onto the Olympic podium in Paris. "I had no idea what the skate park was, but I said 'yeah, lets go there'." "It wasn't until I …

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Lindsey Vonn takes 13th in World Cup Super-G day after skiing out of downhill

New York Times

After two straight DNFs, Lindsey Vonn was looking to get back to the finish line and put her comeback to alpine skiing back on track. On Sunday, the American star, returning to the sport at age 40, finished 13th in the World Cup Super-G in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, her highest finish since barely missing a podium in Austria two weeks ago. …

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2 months ago

AP Exclusive: Lindsey Vonn plans to retire again after racing at the Olympics in 2026

Associated Press

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Lindsey Vonn is just getting started on her comeback to ski racing at age 40 with her new titanium knee. Vonn holds the record with 12 wins in Cortina Vonn holds the record with 12 World Cup wins in Cortina — divided evenly between downhill and super-G. Cortina was also where Vonn earned her first career …

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2 months ago

World silver medalist Isabeau Levito to miss US Figure Skating championships with foot injury

Associated Press

World silver medalist Isabeau Levito withdrew from next week’s U.S. Figure Skating championships because of a foot injury on Tuesday, putting the Olympic hopeful’s chances of participating in the world championships in question. “I am heartbroken to say that I won’t be able to compete at nationals this year due to a foot injury,” said Levito, who won the title …

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2 months ago

Olympic Champion Hassan excited over London Marathon return

The Hindu

Two years after Sifan Hassan raced to a memorable London Marathon victory after stopping twice to stretch her hip in a remarkable debut at the distance, the Dutch multi-distance phenomenon is back this year and excited to see what she can do. “I never dreamed I was going to win the gold medal in London but suddenly my brain is …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Agnes Keleti, world's oldest Olympic champion, dies at 103

The Hindu

Agnes Keleti, the world's oldest Olympic champion and Holocaust survivor, has died at the age of 103. Keleti's life story, including surviving the Holocaust and Olympic glory, reads like a gripping Hollywood film script, with her feisty spirit never breaking in the face of adversity. "Agnes Keleti has demonstrated the power of strong determination and courage to overcome tragedy when …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Agnes Keleti, Holocaust survivor and oldest living Olympic gold medallist, dies at 103

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Ágnes Keleti, Holocaust survivor and the oldest living Olympic medal winner, dies at age 103

The Hindu

Ágnes Keleti, a Holocaust survivor and the oldest living Olympic medal winner, has died. She won a total of 10 Olympic medals in gymnastics, including five golds, for Hungary at the 1952 Helsinki Games and the 1956 Melbourne Games. Four years later, she made her Olympic debut at the 1952 Helsinki Games at the age of 31, winning a gold …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Ágnes Keleti, Holocaust survivor and the oldest living Olympic medal winner, dies at age 103

Associated Press

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Ágnes Keleti, a Holocaust survivor and the oldest living Olympic medal winner, has died. She won a total of 10 Olympic medals in gymnastics, including five golds, for Hungary at the 1952 Helsinki Games and the 1956 Melbourne Games. Four years later, she made her Olympic debut at the 1952 Helsinki Games at the age of 31, …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

The oldest living Olympic medal winner, Ágnes Keleti, has died at age 103

NPR

The oldest living Olympic medal winner, Ágnes Keleti, has died at age 103 toggle caption Laszlo Balogh/AP BUDAPEST, Hungary — Ágnes Keleti, a Holocaust survivor and the oldest living Olympic medal winner, has died. She won a total of 10 Olympic medals in gymnastics, including five golds, for Hungary at the 1952 Helsinki Games and the 1956 Melbourne Games. Four …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Beatrice Chebet: Kenyan runner smashes her own 5,000m women’s world record

CNN

CNN — As many were getting ready to welcome in the New Year on Tuesday, Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet was busy breaking a world record. The 24-year-old, who won two Olympic gold medals in 2024, capped off her brilliant year by smashing her own women’s 5,000m road world record at the Cursa dels Nassos race in Barcelona, Spain. “Two races in …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Ágnes Keleti, Holocaust survivor and the oldest living Olympic medal winner, dies at 103

LA Times

Ágnes Keleti, former Olympic gold medal winning gymnast, smiles in her apartment in Budapest, Hungary, in 2020. Ágnes Keleti, a Holocaust survivor and the oldest living Olympic medal winner, has died. She won a total of 10 Olympic medals in gymnastics, including five golds, for Hungary at the 1952 Helsinki Games and the 1956 Melbourne Games. Four years later, she …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Who is she?’ Why Britain’s greatest Paralympian Sarah Storey still lacks recognition

The Independent

By any objective measure, Dame Sarah Storey might be Great Britain’s greatest sportsperson. open image in gallery Dame Sarah storey attended this year’s Spoty in a walking boot after her ‘Dancing on Ice’ injury open image in gallery Storey jazzed up her air boot for the ceremony Storey explains that the reaction to her withdrawal from Dancing on Ice just …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Abbi Pulling: ‘This is what it will take for a woman to race in Formula 1’

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

The Best Women’s Sports Moments Of 2024

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Simone Biles, Caitlin Clark, Sha'Carri Richardson and Coco Gauff. “It’s the investments of brands, the viewership of fans, places like ESPN putting it on TV, the availability, the programming and last but not least at all, it’s the performance of the athletes.” “We are finally seeing all of these things pulling in the same direction,” she added, “and it’s created …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

BBC Sports Personality of the Year LIVE: Keely Hodgkinson wins 2024 SPOTY award at glitzy ceremony

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Keely Hodgkinson: The track superstar with the world at her feet

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

How SPOTY favourite Keely Hodgkinson became Britain’s best loved athlete

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3 months ago

Lindsey Vonn reveals date for stunning return to World Cup skiing

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3 months ago

Lindsey Vonn to make World Cup skiing return in St. Moritz

CNN

CNN — Skiing great Lindsey Vonn has announced that she will make her World Cup return at St Moritz, Switzerland next weekend. My body is finally put back together and I hear St Moritz is pretty nice this time of year.” Vonn announced her retirement from competitive skiing in 2019 after 18 years on the World Cup circuit. I’m getting …

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3 months ago

Ski great Vonn confirms St. Moritz World Cup return next week

Hindustan Times

US ski great Lindsey Vonn confirmed Friday that she will make her World Cup comeback in St. Moritz from December 21-22, nearly six years after retiring. HT Image "She's back," wrote Red Bull, the skier's sponsor, on Instagram, posting a video in which the 40-year-old former Olympic and world champion smiled: "I hear St Moritz is nice this time of …

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3 months, 1 week ago

American ski racer Lindsey Vonn is picking up speed in her comeback bid at 40 years old

Associated Press

COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colo. — Word on the mountain has it that Lindsey Vonn is still fast through a downhill course, even at 40 years old. Some of the women on the World Cup are going to be rudely awakened to have to compete against a Lindsey Vonn again.” Vonn declined to talk after her practice session Friday. I am having …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Teen to represent Australia at 2025 Disabled Water Ski World Championships after boating accident

ABC

Fifteen-year-old Loxton school girl Eira Dalzell is set to wear the green and gold for Australia next year after overcoming a traumatic waterskiing accident three years ago that permanently damaged her hand. "Both of the girls ended up under the boat and unfortunately the propeller … got Eira's hand and her leg and nothing else, which we were very, very …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

14-time Olympic medalist Emma McKeon retires from swimming

Associated Press

SYDNEY — Emma McKeon, Australia’s most decorated Olympian, announced her retirement from competitive swimming on Monday. McKeon holds the Australian record of 14 Olympic medals — six of them gold — won over three Summer Olympics, while her seven-medal haul at Tokyo 2020 is the most ever by a female swimmer at a single Games and equal most for any …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Russia’s Tatyana Tomashova stripped of London 2012 medal in Olympics’ ‘dirtiest race’

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

US runner Shannon Rowbury on course for 2012 Olympic medal after Russian disqualified

Associated Press

The results of the London Olympics are still changing more than 12 years later. Shannon Rowbury of the United States took another step toward a long-delayed bronze medal on Tuesday when Russian runner Tatyana Tomashova was officially disqualified from the women’s 1,500 meters final at the London Games. The Athletics Integrity Unit, which oversees doping cases in track and field, …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Tomashova’s silver medal from 2012 London Olympics annulled

The Hindu

Russian Tatyana Tomashova’s result in the women’s 1,500 metres at the 2012 London Olympics has been officially annulled, the Athletics Integrity Unit said on Tuesday. READ | Asiad Gold medallist Vismaya fails out-of-competition doping test “We are committed to protecting the integrity of athletics and, even when events have long passed, we will investigate potential violations fully,” AIU Chair David …

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4 months ago

Lindsey Vonn makes shocking comeback to rejoin US ski team aged 40

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4 months ago

Olympic champion Lindsey Vonn is ending her retirement at age 40 to make a skiing comeback

Associated Press

PARK CITY, Utah — Lindsey Vonn is coming out of retirement to rejoin the U.S. Before eclipsing Vonn’s total, Shiffrin said: “I don’t know if I could fill Lindsey’s shoes, the way that she has worn them.” Vonn’s last competition came in February 2019, after she dealt with a long series of injuries throughout her career. Ski & Snowboard president …

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4 months ago

Lindsey Vonn announces a comeback at 40, saying she's ready to race

NPR

Lindsey Vonn announces a comeback at 40, saying she's ready to race toggle caption Elsa/Getty Images Lindsey Vonn got a new knee earlier this year — and now she wants to test herself at the highest levels, announcing that she is training to return to competitive alpine skiing. News of Vonn's comeback bid comes 20 years after she won her …

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4 months ago

Olympic ski champion Lindsey Vonn comes out of retirement before 2026 games

Al Jazeera

The 40-year-old returns from a five-year hiatus and is rejoining the USA Alpine skiing team before the 2026 Winter Olympic Games. Alpine skiing star Lindsey Vonn is coming out of retirement to rejoin the United States Ski Team, intending to race again at age 40 – and six years after her last Olympics. US Ski & Snowboard President and CEO …

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4 months ago

Lindsey Vonn, 40, ending retirement and rejoining U.S. Ski Team ahead of 2026 Olympics

New York Times

Skier Lindsey Vonn is ending her retirement and rejoining the U.S. Vonn, 40, told The New York Times she originally didn’t plan to return to ski racing after multiple injuries and surgeries, but following right-knee replacement surgery in the spring, she resumed skiing without pain. I hope the @usskiteam uniform still fits… 😉 #onedayatatime — lindsey vonn November 14, 2024 …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

The HUGE number of medals female athletes have lost to trans opponents allowed to compete against them is revealed in UN report highlighting women's 'loss of fair opportunity'

Daily Mail

A report from the United Nations has revealed the huge number of medals female athletes have lost to trans opponents. The study - titled 'Violence against women and girls in sports' - stated that 'policies implemented by international federations and national governing bodies' had allowed athletes born male to compete in women's sporting categories. Transgender athletes who have won gold …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Emma Finucane retains women’s individual sprint world title

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Katie Archibald says team pursuit gold ‘very special’ after serious injuries

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Eilish McColgan left off UK Athletics World Class Programme list

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5 months ago

Great Britain storm to women’s team sprint gold at Cycling World Championships

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5 months ago

Olympic and world champion Grace Brown ends cycling career with Chrono des Nations victory

ABC

Grace Brown has ended her professional cycling career in the best possible way, winning the Crono des Nations individual time trial in France on Sunday. Loading Instagram content Starting her season by winning the Australian national time trials in Mount Helen, Brown earned the biggest win of her career by claiming the Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes one-day classic in April. Not content …

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6 months ago

Britain's Paris 2024 Paralympics heroes are welcomed back in style

Daily Mail

Britain's Paris 2024 Paralympic heroes have been welcomed back in style after their historic medal tally. Great Britain finished second in the medal table after matching their Tokyo haul, winning eight more gold medals than the 2020 Games. Britain's Paris 2024 Paralympic heroes have been welcomed back in style at star-studded Homecoming event Team GB Paralympics react to the Sugababes …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Paralympic Games end with a Parisian electro-dance party after 2 world records on final day

Associated Press

PARIS — The Paralympic Games ended Sunday with two world records and a spectacular light show during a closing ceremony dominated by French electronic music Jean-Michel Jarre got the party underway at the Stade de France, coaxing dance moves from athletes, volunteers and spectators on a day when Morocco’s Fatima Ezzahra El Idrissi smashed the world record in the women’s …

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